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[challenge entry] Oh go on then...

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(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 14:36, archived)
# WOW!
*click*
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 14:37, archived)
# Nice!
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 14:41, archived)
# Huzzah!
George Lucas' original vision.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 14:41, archived)
# Well he has admitted to basing a lot of the original Star Wars movie on these old Flash Gordon series
which were episodic and had cliffhangers (sometimes literally) and had a very old fashioned 'boy saves girl' style, so...
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 14:48, archived)
# He wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie, but Dino De Laurentis held the rights.
End result = Star Wars.

He paid homage in numerous ways, from the scrolling text & episode names, to his use of the same circular/slash fades & cuts that were employed throughout the original series.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 14:56, archived)
# Nicely!
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Wed 22 Sep 2010, 14:52, archived)
# Epic
*click*
(I helped save b3ta! mrlogic is copying your beard, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 14:58, archived)