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[โ€“] foo@withachanceof.com 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm on the same train. The original trilogy never did much for me (maybe if I was around in the 70s/80s when it was groundbreaking VFX), the prequels obviously suck, and the sequels are a hot mess too. Now you have Disney milking the hell out of it with all the TV shows and spinoffs. The only Star Wars thing I ever enjoyed was Rogue One.

...then I discovered Dune. And Dune is exactly what I wished Star Wars had always been.

[โ€“] AzuleBlade@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Have you tried Andor yet? It's probably the best series (don't hate me Grogu fans).

[โ€“] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dune is exactly what Lucas was copying when he wrote Star wars.

[โ€“] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I thought he copied the lord of the rings.

Young guy gets cast into adventure by a grey wizard to battle and defeat an evil villain clad in black.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings was a principal driving force in the early drafts of the 1977 film. In fact, Lucas nearly copied Tolkien's dialogue, word-for-word, borrowing Gandalf's greeting to Bilbo in The Hobbit.

Both works are based on the conflict between the ultimate good and the ultimate evil. The two sides are represented by a single protagonist, surrounded by a team of helper characters, and a villain, supported by extensive antagonistic forces.

Licas has often cited The Lord of the Rings as a major influence on Star Wars. The superficial stuff is the most obvious, but the subtle lesson Lucas learned from Tolkien is how to handle the delicate stuff of myth. Tolkien wrote that myth and fairytale seem to be the best way to communicate morality.