@ooli to MoviesEnglish • 7 months agoFrank Herbert always thought Star Wars was a Dune ripoffwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square80arrow-up1232arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkFrank Herbert always thought Star Wars was a Dune ripoffwww.polygon.com@ooli to MoviesEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square80cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•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-square@reddig33linkEnglish6•edit-27 months agoWeren’t the Dune books mentioning these events published after Star Wars premiered?
minus-square@NuttemanlinkEnglish5•7 months agoAnd also fucking suck. the story is bad and the writing is downright young adult dystopia novel in quality.
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.