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Star Wars Origins: The Dam Busters - Side by Side Scene Comparison
The Non-Conformist
A three-minute side-by-side comparison of scenes from Star Wars (1977) and the WWII film The Dam Busters (1955). It shows how closely the Death Star trench run mirrors the earlier film.
HN links it whenever the topic of Star Wars borrowing from WWII films comes up, as direct visual evidence.
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