Subj : Re: What's Everyone Watch
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Boraxman
Date : Mon Feb 07 2022 17:19:03

  Re: Re: What's Everyone Watch
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Moondog on Fri Feb 04 2022 06:56 am

 > -=> Moondog wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
 > 
 >  Mo> The way it appears Tattooine is growing into a major link in the spice
 >  Mo> distribution chain.  I imagine any group interested in getting a piece
 >  Mo> of the action leaving their comfy cities in favor of going where the
 >  Mo> money is.
 > 
 > Although they mentioned spice in the original trilogy, is bringing it to the
 > forefront now a nice homage to Frank Herbert's Dune?
 > 
 > A lot of people implied that George Lucas was influenced, shall we say, and
 > make comparisons to Arrakis/Paul/Muad'Dib and Tatooine/Luke, throwing an
 > orange spice into the mix makes it even more evident.
 > 
 > They both ultimately owe a lot to Lawrence of Arabia.
 > 

I'm not as familiar with Star Wars as I am with what is my favourite Sci Fi
book, Dune, but there is a very important difference between the two.

Paul Atreides is not like Luke, in that Paul becomes the reason for a bloody
and destructive Jihad.  Paul isn't actually a saviour, but the product of
zealotry and blind faith a leader, whereas Luke is genuinely a "good guy" hero.

Frank intended for Paul to serve as an example for why we shouldn't put all our
trust in a leader figure, and how dangerous such a thing can be.

Dune Messiah explores this more, which is the follow up to Dune.  In some ways,
to really understand Dune, you need to read Dune Messiah.

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