Star Wars

The Indiana Jones film franchise is based on the adventures of Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, a fictional archaeologist created by Star Wars director George Lucas. Although Star Wars and Indiana Jones belong to different franchises and continuities, there have been several connections in the form of in-jokes.

A British-American-Canadian television film continuing the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Guardians of the Galaxy may exist in the Marvel Universe, but its spiritual roots lie in a galaxy far, far away. Directed with wacko verve by James Gunn, this deliriously amusing and exciting superhero spectacle is a work that’s thoroughly indebted to Star Wars, whose influence can be felt throughout its space-Western story of outlaw misfits on a mission to save the universe.

Star Trek is a reboot of the original Star Trek characters, but in an alternate reality. The director of the 2009 reboot, J.J. Abrams, is a self-admitted Star Wars fan and assumed the job of directing the Star Wars VII.

On the surface, The Foundation trilogy of novels by Isaac Asimov has a lot of similarities to Star Wars (a galactic empire, classic good vs. evil), but there is so much more about this story that will impress fans of the former.

The similarities between the stories of Dune and Star Wars are many, and George Lucas has cited the novels by Frank Hebert as inspiration for Star Wars. Dune creates an engaging, all-encompassing world for us, with several different planets, creatures, and a somewhat complicated storyline that takes us all over the known (Dune) universe.

Ender’s game is the story of a young boy placed in a situation where there is no winning, a game that is of course a metaphor for life. Some might call it Lord of the Flies in space.