Comments on: Star Wars Robot Inspiration For Wall-E?

By: grhn

grhn — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:50:24 +0000

well, pixar was the animation part of lucasfilm in the beginning..did you know that?

By: It's my name

It's my name — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:03:08 +0000

Or at leats most of us do…

By: It's my name

It's my name — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:02:44 +0000

We all love star wars…

By: Rebeca

Rebeca — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:50:46 +0000

And I hadnt seen that clip before ;)

By: Rebeca

Rebeca — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:50:14 +0000

Lol! to be honest I didnt bother reading all the posts, but,I looked for this because I did see it in one of the scenes , and i screamed wall-e!! to ma bf!! I mean! youve got to say its really similar!!

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:18:21 +0000

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By: accidental conception

accidental conception — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:29:31 +0000

that clip looks obviously so fake

By: royalduff

royalduff — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:51:27 +0000

The similarities between movie robots are like the similarities between cars. Technically you could say that PIXARS “Cars” was not original because the cars looked very similar to the cars seen in every movie that has ever had cars in it. I think PIXAR brilliantly knowing that everyone is talking about it. We are all thinking about WALL-E that’s just great marketing.

By: bjon86

bjon86 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:27:05 +0000

I’m sorry BUT WAL-E is just a midget J-5. That other robot was just two eyes, a pole and some treads. WAL-E’s got the hands, eyes, treads and lil box middle. If you squished J-5 down into a lil midget robot, you would certainly get WAL-E.

By: Jay E

Jay E — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:28:56 +0000

Considering Pixar was created at LucasArts (Steve Jobs later bought it) and a few “old timers” at Pixar worked on the Star Wars, this isn’t a big deal. Even Ben Burtt, the genious behind all of Star Wars sound effects (lightsabers, R2-D2 “dialogue”) is doing all the sound for Wall-E.

Pixar and LucasArts have a close relationship. Even The Incredibles had ties to Star Wars with the “droid” character. Check out the end credits for more info.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:08:51 +0000

You name it, ET, Johnny 5. This damn Wall-E is all to familiar in imagery.

What the fuck’s wrong with PIXAR, change the fricken bot design!

And here we thought these Pixar guys scored points for originality??

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:36:59 +0000

I thought of ET. Look at the shape of his head and ET’s head.

By: LizardFreak

LizardFreak — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:09:14 +0000

Fuck it, I’m calling this movie Short Circuit 3 from now on.

By: Terry Letourneau

Terry Letourneau — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:57:25 +0000

I’m surprised no one said that the robots the bomb squad use to disarm bombs look too much like Johnny Five or Luke’s droid. It’s just a common and practical design. It would be like complaining that one kind of automobile looks like another because it has four wheels and a windshield. Other than that I am looking forward to seeing Wall-E.

By: James

James — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:30:47 +0000

The big expressive eyes remind me of Vincent from Disney’s The Black Hole:

By: LizardFreak

LizardFreak — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:26:10 +0000

The look was based off of Peter Lorre.

By: Team Richard

Team Richard — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:16:06 +0000

Pixar was founded as the Graphics Group, one third of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm

By: tobor68

tobor68 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:16:01 +0000

holy crap am i getting tired of the johnny 5 comparison.

somebody freakin’ google an image johnny 5 and update your memory!!!

they look nothing alike! wall•e’s eyes look more like a pair of binoculars than anything else.

the only thing that’s similar to any of these robots is two big eyes and treds. that’s it. period.

the reason wall•e rings as so familiar to everyone is it’s brilliant design; anatomical proportions, big emotive eyes, compact size. IT’S CLASSIC CARTOON PROPORTIONS FER CRYIN’ OUT LOUD!!

that’s why it strikes a chord with everyone. that’s why it’s brilliant.