It does seem that Star Wars has had some influence on the game. I think though that they have gotten inspiration from a lot of movies, literature etc. For instance - as I have pointed out in a previous post - is Jan Jansen the spitting image of the chinese "scientist" in "Blade Runner".
yes it just seems that way, and did anyone notice that minsc is like chewbacca, and boo is han solo, i know some already posted this, but boo is the smarter and smaller one.......