Via Starwars.com:

1939 is considered by many to be one of the best years in film that Hollywood has ever had, and so after Gunga Din, we go back there to see the influence the Best Picture winner that year had on Star Wars. At first blush, it might not seem like Gone With the Wind has much to do with Star Wars.

I mean, Star Wars, tells the story of two generations of Skywalkers and their struggles through a Civil War across the galaxy, and Gone With the Wind is about the O’Haras and their struggles through the Civil War of the United States.

Okay, maybe they’re a little more alike than we’d have guessed. For those who don’t know, Gone With the Wind is the story of a young girl named Scarlet O’Hara, played by Vivien Leigh. She’s a perfect southern belle in the waning days of the South, but the Civil War breaks out and she’s forced to do a lot of things to survive. The film is equal parts comedy, romance, action, and a document of a time on that is now only “a dream remembered, a civilization gone with the wind.”

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