>>150997452
A lot of artists think they can be the next George Lucas or Hideo Kojima but they neglect that Lucas and Kojima are not only both well-read guys, but that they had to work for years and years, and make lots of connections as well as bank off of sheer luck just to get to where they ended up. Lucas only got Lucasfilm because Fox didn't care about the merchandising rights. Kojima only got Kojipro after Konami fired him because the guy in charge of the bank he decided to get a loan from was a major fanboy.

Star Wars was inspired by a bunch of novels on top of several films, George's childhood upbringing, and passions for culture and science and myth and history, etc. Everything Kojima has made stems from his lifelong love of film and how he devours books every other day like it's nothing.