Star Wars Comparisons

List or images compilation with comparisons drawn between Star Wars and real world.

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1) Front top view of USS Tennessee (BB-43) battleship, in World War II (12 May 1943), designing during World War I, after she was repaired and modernized. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Catalog #: 19-N-45071. Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, DC. Image changed from the original work resizing, cropping and adding some marks. Source: history.navy.mil. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 2) Front top view of an imperial star destroyer. Source: starwars.wikia.com. 3) Turbolasers of the imperial star destroyers in the episode 18, season 3, of "Star Wars Rebels": "Secret cargo". Source: starwars.wikia.com. 4) Turbolarser of the Death Star in Episode IV: A new hope (1977). Source: starwars.wikia.com. 5) Naval gun Mark 12 5"/38 caliber.

In the documentary video "Wedgie 'Em Out", George Lucas tells design director Doug Chiang during the production of "Episode II: Attack of the clones": "I think we can begin to introduce the wedge shippie. Maybe take some World War I battleships, german. Cut 'em off about halfway throuhg. You know, take 'em top and bottom and wedgie 'em out a little bit". The american battleship USS Tennessee was designed during the World War I and its hull have the same "wedge shippie" as the german battleships even after its repair and modernization.

1) Front view of a replica of the robot Maria, a fictional character in film "Metropolis" (1927) exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Crafts of Paris. Photo by Guilhem Vellut. Image changed significantly from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: flickr.com. License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 2) Front view of C-3PO on Tatooine in Episode IV: A new hope (1977). Full body. Source: makingstarwars.tumblr.com.

María's color was golden like 3PO. "Star Wars: The Magic of Myth" it was an exhibition on display at the National Air and Space Museum from October 31, 1997 to January 31, 1999 which included this documentary video. In 3:04, George Lucas says: "I want something elegant and beautiful and human-like with 3PO. So I was inspired primarily by the film "Metropolis", which it was the first film I ever saw with a robot in it. And the robot in that film was very, very art deco, very beautiful. A lot of the of the art deco elements in 3PO relate to the rivets on the legs and others details, like in his head, has a serious a little donut put together in descending order which a very art deco image."

Image of the original robot in the movie Metropolis (1927) on these web pages: jeffbots.com and nbcnews.com.

1) Side view of a helmet of samurai armor or medieval japanese kabuto from the Edo period (1603-1868). Photo by Samuraiantiqueworld. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. License: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. 2) Front view of a japanese samurai helmet or medieval kabuto. Photo by Samuraiantiqueworld. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. License: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). 3) Side view of a close helmet of a medieval european armor exhibited in the castle of Vianden, Luxembourg. Photo by Michail Jungierek. Image changed from the original work flipping, resizing and cropping. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. License: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). 4) Helmet (barbute) of a medieval european armor of the fifteenth century exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. 5) Side view of Darth Vader's helmet in Episode V: The Empire Strike Back (1980). Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: starwars.com. 6) Death Star trooper's front view in Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). 7) Side view of the helmet of an imperial gunner or imperial engineering corps member in Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). 8) Boba Fett's helmet in Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1987). Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: starwars.com.

1) Photo of a Royal Flying Corps sergeant major (Royal Air Force from United Kingdom of Great Britain) in World War I (1914 - 1918) from Deseronto Archives, Ontario, Canada. Image changed from the original work cropping. Source: flickr.com. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 2) Imperial officers in a hangar of the Death Star in Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1987). Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: starwars.com. 3) Orange flight suits worn by US Navy pilots from 1957 to 1969. Image changed significantly from the original work resizing, cropping and intensifying the color. Source: National Naval Aviation Museum. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 4) Luke Skywalker wearing his orange pilot suit of the rebel alliance in Episode IV: A new hope (1977).

1) Treads ("wheels") of the space shuttle crawler-transporter which was made in 1965. Image changed from the original work resizing. Source: nasa.gov. 2) Sandcrawler and group of jawas carrying R2-D2 in Episode IV: A new hope (1977).

1) Inside the cockpit of a B-29 Superfortress bomber from World War II. Photo by Acroterion. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. License: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). 2) Inside the tail gunner turret of a Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber in World War II. Image changed from the original work resizing. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. 3) Inside the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon in Episode V: The Empire Strike Back (1980). 4) Luke Skywalker inside the turret gunner of the Millennium Falcon in Episode IV: A new hope (1977).

1) Instruments of the control room of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in June 23, 1999. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Photo by kawamoto takuo. Source: flickr.com. License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 2) Death Star superlaser fire control, or fire control room, in Episode IV: A New Hope (1977).

Images of other more similar instruments on this flickr.com web page.

1) The Pinwheel spiral galaxy, Messier 101 or NGC 5457 released from the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: European Space Agency & NASA. Image changed from the original work resizing. Source: spacetelescope.org. License: Usage of images, videos and web texts. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 2) This artist's concept shows a brown dwarf surrounded by a swirling disk of planet-building dust, asteroid field, system in formation with a circular disk of dust and asteroids or protoplanetary disk. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC). Image changed from the original work resizing. Source: spitzer.caltech.edu. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 3) NGC 2683 spiral galaxy released from the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: spacetelescope.org. License: Usage of images, videos and web texts. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 4) Star Wars Galaxy in Episode V: The Empire Strike Back (1980).

- 10 seconds video The Evolution of a Planet-Forming Disk on YouTube.com: This animation shows the evolution of a planet-forming disk around a star.

- 15 seconds video Birth of an Unusual Planetary System on YouTube.com: This artist's animation shows a brown dwarf surrounded by a swirling disk of planet-building dust.

1) The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin. Photo by David Iliff. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. License: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). 2) Jedi archives or library in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002).

1) Drone view of the Spain Square in Seville (Plaza de España in Seville). Video by Jorge Gutiérrez. Image changed from the original work resizing. Source: YouTube.com. Standard YouTube license. Creative Commons CC BY. 2) Spain Square in Seville. Photo by A volaaa. Image changed from the original work fliping and resizing. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. License: Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Spain. 3) Square in Theed, Naboo, in Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: starwars.wikia.com. 4) Half of the previous frame.

Some scenes from other movies have been filmed in the Plaza de España of Seville as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Wind and the Lion (1975) and The Dictator (2012).

1) Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (December 1994). Credit: USAF/Judson Brohmer. Image changed from the original work resizing. Source: nasa.gov. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 2) J-type 327 Nubian or Padmé Amidala's Naboo Royal Starship in Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999). Image changed from the original work resizing. Source: starwars.com. 3) Frame (2'20") from documentary video "All I need is an Idea" in which there is a model of the plane SR-71 Blackbird in George Lucas's office. Image changed from the original work cropping.

Other versions of the blackbird: Lockheed A-12 and Lockheed YF-12.

1) Northrop XB-35 (1946-1949). Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives on flickr.com. 2) Northrop YRB-49A (around 1952). U.S. Air Force photo. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: National Museum of the United States Air Force. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 3) Northrop YRB-49A (side view). U.S. Air Force photo. Image changed from the original work flipping, resizing and cropping. Source: National Museum of the United States Air Force. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org.  4) J-type diplomatic barge or Naboo Royal Cruiser in Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: starwars.wikia.com. 5) J-type Naboo star skiff or Padmé Amidala's starship in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005).

1) Czech attack helicopter Mil Mi-35 (Hind-E), manofactured in Russia since 1969, in may 20, 2016. Photo by Alan Wilson. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Source: flickr.com. License: Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 2) Heavy-lift helicopter Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane manofactured in USA since 1962. It is civil version of US Army's Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe. U.S. Army photo. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org. 3) Republic Attack Gunship or Low Altitude Assault Transport-infantry (LAAT/i) in Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). 4) Low Altitude Assault Transport-carrier (LAAT/c) carrying an AT-TE walker (All Terrain Tactical Enforcer) in Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002).

Others versions of Mil Mi-35 (Hind-E): Mi-24 (Hind) and Mi-25 (Hind-D).

1) Atmospheric assault lander or First Order transporter of stormtroopers in Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015). Image changed from the original work resizing. Source: starwars.com. 2) Landing craft LCM-8 in March 1972. U.S. Navy photo. Image changed from the original work resizing and cropping. Copy on commons.wikimedia.org.

Another type of barge to consider is LHD Landing Craft (LLC) or LCM-1E.

1), 2) y 3) Shield gate of planet Druidia in Spaceballs (1987). 4) Shield Gate of Scarif in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Source: The official ILM YouTube Channel. Standard YouTube license. Creative Commons CC BY.

1) and 2) TIE fighter (front view): Cockpit window as seen from the outside and inside in the attack on the Millennium Falcon in Episode IV: A new hope (1977). 3) and 4) TIE advanced (front view): Cockpit window as seen from the outside and inside in the trench of the Death Star in Episode IV: A new hope (1977). 5) and 6) TIE fighter (front view): Cockpit window as seen from the outside and inside in Star Wars Rebels, season 1, episode 2: Fighter flight (release date: 13 October 2014 in USA). 7) and 8) First Order TIE fighter (front view): Cockpit window as seen from the outside and inside in Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015). 9) and 10) First Order TIE fighter targeting computer, device, display or screen in Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015). 11) Jyn Erso and a TIE fighter (front view) in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) trailer (Official) (Standard YouTube license. Creative Commons CC BY). Cockpit window as seen from the outside. 12) TIE fighter: Cockpit window as seen from the inside in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). 13) TIE advanced (Darth Vader's ship-fighter): Targeting computer, device, display or screen in Episode IV: A new hope (1977). 14) TIE fighter targeting computer, device, display or screen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).

The Luminous Falcon. Better design for a light freighter: a highly visible payload bay door, similar dimensions to the Millennium Falcon (Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300), but much higher payload capacity and a aerodynamic shape.

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If I realize any other comparison or I find another, out there, I'll put it right here.

Painting or drawing: Encounter Obi-Wan Kenobi vs Cody in Mos Eisley, Tatooine.😜