Rebel Force Radio presents Star Wars Influences

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Hey Star Wars fans, Jimmy Mack here with you and welcome to the first episode of Star Wars Influences

I wanted to dig deep into what influence the making, the characters, the situations and the environments of the Star Wars saga

And there's nobody who knows more about this particular subject matter, at least in my opinion, than Star Wars artist Paul Bateman

So I can't do the show without Paul

So let's call him up right now, get a hold of Paul Bateman in London, England

And let's pick his brain about what he knows about the Star Wars Influences

Jimmy!

Paul!

Good, good!

So thanks a lot for taking the time out to talk Star Wars Influences with us today

How will I endure it?

You know, I was just saying though, no one in my opinion really understands what influence the characters and the situations and essentially the making of the Star Wars saga

And I know it's something that you have studied for years and years and years

And I'm just kind of curious, when did you realize that you were consciously seeking out the things that influence guys like George Lucas and Ralph McCwory as they created the characters and style of Star Wars?

I think like most hardcore Star Wars fans, you know, when the first movie came out back in the 70s

There's just wasn't enough information out there, and what little there was was almost like an excuse to start delving deep yourself

You know, when you couldn't find everything straight from the horse's mouth as it were, every little kind of clue you got

So, when they mentioned Corrissor or some other influence, that was enough to kind of think, right, I've got to start looking into this

Because there really wasn't anything else, you know, you weren't getting heaps of information from Lucasfilm right at the very start

You know, I think you kind of quickly exhausted all that and found yourself kind of exploring all the other stuff

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