Without Star Wars the following may never have been made

[ikojo]

Indiana Jones trilogy
LOTR...all of them


So, which movies might never have seen the screen had Star Wars never been made?

The movie going public owes George Lucas a lot.


Yeah, I am a self professed Star Wars geek....

[CanuckAmok]

1. Hardware Wars and Spaceballs.

And I don't want to imagine a world without either.

[ikojo]

2. How could I have forgotten

SPACEBALLS....


That's funny, you don't look Druish..

[Mizmoon]

4. Luke: What's the matter Agie Ben Doggie?

Did you feel a great disturbance in the force, such as millions of lives suddenly crying out in terror and then silenced?

Agie ben Doggi: No, just a minor headache.

[obxhead]

5. damn beat me to it.

...power of the schwartz.

[architect359]

7. and don't forget Thumb Wars n/t

[Aristus]

3. Battle Beyond The Stars would never have been made.

We would never have gotten to know the Nestors. :+

[Twist_U_Up]

6. E.T. n/t

[Porcupine]

8. or DARK STAR!!

an incredibly funny spoof on Star Wars. Read a review here.

Best line: "Teach the bomb existentialism."

[Deja Q]

9. Star Trek

Paramount considered it ONLY because SW raked in the money. Paramount execs were stupefied and scrambling around wondering if they had anything at all. :dunce: (even to the day they really didn't care that much about trek.)

[nytemare]

10. Matrix had a lot of parallels

The "One" Neo, the Chosen One Anakin.

I am thinking many more movies would not have been made just from the huge advances made from special effects, let alone the story line.

[Dukkha]

11. Battlestar Galactica

The Black Hole
Flash Gordon
Clash of the Titans
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Tron
The Last Starfighter