Were these lines from Star Wars inspired by David Bowie's "Space...

reno_rita

David Bowie's "Space Oddity" contains the following lines: Ground control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, major tom? This is somewhat similar to the famous "Luke, you've turned off your targeting computer! What's wrong?" from Star Wars: A New Hope . (Though of course Luke keeps his radio-circuit on, unlike Major Tom.) More striking are the following lines: Tell my wife I love her very much. She knows....

Originally asked by Kyle Strand on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

According to J.W. Rinzler's excellent " The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back " (reproduced here on Yahoo Movies ) the line was largely the result of a back-and-forth conversation between Harrison Ford and the film's screenwriter Irvin Kershner. At first the line was written as “ Just remember that, ‘cause I’ll be back.” , followed by " Don’t worry about this ", followed by just " I'll be back ", finally followed by the iconic " I know ". It's hard to say whether Ford was inspired by Bowie but it's quite easy to see how the line evolved over time rather than being inspired by a single leap of Ford's imagination: “I think she ought to just say, ‘I love you,’ as I’m passing by...

Full answer by user7812: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/44273 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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