Star Wars-Wizard of Oz parallels

Leia=Dorothy.Any others?

 

Or how about C3PO=Tin Man?

 

Or R2=Toto?

 

the emperor = wicked witch of the west?

ewoks = munchkins

yellow brick road = the force?

 

Yogurt - The WIzard
Barf - Scarecrow
Pizza the Hutts droid 'Vinnie' - Flying Monkey

wait all that is Spaceballs....

 

Chewie=Lion(Han-"C'mere ya big coward!")

 

Hello, Beru=Aunty Emm? No one saw that, now did they?

Or what about Yoda being the Wizard of Oz?
You know, first they expect The Wiz to be big and mighty, and he turns out to be just a guy behind a curtain--Luke thinks Yoda's gonna be this big guy macho warrior, and he turns out to be a little green, uh, thing. Not to mention that he doesn't really do anything in the movie. He's like a little green Jedi master behind the curtain.

 

Before the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie was released Amy jo Johnson(Pink Ranger) said that Mighty morphin' Power Rangers the movie "is a mix between the Wizard of Oz and Star Wars". So if you ever want to see a hybrid of two of the greatest movies ever made, then look no further than....The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

 

JUST WATCH SPACEBALLS...it All fits in perfectly.....

Man...we ain't found $h*t

 

Haha

"We ain't found ****" is like my favorite part of Spaceballs. I like how they have the Afro pick, lol.

Has there ever been a Spaceballs thread on these boards?

 

Glinda=Mon Mothma

 

Come to think of it,Luke makes a better Dorothy than Leia because he was the one who wanted to see places he'd only dreamed about.Big cities(Coruscant),Big mountains(Hoth),Big oceans(Mon Calamari).

 

I remember when I took my Intro to Anthropology class, the professor compared the two movies. Of course, that was 10 years ago, so I can't remember well. and of course it's not the end-all of comparisons.

But just comparing A New Hope, Luke is Dorothy (since he is the one going on the journey), c-3po is the tin man, r2 is toto. I think Chewie is the Cowardly Lion, and Han is the scarcrow. (I think Obi-Wan is the scarecrow, since both characters had the brains). Vader is the Wicked-witch of the West. Leia, I guess, is Glinda. It's because she appears that the whole journey begins. Whith the Wizard of Oz, she is the one who tells Dorothy to go on the journey to find the Wizard, and in A New Hope, her hologram is what gets Luke looking for Obi-Wan.

of course, the Ruby slippers should repressent something...maybe a lightsaber. but considering how Luke was going to rely on his X-Wing to save the day, when he suppose to use the force, it is comparable to the Ruby Slippers. Dorothy shoud trust her feelings, not the Ruby slippers, to get home.

 

If only Jar Jar had a brain.

Oh wait, this is old trilogy. Ok, lemme see...Uh, the Wampa is kinda like the evil talking trees. In a way. Kinda. Sorta. Maybe not.

 

My friend in work is into Oz, as much as any of us is into Star Wars, so we debate this subject all of the time.

Chewy, and the Lion, clearly.

Han, and Tin Man compare in that Tin Man needs a heart (compassion?) and Han Solo is not compassionate, or has no heart, but learns compassion by the end of the movie, we learned last year that compassion is defined as "unconditional love"..

Luke and Scarecrow, both from a farm. Mark Hamill in ANH even looks like the scarecrow.

In Oz, the companions disguise themselves as the witches troops to get through the witches castle, in SW the companions diguise themselves as stormtroopers to get around the Death Star.