Other than mandalorian and solo storylines others dont even have the western vibe to them
>>215587089Tatooine is entirely a Western setting.
>>215587089young farm boy goes on revenge tip and becomes a man.classic Western fodder
It's more middle-eastern. In real-life, Tatooine is Tunisia. There's a huge influence of Dune and Lawrence of Arabia in Star Wars.
>>215587089>Why is star wars considered as space westernBy who? You and your other brown friends?
>>215587089is it? I've never heard it called that. it's a space opera or space fantasy.
>>215587089You're thinking of Star Trek which rose out of western filming conventions. It was even supposed to be called "Wagon Train Through the Stars" or something dumb like that
>>215587089How is it not a western?
>>215587089The searchers
>>215587089Saloon full of criminals in the desert
>>215587089I thought it was often referenced to as a space opera?
the heroes ride into a desert town and recruit an outlaw gunman from a saloon. now picrel, not really a 'Western' like it says, but didn't deserve the slating MST3K gave it.
>you’re not allowed to be influenced by multiple things, it confuses me
>>215587089>Why is star wars considered as space westernSaid no one.
>>215587089There’s western influence all over it as well as other genres, the sand people are just sci fi red indians who the white settlers need to avoid because of their savagery
>>215587533George Lucas said it
>>215587563source?
>>215587685One such quote
Attack of the Clones's Tatooine sequences are pretty transparently a ripoff of The Searchers.
>>215587089roots of the genre
>>215587089There is a review from a Soviet journal of the era where it was described as space horror movie.
