@doffincodger When they were free to maneuver, yeah, usually. When locked into an attack run at a fixed altitude and airspeed, though, it would have been easier for the Germans to bounce them.
The German "fighters" in 633 were Messerschmitt Bf108 Taifuns, BTW. The Taifun wasn't a fighter, it was a trainer. It's the same plane James Garner and Donald Pleasance stole to fly to Switzerland in "The Great Escape."
Lucas was quite frank back in 1977 that he had studied clips from a number of WWII films to block out the combat scenes. He wanted that part of his far-out sci-fi epic to fit Hollywood conventions and audience expectations.
Just about everything in Star Wars was WWII inspired. The Empire = Nazis (down to the officer uniforms and the Vader helmet) with a mix of Britannia's empire (accents).
A very provocative piece, @Spartacus1701, and well worth watching. For transparency's sake, I'd recommend using a quick screen wipe or other indication when you cut within the Star Wars audio track.
Lucas and ILM veterans do freely acknowledge that they previsualized the aerial VFX sequences with cut-together WWII film sequences. Those strongly influenced the final shots--in fact, there's a Lucasfilm-produced documentary with a sequence like yours, from the gunport battle.
The reason people refer to The Dambusters is because before Star Wars had its FX sequences shot, al the dogfights and space ship battles were put in with camera gun shots and war film footage as place holders. This is how it was originally shown to Ladd at 20th Century Fox. The Dambusters is the most obvious of these as lines of dialogue from the attack are directly lifted from the 1955 film, therefore it's obvious that the Death Star sequence was in part built up from it. But possibly 633 too.
An excellent compliation of Star Wars and 633 Squadron/Mosquito Squadron. May I also point out the similarity of the Star wars theme music and the Len Goodwin 633 Squadron theme music?
My brother and I loved this film when we were kids (OK, we still do...). We went to see Star Wars together when it first showed in theaters and when they began the Death Star attack, we turned to each other and said "633 squadron!"
I am a big fan of 633 squadron - iit has been my favourite (or one of my three favourites anyway) since I was a kid. Recently I actually sent some questions to Cliff Robertson (who plays the lead: Roy Grant) about the film and he has replied. I can't put a link on here because youtube appears not to appreciate that even though I am a real fan and its just more information. Anyway just search for Cliff Robertson Questionnaire or Lazlo Ferran's blog which is run by google too.
Classic. I'm actually watching 633 Squadron right now on Netflix. Nicely put together clips, but I always flt that the Rebel Base scenes with all the pilot chatter was taken right from the movie "Midway" Check it out sometime.
Can anythingf beat the Spitfire for beauty, and speed? possibly the Mosquito! she has my vote anyhoo!!! (Struck fear inrto the Lufftwaffe ) by the way it does closely resemble star wars finale---to a tee!--- own up George eh???
when i see those old planes and i hear things like "lock s coils in attack position" or "switch shields to double front " i have to laugh XD 5:07 comes straight out of monty python "no im alright BLARGh" XXD
Actually both 633 Squadron and Dam Busters inspired George Lucas, I think I remember he admitting it in one of the interviews shortly after his first film. Anybody who saw both films immediately saw the connection.
Interesting, however as an aviation enthusiast. that mixing up of the X-Wings eninges with the mosquitos is horrible, since the Mosquitos merlin Motor has a destinctive and definately other sound, and most beautiful if you ever heard a real one. Else it is interesting. It fit pretty nicely, well it was always sayd that much of the fighting scenes were inspired by such films and in the first cuts they were placeholders until the trick scenes were done.
Klasse gemacht! Auch wenn ich nichts davon weiß das die Deutschen im 2. Weltkrieg jemals 3er Flak besessen oder auch nur produziert hätten (war eher eine japanische Anordnung bei Flak-Geschützen!) sind die Paralelen zu STAR WARS echt verblüffend!
FANTASTIC!!!....glad others had noticed the similarities,was getting slightly bored of telling my star wars friends how much the death star attack resembled 633 squadron!
Well done mate! that was thoroly enjoyable. Too many commebts from nitpickers whining about little details. BIG DEAL. I still think it was an enjoyable parody! Well done!
I thought so back when Stars came out, Very good spoof. I've always enjoyed 633 Squadron as well even though the special effects were primitive. Thank you.
Lucas copied from everwhere and everything. It show's in Phantom Muzzled when he had to be totally original and no one said 'George! That idea stinks!'
Shame really. The vision was great. the execution abit hap hazzard and corporate toy projected sales heavy.
A New Hope and Empire are still bloody great though as is the original 633 :)
As a by note. I heard Peter Jackson is rebooting 'The Dam Busters'. Hope it's a good 'un!
there were a great deal of these types of movies made duringthe war for propaganda,etc, and they remained popular for years afterwards. a formula was developed. Lucas used this & stuff like 12 o clock high too
This is Great - Terrific video - thanks for putting the soundtrack against the visuals of '633 - it really shows that Lucas did indeed photograph & cut his movie to this one. Again, many thanks!
Another "rush" reviewed by Lucas and friends was the bomb run from "The Bridges at Toko Ri" starring Bill Holden. Superior special effects, better than 633 squadron and made years earlier. JoeBob says - check it out!
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I am sure I saw somewhere that George Lucas said that this film was his inspiration for the trench scene.
If he saw 633 sqn, he saw "The Cruel Sea", he saw "The Dirty Dozen", he saw Lawrence of course. And he saw 2001. These films were all inspiration for Star Wars which is a complete masterpiece, and a combination of these films.
Yeah, it's obvious that "633 squadron" was the inspiration for the assault on the Death Star. Lucas has said so I believe.
There were a lot of movies like this in the immediate precess of 1977. The Dirty Dozen, The Devils Brigade, even Charge of the Light Brigade has similar themes.
Y-wings are Mosquitos. X-Wings are Spitfires. Captain Nolan is Luke Skywalker. etc... Lucas took 633 squadron, a film that barely registered, combined it with his ideas and made a world beater. Brilliant.
To be fair though, I vaguely remember something in Star Wars Galaxy magazine back in the mid-90s about 633 Squadron being an influence for the Death Star attack.
Oh, and on the VHS release of the 1997 special edition, they had an extra before the film about using older WW2 film footage as previs for the Death Star sequence.
I enjoyed the shows more for it. Even as a kid I could feel they were all 'Business' while attacking the Death-star. All I can say is I wish to heaven Lucas had stayed true to basing his fighter pilot dialogue off of inspiring shows like this rather then the style of dialogue used in the prequels. Cut the chatter indeed Anakin you tard! Catastrophic... ;p
Quite cool, I can picture how Lucas saw this 10 years before his own work, that he liked it and was influenced by it.
But it's not like you can give any negative criticism for it, every work is a patchwork by small pieces made by others, because you're always influenced by things in your enviroment.
True, plus most the mythos from star wars was based on samurai legends and western gun fights, it doesn't mean you can't take something like that and make your own verson, plus did World War 2 have Wookies, didn't think so
Ummm I am pretty sure that george Lucas didnt copy from 633 Squadron...this is just movie editing I could do this with Band of Brothers and teh Dirty Dozen
@roguewarrior5 I have been in touch with Cliff Robertson, the star of 633 squadron and if anybody is interested he has given some answers to long-standing questions about the film on my blog writers-blog1 on blogspot
Of course you can, but I don't think this is meant seriously, it just looks like a good joke to me... a very good one I think both WW2 buffs and Starwars fans could appreciate it :-).
Very good! although at 3:37 you included footage from the practice run with the chalk bombs. It's funny to see the big target with the sticky-tape 'X marks the spot' as if the Germans had set it up like that!
The film 633 Squadron is really well made, and a good movie, let along a great war movie. There are quite a few other Star wars elements throughout the film you missed a trick a bit (the rebel base, the brother/ sister relationship ; the torture scene ... think vader and Leia......
Cheers- yeah thought about including that but it kind of doesn't mix with the planes so well. Its funny though I think I thought of that torture scene when I first saw starwars!
Very Well Done! nice mashup. This movie was made in the early 60's using only 3 Mosquitos that were still flying. Impressive for those times. Nice Job! once again.
it's a mix, there's a line from dam busters near the beginning, the trench run is from 633 squadron, and the final explosion is from Guns of Navarone.
hey the actor who played the australian pilot in this movie is the guy who did the narration of the vb ads before he died and he star in crocdile dundee with paul hogan.
The truth is photos were taken of these many light bomber attacks against occupied Europe,from inside the cockpits and on the ground, you can find them in our libraries if you you look hard enough,real old books.
Amazing how much George Lucas copied from other classic films! Check out the internet website: BEFORE THE GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY: INFLUENCES ON STAR WARS BY CINELEET
Oh, man, this is just beyond perfection. Great editing.
I was kinda waiting for an inevitable "stay on target...stay on target..." sequence, though.
DropPodFullOfPonies 2 weeks ago
I thought the dam busters were Lancaster bombers, not Mosquitoes.
StrigonLead 3 weeks ago
@StrigonLead Its not the Dambusters- this one was a fictional war movie
spartacus1701 1 week ago
"I just lost my starboard engine" -> it's the left wing that's on fire
ssfsx17 3 weeks ago
It seems Mr. Lucas borrowed several ideass from several movies not only this one.
godzilla6740 4 weeks ago
That is a pretty good analysis. Was this inspired by Henryvkeiper when he made Star wars/Battle of Britain and Star Wars/Dambusters?
Trashcansam123 1 month ago
@Trashcansam123 actually i made this before I saw the Keiper one. I think its clear Lucas borrowed heavily from both
spartacus1701 1 week ago
Those "fighters" are actually Me108s NOT 109s. The Me108 was a 4 seater liason plane; I know because I've flown one!
esquivalience2007 1 month ago
''didnt go in ,it just impacted on the surface'' i think Lucas was copying his sex life really
LadyboyAgogo 2 months ago
Just really cute. Flying that mission must have been like being a clay target at a trap range.
RoscoesRiffs 2 months ago
OLD OLD OLD old old old republic
BrunoChemalle 3 months ago
Classic cross-comparison/reference.
MrSolarisBreeze 3 months ago
pewpewpewpew! awesome D: i think lucas took the scene and improved in his own way
it makes me not mad because lucas ripped off some movie but exited to watch starwars again lol
happosai27 3 months ago
Nice comparison!!!!!
TheTenderBear 4 months ago
@doffincodger When they were free to maneuver, yeah, usually. When locked into an attack run at a fixed altitude and airspeed, though, it would have been easier for the Germans to bounce them.
The German "fighters" in 633 were Messerschmitt Bf108 Taifuns, BTW. The Taifun wasn't a fighter, it was a trainer. It's the same plane James Garner and Donald Pleasance stole to fly to Switzerland in "The Great Escape."
terentii 4 months ago
jajajajajajaja! I liked so much!!!!!
afranco1968 4 months ago
I used to bullseye womp rats. That bit cracked me up!
CreweMike 4 months ago
God damn it, it's almost shot for shot in places.
cygil1 5 months ago
Right On! Thought exactly the same thing myself the first time I saw Star Wars back in '77.
CaptWindShear 5 months ago
Had to pause literally PMSL
rorybowskill 5 months ago
Lol very nice! Well done dude! =)
BigFanOfStarWars 5 months ago
Lucas was quite frank back in 1977 that he had studied clips from a number of WWII films to block out the combat scenes. He wanted that part of his far-out sci-fi epic to fit Hollywood conventions and audience expectations.
kd6rxl 6 months ago
Just about everything in Star Wars was WWII inspired. The Empire = Nazis (down to the officer uniforms and the Vader helmet) with a mix of Britannia's empire (accents).
FortitudeOfHeaven 6 months ago
A very provocative piece, @Spartacus1701, and well worth watching. For transparency's sake, I'd recommend using a quick screen wipe or other indication when you cut within the Star Wars audio track.
Lucas and ILM veterans do freely acknowledge that they previsualized the aerial VFX sequences with cut-together WWII film sequences. Those strongly influenced the final shots--in fact, there's a Lucasfilm-produced documentary with a sequence like yours, from the gunport battle.
matthewcstevens 6 months ago 2
haha very good
TaZ101SAGA 6 months ago
I like this film too.
The special effects are pretty corny in places .
It has a brilliant theme tune.
zenoist2 7 months ago
Mosquito and Spitfire are undoubtably great but I think the Sea Fury trumps both of them.
volumex2000 7 months ago
yes but where was Hann Solo and his Millenium Falcon ?
volumex2000 7 months ago
...nicely done
SteveSabbai 8 months ago
he got it from Dam busters mainly
TOHOFIEND54 9 months ago
The reason people refer to The Dambusters is because before Star Wars had its FX sequences shot, al the dogfights and space ship battles were put in with camera gun shots and war film footage as place holders. This is how it was originally shown to Ladd at 20th Century Fox. The Dambusters is the most obvious of these as lines of dialogue from the attack are directly lifted from the 1955 film, therefore it's obvious that the Death Star sequence was in part built up from it. But possibly 633 too.
harnois75 9 months ago
Damn Clever! But miss the Merlin 'Moaning!
doffincodger 10 months ago
An excellent compliation of Star Wars and 633 Squadron/Mosquito Squadron. May I also point out the similarity of the Star wars theme music and the Len Goodwin 633 Squadron theme music?
BRUCELR 10 months ago
Staring Angus Lennie as R2D2!
orangelion03 1 year ago
My brother and I loved this film when we were kids (OK, we still do...). We went to see Star Wars together when it first showed in theaters and when they began the Death Star attack, we turned to each other and said "633 squadron!"
orangelion03 1 year ago
RIP Poorkins..
Litzen2k 1 year ago
but you have used all the attacks from the film... not the end one!?
lizardkingsajrs 1 year ago
THIS IS BRILLIANT ! Love it!
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klute007 1 year ago
Thanks for that Lazlo-I'm glad he flew in a Mossie, even if he didnt take the controls!
Questionaire is at tiny.cc
spartacus1701 1 year ago
I am a big fan of 633 squadron - iit has been my favourite (or one of my three favourites anyway) since I was a kid. Recently I actually sent some questions to Cliff Robertson (who plays the lead: Roy Grant) about the film and he has replied. I can't put a link on here because youtube appears not to appreciate that even though I am a real fan and its just more information. Anyway just search for Cliff Robertson Questionnaire or Lazlo Ferran's blog which is run by google too.
LazloF 1 year ago
/gntx2
spartacus1701 1 year ago
Very good!
lwilde 1 year ago
rofl rofl rofl you did well this should have 80 million hits =]
ROFLCOPTERYOUGOTOWND 1 year ago
Classic. I'm actually watching 633 Squadron right now on Netflix. Nicely put together clips, but I always flt that the Rebel Base scenes with all the pilot chatter was taken right from the movie "Midway" Check it out sometime.
GHMETCALFE 1 year ago
This is excellent parody mate well done!! Love both comparisons, obviously no offence to WW2 either, a lot of brave men in fiction but in spirit
MarcJboy 1 year ago
...except for a minor glitch at 2:20 this was very well done...matching up the audio with the video was excellent....
SteveSabbai 1 year ago
May the Royal Air Force be with you!
TheophilusPWildbeest 1 year ago 33
Can anythingf beat the Spitfire for beauty, and speed? possibly the Mosquito! she has my vote anyhoo!!! (Struck fear inrto the Lufftwaffe ) by the way it does closely resemble star wars finale---to a tee!--- own up George eh???
GERMANOPHILE 1 year ago
when i see those old planes and i hear things like "lock s coils in attack position" or "switch shields to double front " i have to laugh XD 5:07 comes straight out of monty python "no im alright BLARGh" XXD
CrazyKraut20 1 year ago
Actually both 633 Squadron and Dam Busters inspired George Lucas, I think I remember he admitting it in one of the interviews shortly after his first film. Anybody who saw both films immediately saw the connection.
CaptainNomura 1 year ago 8
You idiot you have ruined it by putting star wars in the back ground.
thebritishww2man 1 year ago
It's funny given the British method for fighting methodically, they'd have shunned the foolishness of feeling your way via "the force".
igloo54 1 year ago
hahaha this is great!
dabirdman110 1 year ago
Interesting, however as an aviation enthusiast. that mixing up of the X-Wings eninges with the mosquitos is horrible, since the Mosquitos merlin Motor has a destinctive and definately other sound, and most beautiful if you ever heard a real one. Else it is interesting. It fit pretty nicely, well it was always sayd that much of the fighting scenes were inspired by such films and in the first cuts they were placeholders until the trick scenes were done.
LupusAries 1 year ago
jepp!
Grosskoordinator 1 year ago
All kinds of awesome - two of my favourite movies!!!
N17C1 1 year ago
Hilarious!
Well done! I got a laugh outa' this one!
Valkyrie801 1 year ago
I've thought this since 1977 when I first saw Star Wars!
richardwillett 1 year ago
De Haviland Mosquito - best plane of WW 2 , fast as a P51 , handles like a spitfire
bomb load of a B17 ( well almost ) made of wood by out of work british furniture and cabinet makers .
chisacat 1 year ago
Fantastic editing!
consider this fav'ed.
GarlicPudding 1 year ago
Weird how much resemblence there is here. I saw in another movie a while ago though that Battle of Yavin was much more like the Dam Busters.
mastermalpass 1 year ago
Yeah, George Lucas did say the fjiord run inspired the trench run in Star Wars:-)
ianrkav 1 year ago
Too funny. And pretty much accurate where he got some of the footage.
Thanks for sharing
Oh, great movie 633 Squadron is too. Well worth the watching.
SpotterOz 1 year ago 2
5:10 - The clock on the wall cracks me up... "Rebel base one minute and closing." LOL
ShotgunBlues42 1 year ago
Klasse gemacht! Auch wenn ich nichts davon weiß das die Deutschen im 2. Weltkrieg jemals 3er Flak besessen oder auch nur produziert hätten (war eher eine japanische Anordnung bei Flak-Geschützen!) sind die Paralelen zu STAR WARS echt verblüffend!
McDuffee01 1 year ago
This was funny great editing!
Sundancetr4 1 year ago
World Star Wars 2
Tamfarkas 1 year ago
Bravo ! Well done !
olentangy74 1 year ago
FANTASTIC!!!....glad others had noticed the similarities,was getting slightly bored of telling my star wars friends how much the death star attack resembled 633 squadron!
gordonsalive75 1 year ago
Well done mate! that was thoroly enjoyable. Too many commebts from nitpickers whining about little details. BIG DEAL. I still think it was an enjoyable parody! Well done!
eyahoo2 1 year ago
I thought so back when Stars came out, Very good spoof. I've always enjoyed 633 Squadron as well even though the special effects were primitive. Thank you.
sbl195207 1 year ago
Lucas was 9 years old when he saw this !
and "may the force be with you"
LOL !
emforty2 1 year ago
Brilliant Bloody Brilliant Thank you
dancerman1138 1 year ago
An excellent interpretaion, well done. A difficult film to edit.
reese5alive 1 year ago
very good love it
craigpaul69 1 year ago
Masterful. It works so well.
therookpiece 1 year ago
great edit, but it would have been nice to hear those wonderful V12s!
shalmaneser 1 year ago
I'm sure it was inspired by it, not directly and blatantly lifted.
emptyangel 1 year ago
Great vid Sparacus ;)
Lucas copied from everwhere and everything. It show's in Phantom Muzzled when he had to be totally original and no one said 'George! That idea stinks!'
Shame really. The vision was great. the execution abit hap hazzard and corporate toy projected sales heavy.
A New Hope and Empire are still bloody great though as is the original 633 :)
As a by note. I heard Peter Jackson is rebooting 'The Dam Busters'. Hope it's a good 'un!
GSVNotInventedHere 1 year ago
uncanny!! but sooooo close? cannot say no can you? well spotted spartacus, how do you spot it???
GERMANOPHILE 1 year ago
uncanny!! but sooooo close? cannot say no can you? well spotted spartacus, how do you spot it???
GERMANOPHILE 1 year ago
good job!
PredatorianStyl 1 year ago
Brilliant! LOL LOL LOL Very clever..... LOL I can't believe how similar it was... I always thought there was a lot of WW2 in StarWars! LOL
Seekingturandot 1 year ago
what movie is this?
bleushift 1 year ago
That's amazing! Lucas copied the entire audio track from this sequence DIRECTLY from this movie?
privatefell 1 year ago
Did Luke just than Wedge for blowing himself up? LOL
This was entertaining.
IcarusAsbestos 1 year ago
Don't worry... the RAF/Rebel Alliance must have a surplus of pilots called Wedge because he's soon back later on in the clip! :-)
sword4thelord 1 year ago
IT'S A ZEPPELIN!
cuznspkerlol 1 year ago
just shows nothing is realy NEW. just different takes on the same thing.
marshfish 1 year ago
there were a great deal of these types of movies made duringthe war for propaganda,etc, and they remained popular for years afterwards. a formula was developed. Lucas used this & stuff like 12 o clock high too
mick621 1 year ago
I always thought there were some similarities. This is great.
stufield7497 1 year ago
This is Great - Terrific video - thanks for putting the soundtrack against the visuals of '633 - it really shows that Lucas did indeed photograph & cut his movie to this one. Again, many thanks!
cyberlarry7 2 years ago
Another "rush" reviewed by Lucas and friends was the bomb run from "The Bridges at Toko Ri" starring Bill Holden. Superior special effects, better than 633 squadron and made years earlier. JoeBob says - check it out!
joebobshouse 2 years ago
OMG! WTF! LOL! That was just about scene for scene... Wow.... Darn you George Lucus!
Tyamna 2 years ago
Man this made me laugh.... thanks for putting it together.
no1bodace 2 years ago
4:48 Wedge blew up?!? Hahaha
rodsky71 2 years ago
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lincsposter 2 years ago
this is great
MrTheman709 2 years ago
I love Squadron 633!
VitoPossilipo 2 years ago
I am sure I saw somewhere that George Lucas said that this film was his inspiration for the trench scene.
If he saw 633 sqn, he saw "The Cruel Sea", he saw "The Dirty Dozen", he saw Lawrence of course. And he saw 2001. These films were all inspiration for Star Wars which is a complete masterpiece, and a combination of these films.
112smosquito 2 years ago
Yeah, it's obvious that "633 squadron" was the inspiration for the assault on the Death Star. Lucas has said so I believe.
There were a lot of movies like this in the immediate precess of 1977. The Dirty Dozen, The Devils Brigade, even Charge of the Light Brigade has similar themes.
Y-wings are Mosquitos. X-Wings are Spitfires. Captain Nolan is Luke Skywalker. etc... Lucas took 633 squadron, a film that barely registered, combined it with his ideas and made a world beater. Brilliant.
112smosquito 2 years ago
Excellent mashup. Lucas, however, has publicly acknowledged "The Dambusters" and other WWII films were a huge influence on the death star sequence.
gpmurf 2 years ago
I had to laugh when those machine guns opened up with a pwit-pwit-pwit!
NVanWendy 2 years ago
Nice XD
onetwoeight2 2 years ago
I am not sure if this is the influence, but I do know that a lot of the original Star Wars dogfighting scenes where based on WWII footage.
NewYorkCity212 2 years ago
0:46 looks like Luke Skywalker
aercastro82 2 years ago
That was absolutely awesome!
To be fair though, I vaguely remember something in Star Wars Galaxy magazine back in the mid-90s about 633 Squadron being an influence for the Death Star attack.
Oh, and on the VHS release of the 1997 special edition, they had an extra before the film about using older WW2 film footage as previs for the Death Star sequence.
SamusDrake 2 years ago
i guess that makes Yoda
Winston Churchill
crabtrap 2 years ago 4
"I can't shake it! I've got a wire attached to my wing!"
oxmys 2 years ago
haha
asacura1 2 years ago
OMG , i knew a lot of WW2 features are open and hidden in Star Wars, but this is so much copy work of G Lucas.
What a turn off on their "creative" minds.
Jeezuss..
Fantastic detection work Spartacus !
oddballsok 2 years ago
Lucas always acknowledged this and other films as an influence on Star Wars.
Azanti 2 years ago
LOL, Nice one mate :)
lowlevelRAF 2 years ago
That was awsome, well done
robby762 2 years ago
Great vid!
SirArthur100 2 years ago
It's a guarantee Lucas watched this film when researching the dogfight. Hilarious!
ModelManTom 2 years ago 2
Oh... I also loved this movie too. hehe Sit and watch it with dad. Awesome.
MrsRoguedemonhunter 2 years ago 2
I enjoyed the shows more for it. Even as a kid I could feel they were all 'Business' while attacking the Death-star. All I can say is I wish to heaven Lucas had stayed true to basing his fighter pilot dialogue off of inspiring shows like this rather then the style of dialogue used in the prequels. Cut the chatter indeed Anakin you tard! Catastrophic... ;p
MrsRoguedemonhunter 2 years ago
i think from now on all ME-109s should sound like TIE fighters thats too hilarious , also at 7:03 check jonah hills grandad
bunnjovi1988 2 years ago
The trick is to steal from enough sources at once that isn't plagiarism anymore.
Just ask J.K. Rowling.
coprographia 2 years ago
The Force will be with you..........yeah that would be the Royal Air Force
603mac 2 years ago 4
Top notch - well done
paulcan38 2 years ago
I'd say both film's influenced Star Wars.
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago 2
Blasphemy. X-wing fighters are for girls. A real pilot would pick a Mozzie any day.
pervertt 2 years ago 37
Apart for the reason that Mozzies' were like ducks against fighters like the spitfire
GGSDavejones 2 years ago
WHAT!!!???....a spitfire would have to catch a mosquito first before it could ever dream of shooting it down....hahahahah yah right...
ezzz42 2 years ago
Uhm... no. The Mosquito was the fastest operational aircraft in the war until 1944.
Propsink 2 years ago
The Spitfire,like the Bf-109 could not catch a DH-98.
jonnyjmpup 2 years ago
@pervertt Mosquitoes were good, but I'd take a P-38L over that glorified piece of furniture any day.
TTCostas 1 year ago
0:50 "...and may the force be with you"
fantastic!!
ciarlienchi 2 years ago
Quite cool, I can picture how Lucas saw this 10 years before his own work, that he liked it and was influenced by it.
But it's not like you can give any negative criticism for it, every work is a patchwork by small pieces made by others, because you're always influenced by things in your enviroment.
ubbecykelkedja 2 years ago 7
True, plus most the mythos from star wars was based on samurai legends and western gun fights, it doesn't mean you can't take something like that and make your own verson, plus did World War 2 have Wookies, didn't think so
Ripper557 2 years ago
"plus did World War 2 have Wookies didn't think so "
Clearly you have never seen a Ukrainian grandmother
crabtrap 2 years ago 3
ur such a hater roguewarrior
great job on the vid spart :)
we8rdandy 2 years ago
Ahahaha, so true ! ;-)
ZemplinTemplar 2 years ago
sir... I was abot to dismiss this out of hand.. HOWEVER
Well done to do this... great editing
5 stars and added to my fav list
Trek001 2 years ago
Ummm I am pretty sure that george Lucas didnt copy from 633 Squadron...this is just movie editing I could do this with Band of Brothers and teh Dirty Dozen
roguewarrior5 2 years ago
mosquitos flying in 3's down a fijord, no room to manouver, having to hit a precision target, being fired at by flak, hunted by 109's.....
spartacus1701 2 years ago 44
@spartacus1701 undeniable likeness
MIGUEL2005LIMA 1 year ago
@roguewarrior5 You've obviously never watched the movie. I saw it with my Dad when I was young. Then I saw Star Wars and recognised it immediately.
thyberthpithe 1 year ago
@roguewarrior5
except that lucas has said that 633 squadran inspired the trench run in star wars.
connla 1 year ago
@roguewarrior5 i think you'l find he did aswell as dam busters
burtonreid 1 year ago
@roguewarrior5 Lucas did admit he was inspired by the climax of 633 Squadron, though they are similar, i wouldn't say copied...
MilitaryAircraft101 1 year ago
@roguewarrior5 I have been in touch with Cliff Robertson, the star of 633 squadron and if anybody is interested he has given some answers to long-standing questions about the film on my blog writers-blog1 on blogspot
LazloF 1 year ago
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Lucas actually named it as one of his inspirations. Does that help?
voiceoftruth2006 1 year ago
@roguewarrior5 Lucas him self said it inspired the Death Star trench run.
cirian75 11 months ago
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Of course you can, but I don't think this is meant seriously, it just looks like a good joke to me... a very good one I think both WW2 buffs and Starwars fans could appreciate it :-).
aaaarghgl 11 months ago
omg he so copied 633 suadron
thephantomiiman 2 years ago
Very good! although at 3:37 you included footage from the practice run with the chalk bombs. It's funny to see the big target with the sticky-tape 'X marks the spot' as if the Germans had set it up like that!
The film 633 Squadron is really well made, and a good movie, let along a great war movie. There are quite a few other Star wars elements throughout the film you missed a trick a bit (the rebel base, the brother/ sister relationship ; the torture scene ... think vader and Leia......
BattleOfBritainTV 2 years ago 3
Cheers- yeah thought about including that but it kind of doesn't mix with the planes so well. Its funny though I think I thought of that torture scene when I first saw starwars!
spartacus1701 2 years ago
yup five full stars... what's the title of the movie?
eugeniobb 2 years ago
633 Squadron
spartacus1701 2 years ago
Very Well Done! nice mashup. This movie was made in the early 60's using only 3 Mosquitos that were still flying. Impressive for those times. Nice Job! once again.
HonoredGeneral 2 years ago
That was brilliant! Five stars easily! Great mixing skills!
DEP717 2 years ago
nice - my two fave films combined
cheers mate
Goldman769 2 years ago
Hahah ;-)
fsC130J 2 years ago
"hey the actor who played the australian pilot in this movie is the guy who ...."
his name is John Mellion
grotty1535 2 years ago
0:43 Its 'Ives... Flying Officer Ives!!'
fearclownz 2 years ago
Great work !! I really enjoyed it.
covercalls 2 years ago
crying from laughing hahahaha great video
Aviosys 2 years ago
it's a mix, there's a line from dam busters near the beginning, the trench run is from 633 squadron, and the final explosion is from Guns of Navarone.
Karagianis 2 years ago
Outstanding! ... 5 stars
RoninTXBR549 2 years ago
Hah! That was awesome. Great work! :)
frohickey 2 years ago 2
hell lucas stole CGI for crying out loud.
backfire357 2 years ago
hey the actor who played the australian pilot in this movie is the guy who did the narration of the vb ads before he died and he star in crocdile dundee with paul hogan.
budgiefeathers 2 years ago
He also played a US sailor in the movie "On the Beach."
mstytz 2 years ago
lol i remember watching this movie...
koalashooter1 2 years ago
Great job.
By George he's worse than the Chinese ins tealing shit!!!!!
Chooky88 2 years ago
As funny as the briefing scene was in this, the actual attack is virtually shit-for-shot Dambusters.
lordaumerle 2 years ago
George Lucas sued the creators of Battle-Star Galactica for stealing "HIS" ideas, how ironic huh ?
FireForce1488 2 years ago 2
The theme tune for this was epic!
Juliusthebastard 2 years ago
The truth is photos were taken of these many light bomber attacks against occupied Europe,from inside the cockpits and on the ground, you can find them in our libraries if you you look hard enough,real old books.
seangrie8 2 years ago
awesome. great job
Drunkenmaster770 2 years ago
im pretty sure the sound from starwars is unedited, but did you edit the video from 633 squadron mosquito , or is this the video in its original form
1Pantikian 2 years ago
Yeah the video has been chopped around a little, but the sound is pretty much the trench run shortened.
spartacus1701 2 years ago
Amazing how much George Lucas copied from other classic films! Check out the internet website: BEFORE THE GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY: INFLUENCES ON STAR WARS BY CINELEET
RSTAR2009 2 years ago
I especially liked the briefing scene... and the firing sound effects go so well with the lousy visuals!
sapphire200182 2 years ago
Heh, excellent stuff! Lucas obviously took lots of scenes from both Dambusters and 633 Sqdrn., the pilfering cad.
sapphire200182 2 years ago
was this the Star Wars sound unedited ? -sounds like it is so that it fits in to the action on the screen.
George Lucas admitted years ago he used footage from " The Dambusters" to make the dogfight sequences in Star Wars "rough shots"
Fartsurmonde 2 years ago
Good work Spartacus. Lucas doesn't deny getting inspiration from WWII movies, but I'm not sure it was this specific one.
QBromley 2 years ago
Good job matching the voice to the mouth movements
randomperson1865 2 years ago