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by yamtaddle 1117 days ago
Star Wars had a very specific kind of influence, in two main ways: 1) The lesser of the two is that it inspired a wave of imitators of its aesthetic, kit-bash FX, and space-opera elements throughout the 80s—pretty much all firmly in "B-movie" territory, at best; and 2) More importantly, it proved the box office viability and entertainment potential of the genre-pastiche/mashup film, paving the way for Tarantino and others.