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Post #884362

Author
Bingowings
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How much does Lucas owe to Jorodowky’s Dune? Would Star Wars even exist without Dune?
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Date created
8-Dec-2015, 11:04 PM

Even the retcons are pinched from Herbert. Luke and Leia both being twins and their father being a prophetically awaited hero driven to tyranny after the death of his wife. That might not have been the plan in 1977 but it’s what happened later.
It’s a shame Vader didn’t have a sister to profit from a cult set up in his memory that could become possessed by the spirit of the Emperor.