


Han Solo's personality mirrors Falco's.Peppy's relationship with Fox is quite similar to Obi-Wan Kenobi's relationship to Luke Skywalker.The Official Nintendo Power Player's Guide for Star Fox Assault even noted this. Fox McCloud's personality is almost identical to Luke Skywalker's, as both are youthful and heroic.In the Japanese version, it is even given a similar name, the Death Ball. One of these experimental bosses, the Gorgon, resembles the Death Star in both appearance and role as the ultimate weapon, Star Fox 64 3D also gives Gorgon the subtitle of Ultimate Space Weapon.The experimental bosses created by Andross appear to be much like the experimental weapons seen used by the Empire.The ragtag team in Star Fox is quite similar to the early formation of the Rebel Alliance.In addition, the Anglars are strongly implied to have been created by Andross, which mirrors how Palpatine had a role in the Ssvi'Ruuk crisis.Their capacity of transforming organics into cybernetic creatures for their own use as well as their being strongly implied to be alien to the Star Fox galaxy and responsible for the most destructive conflicts also resembles that of the Ssvi'Ruuk and the Yuuzhan Vong, respectively. The Killik species in Star Wars is somewhat like Aparoids, as both of them have an insect 'hive-mind' that reports to their queen.The ending of Star Fox: Assault is quite like the ending of Star Wars Episode VI, where after destroying the heart of an artificial planet, the protagonists must escape the exploding environment around them.In the Venom hard path ending, when Fox was rescued by the spirit of James McCloud, he yells "Father?!" which is an obvious reference to Star Wars.Star Fox has made many references to the massive Science Fiction series Star Wars, and some are listed below.
