One of the major differences between the two stories is that in Dune it is forbidden to
create “thinking machines”, while Star Wars has computers and androids just like
every other science fiction movie. In my opinion, this is mainly because of the popularity
of computers in sci-fi movies and possibly also because George Lucas had to
change the script
And if this still is not enough for you to believe that without Dune, there would actually
be no Star Wars, I recommend this last piece of information to you: The original
script for Star Wars was rejected by the studio because it was almost exactly the
same story as Dune. George Lucas had to hire Gary Kurtz to help him re-write the
script. Many drafts later they convinced the studio, that with this version they would
not be sued for plagiarism by the Herbert Partnership.
http://scytale.name/files/doc/essays/du ... arwars.pdf
that with this version they would
not be sued for plagiarism by the Herbert Partnership.
now what could possibly give you that idea?