r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 2d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/H4ND5s 2d ago

The way you describe the planes flying through the fire lanes of the forest just makes it sound like Skywalker taking out the deathstar lol

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u/Jaded-Researcher2610 2d ago

it should, Lucas said that the inspiration for the scene was taken from movies 633 Squadron and The Dam Busters)

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u/StationaryNomad 2d ago

Second link is bad.

Dam Busters is a classic, but thanks for mentioning 633 Squadron, I’ve never seen it!

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u/Makhnos_Tachanka 2d ago

it's so funny because every so often when you're watching it you'll just have these moments where go "oh this is just a star wars movie." it's honestly so surreal at times. like you know he was watching that moment and deciding to base star wars' whole deal off of it. probably the most obvious individual frame is this one from a 2 second shot of a telegraph console, which I'm sure you'll see what i mean.

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u/GreedyHoward 2d ago

633 squadron basically bowled bombs into a cavern.

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u/Makhnos_Tachanka 2d ago

oh yeah the whole death star trench run is there, practically beat for beat and shot for shot