What is the Buffy/Star Wars Connection? Is it simply a case of Joss Whedon and the writers at Mutant Enemy being fans of the space saga? Is it that Buffy as a show full of pop-culture references inevitably continues to pay tribute to the ultimate pop-culture phemomenon that is Star Wars? Are the stories of Buffy's and Luke's journeys as chosen ones so similiar that it's almost as if the Slayer and her Slayerettes are channeling the Rebel Forces while they tiptoe over the line between the light and dark sides?
I invite you to explore this with me in the next few pages.
First, we will start with some possibly obvious character comparisons. |
