• @sylphrin@lemmy.world
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    134 months ago

    I don’t think it’s a rip-off either, but the Dune franchise does actually involve some princesses and robots

    • @hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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      204 months ago

      Yes, but not a damsel in distress. A trope that has a name from the other stories.

      Star wars uses old tropes. Dune uses old tropes. The key is they both did it on ways that tell a story that lots of people found interesting or entertaining.

      • @jdnewmil@lemmy.ca
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        54 months ago

        Well, the Butlerian Jihad was a big influence obviously, and later in the series they end up fighting some leftover AIs from that era. But yeah, a very different take on robots between the two