How Star Wars Inspired Stranger Things Season 4 Finale's Biggest Moments
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4.
The Duffer Brothers reveal that they were heavily inspired by Star Wars for the ending and overall tone of Stranger Things season 4's finale. Season 4 volume 2 of the hit Netflix sci-fi series was released on July 1, 2022. Stranger Things season 5 is in early development and will serve as the show's final season.
In the shocking conclusion ofStranger Things season 4, the world was left in a dire state despite Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Jim Hopper (David Harbour), and the rest of the party ultimately being reunited, and Vecna's (Jamie Campbell Bower) plan supposedly being halted. Eleven is hiding from the US government, the group is left to deal with the death of Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn), Max Mayfield's (Sadie Sink) comatose state, and a gigantic gate to the Upside Down has been opened in the center of Hawkins, corrupting the world around it. With the Duffer Brothers' teasing Stranger Things season 5's story following the release of volume 2, the showrunners have revealed how the season's cliffhanger was inspired by the Star Wars franchise.
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In an interview with Collider, the Duffer Brothers revealed that the season 4 finale was inspired by Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for both its tone and season 5 set-up. Revealing that they had hoped to create an Empire Strikes Back-inspired ending, Matt Duffer stated that they intended to leave the central characters are left to grapple with a sense of loss. Duffer then stated that the cast watching spores from the Upside Down falling on Hawkins was an early idea directly taking inspiration from the Rebel heroes looking out of the
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