Beyond simply being science fiction in theme, both the cartoon and Star Wars were inspired by the same source material.
Duck Dodgers in the 24th-and-a-half Century was originally released in 1953, so it was a classic cartoon already in 1977.
It’s probably one of the reasons that Lucas was interested in using this particular cartoon.
And as the original tweet points out, it’s one of the more popular animated cartoons ever made.
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