Re:It startde with the New Gods comic in 1971... (Score 1)

Jack Kirby, the creator of the New Gods also created "Forever People" - which featured Mark Moonrider (sounds like Luke Skywalker) - a cowboy named Sarifan (Han Solo?) - a tall, hairy character which drove named Big Bear (Chewbacca?) and Beautiful Dreamer (Princess Leia?) - in there first issue (1970/1971) they had to rescue the Beautiful Dreamer (Leia) from the clutches of Darkseid (pronounced Dark Side - the Darth Vader character) - Jack Kirby never got the credit Flash Gordon / Kurasawa (sp?) / Campbell received for his part of inspiring Lucas. He also created / co-created a good chunk of the original Marvel Universe.