" Ahsoka " Episode 4comes at just the halfway marker of the overall miniseries , but it nevertheless provide a solution to a sure challenging plot of ground train of thought — that being the pursuit between Ahsoka ’s squad and the secret freelance Marrok .
rent by Morgan Elsbeth ( Diana Lee Inosanto ) to hound for Grand Admiral Thrawn ( Lars Mikkelsen ) , Marrok face off against Ahsoka ( Rosario Dawson ) and her political party several time and by and large suffice as a prickle in their side .
installment 4 go steady Ahsoka and Marrok confront off once more in a climactic conflict that get a line the former emerge triumphant , and the chronological succession really draw intake from a sure Hellenic Nipponese moving picture .
In the sequence , Ahsoka cut Marrok down with a exclusive unequivocal stroke to his dead body .
As he pipe up in botheration , fleeceable locoweed surge out of the injury .
As managing director Peter Ramsey confirm in an consultation withIGN , this scenery is a lineal extension to Akira Kurosawa ’s 1962 samurai motion-picture show " Sanjuro . "
In that film , lead case Sanjuro ( Toshiro Mifune ) present repeat try from another samurai to duel him .
When the couplet at last do fight , a individual solidus from Sanjuro is all it pick out to fall the competition , with parentage explode from his lesion .
auditory sensation conversant ? "
I imply , yeah , essentially I whole rip it off , " Ramsey jest .
Star Wars and Kurosawa go mighty bright back
" Ahsoka " being inspire by anAkira Kurosawa movieis far from the first clip the " Star Wars " enfranchisement has made credit to the Nipponese movie maker ’s filmography .
In the same IGN consultation , Peter Ramsey observe that Dave Filoni , who has make various " Star Wars " labor date all the room back to " Star war : The Clone Wars , " drag wakeless brainchild from Kurosawa . "
Kurosawa ’s a Brobdingnagian criterion for both of us , and the whole samurai mystic and a plenty of that , which manifestly , it ’s right on there in the sequence , " Ramsey say of Filoni . "
It ’s in his sequence too .
It ’s in his poppycock .
This was he had a notion in idea for it all along . "
Even George Lucas , the original Maker of " Star Wars " himself , is a major lover of Kurosawa ’s work , include one in special .
In an consultation withThe Criterion Collection , Lucas reveal that the lineament of C3PO and R2D2 were part prompt by the assumption of Kurosawa ’s 1958 pic " The Hidden Fortress . "
This was " i decide that would be a prissy mode to severalise the ' star wars ' news report which is to take the lowly case , as kurosawa did , and separate the fib from their distributor point of scene , " the originative explicate . "
In ' Star Wars ” subject , it is the two droids and that was the strong influence , in reality . "
dive into Kurosawa
" Ahsoka " being pep up by anAkira Kurosawa movieis far from the first meter the " Star Wars " enfranchisement has made reference point to the Nipponese film maker ’s filmography .
In the same IGN consultation , Peter Ramsey notice that Dave Filoni , who has create various " Star Wars " undertaking date stamp all the fashion back to " Star state of war : The Clone Wars , " draw arduous stirring from Kurosawa . "
Kurosawa ’s a immense standard for both of us , and the whole samurai mystic and a pot of that , which manifestly , it ’s right on there in the sequence , " Ramsey say of Filoni . "
It ’s in his instalment too .
It ’s in his hooey .
He had a notion in nous for it all along . "
Even George Lucas , the original Jehovah of " Star Wars " himself , is a major sports fan of Kurosawa ’s plant , include one in peculiar .
This was in an audience withthe criterion collection , lucas bring out that the character of c3po and r2d2 were part inspire by the assumption of kurosawa ’s 1958 motion picture " the hidden fortress . "
" I determine that would be a decent mode to severalise the ' Star Wars ' chronicle which is to take the menial grapheme , as Kurosawa did , and state the storey from their item of sentiment , " the originative explicate . "
In ' Star Wars ” shell , it is the two droids and that was the warm influence , really . "
