Jedi vs. Sith based on...

[Solid Ronin]

Samurai vs. Ninja!? Awhile ago I heard something about the Jedi and Sith being based on Samurai and Ninja.

Could anyone inform me on this matter?

[Raiden no Kishi]

It seems likely, since the Jedi are more of a "noble" class and the Sith love their dirty tricks (Darth Maul and his Infiltrator, probe droids, and speeder bike, etc). Although Darth Vader looks very much like a space samurai (especially the helmet - very Japanese, almost anime-ish if you ask this one)

The more I think about the Force-users in Star Wars, the more I am reminded of samurai-era Japan. Palpatine seems almost like an intergalactic Nobunaga Oda to me. But I don't know a ton about Japanese history, so I could be off a bunch.

.rai//

Rai

[Solid Ronin]

Thank God for you Raiden.

I havent seen ya online in awhile hope your doing fine.

[Yojimbo]

It seems likely, since the Jedi are more of a "noble" class and the Sith love their dirty tricks (Darth Maul and his Infiltrator, probe droids, and speeder bike, etc). Although Darth Vader looks very much like a space samurai (especially the helmet - very Japanese, almost anime-ish if you ask this one)

The more I think about the Force-users in Star Wars, the more I am reminded of samurai-era Japan. Palpatine seems almost like an intergalactic Nobunaga Oda to me. But I don't know a ton about Japanese history, so I could be off a bunch.

.rai//

Rai

It's pretty well known that Japanese film had a big influence on Star Wars. The first movie is liberally based off of The Hidden Fortress by Kurosawa. All the way down to the young samurai hero rescuing a princess from an evil swordsman, with two bumbling sidekicks. So yes the whole Jedi thing was based off of samurai.

Well I wouldn't really put it like Oda Nobunaga was evil or anything. I mean every clan throughout Japan's history butchered eachother and their citizenry.