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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-02-22 07:44:35 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   > On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:00:39 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >>   
   >> There are numerous rip-offs, copy-cats, and cash-ins of Star Wars,   
   >> some more blatant than others.   
   >   
   > You have to be careful, though. There is a tendency to see every   
   > space-opera/fantasy show post-1977 as a “Star Wars” ripoff, forgetting   
   > that George Lucas himself rip^H^H^Hborrowed heavily from what came   
   > before.   
   >   
   > Lucas is like a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of the movie world: able to   
   > convince others, through sheer PR volume, that his repackaging of   
   > existing ideas is something novel, unlike anything that came before.   
      
   Maybe, but George Lucas and Steve Jobs made (mostly) good products ...   
   Bill Gates is a con artist who has produced nothing but complete crap.   
   :-p   
      
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