OT - Star Wars Ep III

[dogscoff]

geoschmo said:
Star Wars may have similarites to Dune, in the same way that all stories share many common plot themes and character types.

I agree and disagree. I think the two films are sufficiently different to say that SW owes little or nothing to Dune. On the other hand, it's quite conceivable that the whole "young man of noble birth on a desert world destined to restore a usurped power" is perhaps, umm, shall we say 'inspired' by Dune.

Especially two stories that are both from teh same genera of sci0fi the way Dune and SW are.

I would disagree here. Dune is scifi. SW is sinbad-genre swashbuckling dressed up as scifi. Or, to quote the great Tim Bisley, Star Wars (or at least, EP1) is nothing but a "jumped-up firework display of a toy advert".