Star Wars Was Inspired By Dune, But It's Also Very Different. Yes, "Star Wars" borrows heavily from "Dune" in numerous ways, but it arguably borrows more from many other sources.

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'Star Wars' Day is sign of franchise's mass appeal. It owes a lot to Frank Herbert's 'Dune' 'Star Wars' appeared to borrow so many ideas from the Dune novels, that when 'The New Hope' was first ...

George Lucas's Star Wars franchise wears many of its influences on its sleeve, most notably elements from Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel Dune.

Tatooine in 1977’s Star Wars (L); Arrakis in 2021’s Dune (R) Desert Planets. Location, location, location—this is the most obvious place to begin.

Beyond having one of their performers in common, however, Dune and Star Wars share more than that. Dune’s entire aesthetic is based around the Atreides homeworld, the desert planet of Arrakis.

So how exactly would a bad "Dune" lead to the death of 1977's "Star Wars" before it was even born? “The studios were not behind ‘Star Wars’ anyway. They thought it was ridiculous.

Star Wars and Dune are great examples of this. Going even further, it's important to have a hierarchy when it comes to these big bads. While Star Wars has its brute forces in a Darth Vader or a ...

Star Wars‘ The Force and Dune’s The Voice In Star Wars , there exists a mystical and transient power called the Force , that allows certain characters to perform Jedi mind tricks.

George Lucas's Star Wars franchise wears many of its influences on its sleeve, most notably elements from Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel Dune. The post Everything STAR WARS Borrowed From ...

Star Wars‘ The Force and Dune’s The Voice In Star Wars , there exists a mystical and transient power called the Force , that allows certain characters to perform Jedi mind tricks.