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The image is a meme-style graphic with a white background. It features two side-by-side panels. The left panel is labeled "Frank Herbert." The right panel is labeled "Arrakis." Below the labels, there is text reading, "Considered a cheap rip-off of Dune." Below the right panel, there is text reading, "by Scholars." In the center of the image, there is a text bubble that says, "Considered a cheap rip-off of Dune."
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in reply to 🌴 Seph 💭 👾 • • •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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in reply to 🌴 Seph 💭 👾 • • •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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in reply to 🌴 Seph 💭 👾 • • •@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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in reply to 🌴 Seph 💭 👾 • • •@🌴 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.