When I was at Armidale Uni doing a 2 week live-in Drama course, the director of our play '12th Night' that we staged on the final night of the course, insisted that we go out as a group and watch 'Star Wars' (1) so that we could do the play with the same 'Heinlein Space Opera Romp' feel regarding pace, etc. (You try learning the script to full performance stage with 10 days of rehearsal!) Wow!

Of course, we have been told that 7, 8, and 9 will not be produced....