Fang Zei said:
I don't think there's even a single Asian extra in the OT, a
Another way Joss Whedon drew inspiration from Star Wars for Firefly.
On the Latin side of things, I think George always intended Alderaan to be the Mexico of that Galaxy Far, Far Away.
My wife's Mexican, and her grandma used to rock those Leia buns in the 1940s.