Did any of you see Beat Takeshi's 'Zatoichi'? I'd love to see him take on a Jedi movie. I think it would be interesting to see the movies remade by a director more familiar with the traditions upon which the Jedi were based. Can you imagine Ang Lee's 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' remade as a Jedi story?!

I've thought of this before with another great trilogy: Leone's 'Man With No Name' spaghetti westerns. You know how 'A Fistful Of Dollars' was based on 'The Bodyguard' by Kurosawa (who was inspired by the westerns of John Ford)? And then they made 'Last Man Standing' with the same story. I can't remember whether anyone has made it into a sci-fi.

I'd love to see the Star Wars saga remade as samurai films, gangster films and westerns (and possibly remade as sci-fi films too). I think the way that these stories can be translated to the different locations is fascinating!

Samurai <-> gunslinger <-> gangster <-> jedi.