WWII Boeing B-29 Was Inspiration for The Millenium Falcon's Iconic Cockpit

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Star Wars is in many ways George Lucas' homage to the great WW2 movies he loved, and this permeated everything from shot-for-shot scenes to the design of its iconic spacecraft.

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