Tron: A New Hope

[radhardened]

Re-watching the original Tron movie with some friends the other day in preparation for the theatrical release of Tron: Legacy, I was struck by several similarities between Tron and Star Wars: A New Hope (spoiler warning):

• characters:
  • that loveable rogue Kevin Flynn / Han Solo
    
  • old master Dumont / Obi Wan Kenobi, each of whom has an Obi Wan moment
    
  • Sark and Darth Vader are the Dragon in front of Big Bad MCP / Emperor Palpatine with the assistance of an army of anonymous Mooks who can be impersonated by dressing as the enemy
    
  • Evil Brits: Tron's Dillinger/Sark, Star Wars' Emperor Palpatine and Grand Moff Tarkin
    
  
  
• Tron lines and light sabers embody both Good Colors Evil Colors and Power Glows
  
• "Thank the Maker!"
  
• IIRC, during their battle Sark invites Tron to join him; I don't remember whether the implication was We Can Rule Together à la Star Wars or You Will Be Assimilated
  
• a short sneaking-on-a-ledge scene in Tron (anyone remember the details?) reminded me of Obi Wan's edging his way along a ledge in the Death Star's power generator trench
  
• shots of the massive Battle Star (Sark's carrier | a Star Destroyer) moving through space parallel to the viewer's line of sight
  
• would it be a stretch to call the sort of seedy-looking in-game neighborhood (with requisite shady humanoid aliens) we briefly see in Tron a Wretched Hive?
  
• battle squadron call signs: Blue Leader, Gold-1, Gold-2, Gold-3 on light cycles; Gold Leader, Gold-2, Gold-5 in Y-Wings; Red Leader, Red-2, Red-3, Red-5 in X-Wings
  
• some of the sound tracks, particularly the flute sections, sounded similar to me
  
• Flynn gives a Big No when Sark orders him to finish off Crom; Luke gives one when Darth Vader kills Obi Wan
  
• Tron's Duel to the Death with an energy weapon is with discs; in Star Wars they do it with light sabers
  
• outside the films themselves, they share stab-the-sky posters and, some argue, awards snubs
  

What would you add to that list?

Comments

I agree

[openbrian]

I must agree that there are numerous similarities between Tron and Star Wars. Some of them are in many movies. But the one i saw today in Tron: Legacy were the control consoles shaped like donuts.