XPost: alt.fan.starwars   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Mr. Man-wai Chang   
    wrote:   
   > On 31/08/16 05:24, Your Name wrote:   
   > >   
   > > Flash Gordon itself was created as a "competitor" (i.e. a knock-off) to   
   > > the Buck Rogers stories.   
   >   
   > I live in Hong Kong, not USA nor Britain. And CRT TVs were expensive in   
   > the old days. So I don't know much about these....   
      
   The movies and TV shows came later. Both of those were originally comic   
   strips:   
      
       Buck Rogers     1929 (although first appeared in a story in 1927)   
       Flash Gordon    1934   
      
      
   In a weird way the whole thing actually came full circle:   
      
      - 'Buck Rogers' created   
      
      - 'Flash Gordon' created as a comic book competitor's character   
      
      - George Lucas wanted to do 'Flash Gordon', but couldn't obtain   
        the rights   
      
      - George Lucas makes 'Star Wars'   
      
      - TV show 'Battlestar Galactica' made, often called "Star Wars   
        for TV" (George Lucas tried to sue them)   
      
      - Same company also made TV show 'Buck Rogers'   
      
   It's all a massive conspiracy I tells ya.  ;-)   
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