Dune Has A Star Wars Diss You May Have Missed
It's said that good artists borrow and great artists steal. If that's true, it's particularly apparent in fantasy and science fiction. There would be no Coruscant in Star Wars without Isaac Asimov's Trantor, no Westeros without Middle-earth, and no giant sandworms in much of anything without "Dune." The complicated Star Wars insult in "Heretics of Dune" seems to paint George Lucas' films as "cheap copies" rather than the genuine article. It was clear from the moment that "Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope" was released in theaters that it drew heavily from Frank Herbert's world, or at least, seemed to. While borrowing from your predecessors is common practice in sci-fi, Star Wars does owe a heavy debt to the Dune books. It's not just the desert planet, Princess Leia, or the evil empire. Once you get into the prequels, Star Wars takes even more inspiration from Herbert's stories. Check…
