wells Mifunes character, a samurai general,  conscripted to help ferry his princess out of enemy territory. Two  characters in the Japanese film were split to produce four in "Star  Wars": aspects of Toshirô Mifune (qv)s samurai character became  Ben Kenobi and Han Solo; and aspects of the Princesss character  became Luke and Leia (early production art exists showing a female  lead character rather than Luke).