john, so if something is influenced it can't be deemed to be good? why was the acting bad?, guinness portrays a wise man perfectly, ford well theres never been a performance that emulates a lovable rougue so effortlessly, hamills imature to grown up is exellent.Bad directing! that's a monster call I can't think of many directors who could have handled a production that big back then, especially on those budgets. Pink floyd stole from OZ, so what, as long as the influences benefit the production why not. Plus I can't remember stating that star wars is the best movie anyway ignoramus - thats of course 'Once upon a time in the West' (private me if you want an explanation why) Stop fighting what I say and enjoy my comments, they are objective well reasoned views.