Star Wars influence map (click image for full size)
MSN Movies Blog has this great Star Wars family tree on “How Star Wars Changed the World”.
It all started with a band of rebels who wanted to help a farmboy follow his dream. Three decades later, the Star Wars Empire has grown into one of the most fertile incubators of talent in the worlds of movies (Lucasfilm), visual effects (Industrial Light & Magic), sounds (Skywalker Sound) and videogames (LucasArts). Along the way, some of the original Lucas Crew has gone on to become his biggest competitors. This chart maps the people, companies, and technologists touched by the Force.
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