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by Conan the SSJ » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:42 pm
I find a couple similarities between Star Wars and DBZ to be quite a bit odd, myself. For example, perhaps DBZ has borrowed ideas from the original Star Wars trilogy, and perhaps the Star Wars prequels have borrowed ideas from DBZ. In DBZ when Goku is killed by Piccolo with Raditz, his body clearly disappears to the next world, hence that being his reward for his selfless acts in life. Kami's body, as well, vanishes to the next world when Piccolo is fatefully blasted by Nappa to save Gohan. I notice that this whole body-vanishing thing was also in the original Star Wars trilogy, when Jedi master Yoda dies of old age, his body disappears in a mirrored fashion of Goku's death, and Obi-wan's death was also in this fashion. Perhaps Toriyama borrowed that idea. Other instances in GT, I find that Gill was kind of a cross between R2 and 3PO, in the manner of annoying speaking and being the basic mechanic. Another small instance, General Rilldo's ability to turn Goku, Pan, and Trunks into metal slabs very much mirrors Han Solo being frozen in carbonite. Coincidence, or not?
However, an instance in the prequel trilogy that comes to mind is the final battle between Anakin and Obi-wan at the end of Episode III. I found that this battle mirrored the SSJ Goku Vs. 100% Final Form Frieza battle quite a bit. Both battles were done on a volcanic, seemingly dying planets. Both Anakin and Frieza ended up getting virtually the same fate, Anakin's left arm and legs being sliced off, and Frieza's entire lower body cut off. Palpatine also found Anakin and literally physically transformed him into Darth Vader, Anakin's cyborg alter-ego from the original trilogy. King Cold has this same thing done to Frieza, though he didn't need an iron lung or mask, he was converted into a cyborg as well. Makes me think that, perhaps, Lucas was borrowing some ideas from DBZ for the Episode III.
It isn't just Star Wars that seems to have a similarity to DBZ, look at other pop culture hits such as the Matrix, the Smallville TV series, and of course animes such as Naruto and One Piece. You could find a similarity of the DragonBall anime trilogy probably anywhere. The legacy may never die.
14 years later
) until it 'fixed' in the late 90's "special edition" where they removed the blur and added a CGI sequence with the speeder going into Mos Eisly. (That went a bit off topic 
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