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Similarities between Star Wars and Dune

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* They both take place significantly on a desert planet.
* The emperor in both universes is a real sonofabitch.
* The central character in both has to develop latent superhuman powers in order to rally his rebels to victory over the evil empire.
* Both have a bad guy who is a really "fat, nasty, greasy, fat, stank, bloated, cheesy-backed, twelve-sandwich-eating bastard" (bonus points if you can name the source of that quote)
* They both have a central character who is a son avenging the betrayal and murder of his father.
* They both have six official parts, plus a whole host of expanded universe writings.
* Film from the 80s is dark, brooding, and masterful filmmaking. Film from this decade is WAY to reliant on CGI, to the point it looks like people walking around in a videogame.
* In Dune, the sleeper must awaken. In the Prequels, if you're awake, you'll probably be put to sleep.

Elaborate and discuss.
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One other similarity is that there are way too many threads about both.

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The Sarlacc Pit / The Spice Worm
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan

Both have a bad guy who is a really "fat, nasty, greasy, fat, stank, bloated, cheesy-backed, twelve-sandwich-eating bastard" (bonus points if you can name the source of that quote)

Harlem Nights

“It’s a lot of fun… it’s a lot of fun to watch Star Wars.” – Bill Moyers

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correlian77 wins the prize. 12 virtual sandwiches. *hands them over*
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They both have about the same amount of threads around here.

I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently.

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Yep, been done before.
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There were some irate letters printed in Cinefantastique magazine right after Star Wars came out, complaining that Lucas ripped off Dune, among other things.

Where were you in '77?

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Both also feature characters who have the power to control the thoughts of others through the power of suggestion (Jedi and Bene Gesserit).

“It’s a lot of fun… it’s a lot of fun to watch Star Wars.” – Bill Moyers

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the bene gesseritt and Prtincess Leia in an early draft being a swan sensanna.

Spice

dune arrakis/tatooine

i think there are far more similarilties between star wars and the lensman saga than dune however.

you could easily make a list about a hundred pages long on how many things lucas ripped off for star wars.

He removed enough of the homages, references, and influences in the final script to avoid copyright infringement from edgar rice burroughs inc. and others.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
you could easily make a list about a hundred pages long on how many things lucas ripped off for star wars.


The link I posted above is to the Dune portion of site that does that very thing.

Origins Of Star Wars
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan

* Both have a bad guy who is a really "fat, nasty, greasy, fat, stank, bloated, cheesy-backed, twelve-sandwich-eating bastard"


Holy shit! You're right.

Dune has Baron Harkonnen.

Star Wars has George Lucas.

It's so obvious!

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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Originally posted by: ADigitalMan

* Both have a bad guy who is a really "fat, nasty, greasy, fat, stank, bloated, cheesy-backed, twelve-sandwich-eating bastard"


Holy shit! You're right.

Dune has Baron Harkonnen.

Star Wars has George Lucas.

It's so obvious!


That was so funny!
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Awesome!

I actually did start this thread for the right reasons, BTW. With all the lame Dune threads in OT, I thought I'd create a real one on-topic. But having fun with it is great!
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