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Showing posts with label george lucas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label george lucas. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 September 2010

The Classic Silent Film... Star Wars?

Posted on 12:46 by Unknown
Apparently George Lucas was merely adapting some old silent films.  Who knew?


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