Also did you notice that Tomas is strapped down and interrogated in a very similar fashion to Han in Empire?
Being a life long Star Wars fan I love to pick up the influences, and I think Lucas was a huge fan of Leone, at the very least. And this one makes me think he was borrowing from others too. Watching a lot of the jungle adventure/cannibal movies out of Italy, I noticed lots of things that could be considered very similar to things in Jedi and the Indy movies. Maybe it's all just coincidence, but Tomas really does seem to be the prototype ANH-era Han. Down to the holster on his hip, even. Maybe I am mis-remembering but I seem to even remember pre-production sketches of possible Hans with headbands. I could be imagining that though.
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