Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Star Wars, épisode I : La Menace fantôme" in French language version.
« It doesn’t take much to wonder if the use of handmaidens and doubles so prevalent in Kurosawa films, especially in this particular one, were inspirations for The Phantom Menace and, in particular the death of Cordé in Attack of the Clones. And, much like Padmé in The Phantom Menace, the princess finds herself in a poor and unsavory territory, learning how people in the world really live. These parallels make more sense when you consider that Lucas himself produced Kurosawa’s most notable film involving the double of royalty, Kagemusha. »
