| Re: Big mistakes in sf.
Lucas has acknowledged Dune as an inspiration, and I believe Brian Herbert mentions that Frank considered a lawsuit after A New Hope came out. There used to be an amazingly good page out there that went into a great amount of detail about Dune as a source for Star Wars.
The page is now gone, but for example, consider Alia, Leia. In the original script instead of plans for the Death Star Leia had a load of spice. BG body controls reflected in the Jedi. Jedi's use of voice. Jabba and worms. Tatoonie and Arrakis. A young hero with dead parents who overthrows an empire and becomes mythically famous and gets superpowers. I think there is a powerful trade guild in Star Wars too. There are more. Too bad that page is gone. She said that she wanted to write a book. I hope to god she is, because she was really onto something. |