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USA, April 20, 2005: Steven Rosen writes:



“Greetings! I am an author with 20 published books to my credit, mainly on Eastern philosophy. I have recently completed a manuscript entitled ‘The Jedi in the Lotus: Seeing Star Wars Through a Hindu Lens.’ As the title suggests, the book surveys all of the many parallels and overlaps between Lucas’s epic series and the Hindu tradition. I have explored the Campbell connection at length and I believe I have mined the depths of most other correlations between Jedi lore and the ancient religion. My request is this: I have for many years heard that Lucas himself admitted that the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and other Indian myths heavily influenced his initial creation of the Star Wars series. I need to know if there is indeed a statement out there to this effect. Please, if you do not yourself know, send out feelers for me and have people reply directly to ‘source’ above.”

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