Star Wars is a Dune rip off. Dune 2 made me never want to watch anything Star Wars related again.
I gotta confess something. Been thinking a lot about it.
- Thread starter Amerikan Melanin
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OneManGang
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Lucas took cues from many literary works and films
At its purest though, these two IPs are nothing alike. The storytelling principles and essence are completely different
You’re not telling me anything I don’t know with that statement (bolded). Dune deals with fanaticism, manipulation, idolatry, zealously, the dangers of mixing religion and politics, etc.
Paul Atreides is a villain and Luke Skywalker is a saint.
That said…
Desert planet
Desert worms
Spice
Telekinesis
Space witches
Mind control
Empire
Space war
Bloodlines
Princess Alia vs Princess Leia
Etc.
OneManGang
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Again, he took from alot of science fiction he liked. That’s not debatable. Stolen like in that clickbait is reaching though. Maybe Easter eggs or callbacks would be a better description.You’re not telling me anything I don’t know with that statement (bolded). Dune deals with fanaticism, manipulation, idolatry, zealously, the dangers of mixing religion and politics, etc.
Paul Atreides is a villain and Luke Skywalker is a saint.
That said…
Desert planet
Desert worms
Spice
Telekinesis
Space witches
Mind control
Empire
Space war
Bloodlines
Princess Alia vs Princess Leia
Etc.
Would you say Game of Thrones stole from Zelda or Lord of the Rings or the million other fantasy works before it. Some tropes are pervasive in genres. Dune certainly wasn’t the first to talk about space wars or bloodlines or telekinesis etc.