From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article , Todd   
    wrote:   
      
   > Back when she saw Star Wars for the first time, my mom always told me   
   > it was simply a remake of the Wizard of Oz.   
   >   
   > Leia was of course Dorothy.   
   > R2-D2 was Toto.   
   > C-3PO was the tin woodsman.   
   > Chewbacca was the lion (he was a bit cowardly around the creature in   
   > the trash compactor).   
   > Obiwan was the wizard.   
   > Darth Vader was the wicked witch.   
   > Luke, I guess, was the scarecrow (from a farm).   
   > Not sure who Han was.   
   >   
   > Not sure I've ever actually watched the original movie.  I'm sure the   
   > book was read to me in school.   
   >   
   > My bringing this up was, of course, a result of watching SciFi's Tin   
   > Man.   
      
   Star Wars uses a very basic idea (hero rescues girl, magic, godd vs   
   evil, etc.) that is also used in MANY other good stories and so you can   
   draw comparisions with a large variety of stories and fairytales.   :-)   
      
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