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The image is a meme with a black background. The text reads "Frank Herbert built a time machine, changed the name of Arrakis to Tatooine, and changed the name of Paul Atreides to Luke Skywalker. He then published Dune in 1965, twelve years before Star Wars came out." There is a small logo of "The Language Nerds" in the upper left corner. The image is humorous and implies that Frank Herbert’s novel "Dune" was a precursor to the "Star Wars" franchise. It suggests that Herbert purposefully copied elements of his story. The bottom right contains the words "20th Century."

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Khurram Wadee
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We know that Lucas took loads from Dune, including having desolate desert planets.
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@Khurram Wadee Only originality in it is the mix, but the joke was someone accusing Dune of ripping off Star Wars which would be rather impossible.
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Hey, there's some originality in Star Wars. I think. I mean, one of the most iconic things from Star Wars was the light saber - which I think has no precedent.

And was a double sunset done before? I feel like surely there must have been something, at least in prose. But maybe not? Either way, that scene was absolutely brilliant - an homage and bridge from classic Westerns in cinema to futuristic science fiction.

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@Isaac Kuo Double sun? Prolly not in movies or TV to that time, making it look right would've been hard. Really I don't think there's any original ideas there, but a unique blend of things that had been seen before. Actually the Millenium Falcon might've been the most original, I mean basically a space semi-truck was a new idea.
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The Jedi are based on Samurai. Lucas was a big fan of Kurasawa and so the light sabres are just a sci-fi reworking of Samurai swords. I still think SW was great until Lucas got bought out, at least.
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@Khurram Wadee The two handed techniques used in the first Star Wars movie definitely show samurai movie heritage and inspiration, but you can't just call the light saber "just" a reworking of the katana.

Like ... this idea that a light saber can be used to block blasters. That's just ... kinda weird and out there.

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I thought the design of tie-fighters was quite original. I don't think I'd seen something like those before.
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@Khurram Wadee Fair point, I just tend to discount it as its basically a non-aerodynamic fighter plane, which was definitely different for the time.
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@🌴 Seph 💭 👾 I suppose the Millennium Falcon draws on the tradition of the tramp steamer, such as in The African Queen.

The gun turret armament is inspired by WWII bombers, although the weird artificial gravity directions and orientation of the tunnels leading to them is a weird science fiction twist.

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