>>13402776>>light sabersA samurai robot with a lazer katana, Tomino had done other samurai themed robots like zambot 3, with sai, etc.
Only reason the straight lazer sword is called a saber, a curved sword is Lucas's Kurosawa boner, Jedi = space samurai, even the name comes from Nip "Jidaigeki," historical films.
Laser swords are staple of old SF, Asimov made up the first laser knife in the 50's.
Also beam sabers curve on the swing.
>>evil villainous Space-Nazi factionZeon are more Prussian then Nazi, monarchical Germans and are not cartoonish evil as Imperials... Char's helmet is a stahlhelm like Vader's, a design that dates back to WW1, not 2.
>father-son relationships>"secret" brother-sister relationships>masked "antagonists">antagonist kills eviler antagonist after being beaten by protagonist (Luke - Vader - Palpatine // Amuro - Char - Kycillia)All this shit is in the sequels not the first 1977 one, when Gundam came out.
You think you're the first bright kid to see the similarities?
We had whole threads, many times.
Gundam and Star Wars are two mega franchises that draw from over lapping sources older then both.
Just the fact Gundam began production 3 years before airing in ~1976, as most shows did should have clued you.
