ooli@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoFrank Herbert always thought Star Wars was a Dune ripoffwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down114
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-linkFrank Herbert always thought Star Wars was a Dune ripoffwww.polygon.comooli@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squaresylphrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·7 months agoI don’t think it’s a rip-off either, but the Dune franchise does actually involve some princesses and robots
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoWhich Dune book had robots? I thought that robots had been banned in the Dune universe.
minus-squarejdnewmil@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoWell, the Butlerian Jihad was a big influence obviously, and later in the series they end up fighting some leftover AIs from that era. But yeah, a very different take on robots between the two
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-27 months agoWeren’t the Dune books mentioning these events published after Star Wars premiered?
minus-squarePilferJynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoYeah, and wasn’t even written by Frank.
minus-squareNutteman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoAnd also fucking suck. the story is bad and the writing is downright young adult dystopia novel in quality.
I don’t think it’s a rip-off either, but the Dune franchise does actually involve some princesses and robots
Which Dune book had robots? I thought that robots had been banned in the Dune universe.
Well, the Butlerian Jihad was a big influence obviously, and later in the series they end up fighting some leftover AIs from that era. But yeah, a very different take on robots between the two
Weren’t the Dune books mentioning these events published after Star Wars premiered?
Yeah, and wasn’t even written by Frank.
And also fucking suck. the story is bad and the writing is downright young adult dystopia novel in quality.