{"id":124647,"date":"2020-12-02T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/exploring-where-princess-mononoke-and-star-wars-overlap-film\/"},"modified":"2020-12-02T19:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:00:16","slug":"exploring-where-princess-mononoke-and-star-wars-overlap-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/exploring-where-princess-mononoke-and-star-wars-overlap-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Exploring Where Princess Mononoke and Star Wars Overlap \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b6c4e1a8e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b6c4e1a8e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/exploring-where-princess-mononoke-and-star-wars-overlap-film\/#Mononoke-hime\" >Mononoke-hime<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/exploring-where-princess-mononoke-and-star-wars-overlap-film\/#Ahsoka_Tano\" >Ahsoka Tano<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/exploring-where-princess-mononoke-and-star-wars-overlap-film\/#The_Mandalorian\" >The Mandalorian<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Exploring Where Princess Mononoke and Star Wars Overlap \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-647684 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/princess-mononoke-ahsoka-700x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/princess-mononoke-ahsoka-700x350.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/princess-mononoke-ahsoka-360x180.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/princess-mononoke-ahsoka-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/princess-mononoke-ahsoka.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Welcome to <\/span><b>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a> That Made Star Wars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a series where we explore the films and television properties that inspired George Lucas\u2019s iconic universe. In this edition:<\/span><\/em><b>Princess Mononoke<\/b><em>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George Lucas often spoke about how <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a> inspired his decision to create <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars: The Clone Wars. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a Q&amp;A at the Siggraph convention, he said about the creation of the animation facility in Singapore that was responsible for a lot of the work on that show: \u201cA lot of (Asia) is still trying to move into the 3D age. I set up a plan to speed up the process and to build up the community there. I also look at this as a way to get my foot into anime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the chief anime influences on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Clone Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s landmark animated fantasy film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princess Mononoke. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roger Ebert called it one of the best films of 1999\u2014the year it was released in the United States. The New York Post\u2019s reviewer actually called it \u201cthe <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of animated features.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, how did this film influence not only <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Clone Wars, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but serve as a pattern for the recently released thirteenth chapter of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mandalorian? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s dive in.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mononoke-hime\"><\/span><b><i>Mononoke-hime<\/i><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princess Mononoke <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a fantasy very much in the mode of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">full of allegory and archetypes. The English language dub, which is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">very <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">good, was adapted by Neil Gaiman and the voice cast that brought it to life in English (including Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thornton, Gillian Anderson, and others) tells the tale of a young prince named Ashitaka. Ashitake is cursed by a vengeful forest spirit gone mad tries to destroy his village. In the process of saving it, he finds himself fatally marked. He\u2019s forced into exile and finds himself involved in a battle between Lady Eboshi of Iron Town, and the great forest spirit, three wolves, and San, the young girl raised by those wolves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It tells a complicated allegory about the complicated relationship between humanity, progress, and nature, a common <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> through much of Miyazaki\u2019s work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is elegant and stark, its animation and beautiful imagery enhancing the complex storytelling. The animation may seem simple at first glance, but that\u2019s because it\u2019s built to serve the story and its world without distraction. And the story it does serve is complex and filled with moral ambiguity, leaving the audience to wonder how a balance can be found between human advancement and the needs of nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ahsoka_Tano\"><\/span><b>Ahsoka Tano<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAhsoka\u2019s inspiration came from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mononoke,\u201d Star Wars: The Clone Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creator and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mandalorian <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writer\/director Dave Filoni told a crowd in 2016 at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars Celebration Europe. \u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Specifically] the character San.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you watch Ahsoka and San in action, the parallels are very easy to see, with visual flourishes in the way they move and fight might be the most obvious. Dig a little deeper and you\u2019ll see more thematic elements that share similarities between the characters. Original concepts for Ahsoka even gave the character a skirt like San\u2019s, cementing the visual ties even further. However, San was merely a jumping off point for Ahsoka, as the young Jedi was able to evolve into something of her own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that same panel at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebration Europe, Dave Filoni commented that one potential ending for Ahsoka was heavily inspired by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princess Mononoke<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: forest wolves would have saved her from the fate of Order 66. Those forest wolves ended up finding their way into <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars Rebels <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as Loth-wolves, benevolent spirits, strong in the force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It just goes to show that no bit of inspiration will go unused.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Mandalorian\"><\/span><b><i>The Mandalorian<\/i><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems fitting that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princess Mononoke <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">began as the original jumping off point for Ahsoka in the world of animation and also became a heavy inspiration for Dave Filoni as he plotted her in-the-flesh live action debut. Chapter 13 of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mandalorian<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the fifth episode of the second season, introduces a much older Ahsoka in a way that reminds one of the very same vengeful forest spirits and wolves that San allied herself with in <em>Princess<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mononoke<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_3 --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While San faces off against Lady Eboshi, Ahsoka faces off against Magistrate Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosant). Both Eboshi and Elsbeth share similar, tragic pasts. Though Lady Eboshi turns into a much more redeemable character than Elsbeth, both subvert nature to their industrial whims. The devastation of the planet Corvus has shot-for-shot moments that remind viewers of the smoking forests and cities animated in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princess Mononoke.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, there are many visual cues in the design of Iron Town that find themselves revisited in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mandalorian<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, albeit with more Ralph McQuarrie-style flare. The forest finds these moments as well. Whether it\u2019s characters silhouetted against the moon or the bare greenness that finds itself around Ahsoka in the forest, despite its devastation, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princess Mononoke <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feels ever-present through this episode.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The finale bears these marks as well. San faces off against Eboshi in an epic battle that has all of the Asian cinema influences that Filoni leaned on for the fight between Ahsoka and Elsbeth. The way Ahsoka, both animated and live-action, manages to find sanctuary on rooftops and run away feels like a direct reference to Miyazaki\u2019s character work with San.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Yeah, probably time for a Princess Mononoke rewatch\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y85NbFDHjT\">pic.twitter.com\/y85NbFDHjT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bryan Young (@swankmotron) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swankmotron\/status\/1332437332750856198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the episode sees moments of inspiration from many other sources (like Akira Kurosawa, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aliens<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tombstone, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and others, as we wrote about in our initial review of the episode<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), it seems to be paying the most direct homage to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princess Mononoke.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_4 --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thematically, the ideas of industrial progress versus the sacking of the natural world are present throughout the episode. It asks us to wonder if this devastation is worth it, even for those who support the Empire. What does it say about the Empire that they\u2019re able to do this over and over and over again?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must hold that mirror up to ourselves, as all good sci-fi and fairy tales do. What does it say about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">us <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that we keep doing this? Whether it\u2019s the destruction of the rainforest to cultivate cheap food or the slave labor used to extract minerals used in our smart devices, at what point do we take that stand?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s an important question. And it\u2019s always welcome when <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">asks us those important questions, as it has from the very beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princess Mononoke <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a masterpiece and it\u2019s always a good time to revisit it. Currently, you can find it streaming on HBO Max. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>                            <strong>Cool Posts From Around the Web:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                            <!-- \/post -->\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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