Why Top Gun: Maverick's Climactic Scene Owes A Major Debt To Star Wars

36 years after the original "Top Gun" was released, "Top Gun: Maverick" is flying to theaters with returning star Tom Cruise once again taking to the sky as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. With so much time between installments and new director Joseph Kosinski taking over from "Top Gun" director Tony Scott, you'd expect the new film to have a different group of influences and inspirations than the original. While you'd certainly be right about that, you probably didn't expect "Top Gun: Maverick" to pay homage to a film series that takes place a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Here's why "Top Gun: Maverick"'s climactic scene owes a major debt to "Star Wars."

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