jes cuz he hasn't been mentioned yet: Jean Girard ( Moebius ) got to do the 5th element before his death. Beside European or Japanese visions what most people call star wars I see 2001. In which case everything clean n white is Kubrick/ starwars everything dystopian and gritty is Scott/Bladerunner, Alien.
@Cay, definitely. Things which we can relate to are more worthwhile and appealing to us. Thats what art is all about, appeal to what we as humans find aesthetical. But also not to forget that there were reason that things turned out as they are, usually practical reasons. @Deathstick this is clearly true too. But all those…