does jidai equal jedi?

:: MOVIES / RUMOURS :: Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress versus George Lucas' Star Wars"Makabe's mission is to help and protect the princess. He is accompanied by two luckless peasants, who exist largely to provide comic relief. They are later joined by a farmer’s daughter, whom they acquire at an inn from a slave-trader, or procuror. Together, the five make an arduous and desperate trek