Textual Analysis of Star Wars and Alien Star Wars was a ridiculously simple sci - fi yarn that dealt in fairytale concepts of good versus evil, however it was the fact that it was so simple that made Star Wars so successful. Lucas gave the right balance of heroism and villainy and used special effects like never seen before. This was in 1977 when the whole sci - fi genre changed dramatically due to the Star Wars influence. Suddenly everything became a space opera, full of space ships, lasers and robots. There was 'Star Trek', 'Moonraker' and T.V shows such as 'Battle Galactica' and 'Doctor Who'. Then in 1979, Ridley Scott was introduced. He knew people were expecting a better film than Star Wars and with a lot extra sci - fi elements in it. The competition started from Star Wars and every director wanted to produce a better film with better effects in it. Ridley Scott was a very visionary director and took Star Wars that extra mile. He then created Blade Runner, which is another
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