Star Wars Origins in Frank Herbert’s Dune:
| Princess Leia | Princess Alia (pronounced a-leia) |
| Villain turns out to be hero’s father | Villain turns out to be hero’s grandfather |
| Tatooine a desert planet | Arrakis (Dune) a desert planet |
| Sandcrawler – Vehicle piloted by Jawas, “left over from a forgotten mining era long ago” | Sandcrawler – Vehicle piloted by Arrakins, used to mine for spice |
| Moisture Farmers (like Uncle Owen) | Dew Collectors: “…used by Fremen to line concave planting depressions where they provide a small but reliable source of water” |
| Spice Mines of Kessel (mentioned in passing) | Spice is the most valued commodity in the universe, mined from Dune |
| Jedi Mind Trick – Jedi ability which controls the actions of others | The Voice – Bene Gesserit ability which controls the actions of others |
| Jedi Bendu, the Jedi training technique which gives them excellent internal control as well as supernatural prowess in combat | Prana Bindu, the Bene Gesserit training technique which gives them excellent internal control as well as supernatural prowess in combat2 |
| Vision of Obi-Wan appears to Luke on Hoth, while he’s seemingly dying | Vision of Pardot Kynes appears to Liet-Kynes in the desert, while he’s dying |
| The Trade Federation has a monopoly on shipping in space | The Spacing Guild has a monopoly on shipping and transportation in space |
| Luke practices his lightsaber technique against an automated training remote | Alia practices her sword technique against an automated training dummy |
| Millennium Falcon barely escapes from the jaws of giant, sightless space slug before it falls back into the asteroid. | The Duke’s ornithopter barely escapes from the jaws of a giant, sightless sandworm before it falls back into the dunes. |
| Luke spies on the Sandpeople using electrobinoculars | Paul spies on the Fremen using electric binoculars |
| Repulsors – Small devices which counteract gravity (used in the landspeeder, speeder bikes, pod racers and Jabba’s barge) | Suspensors – Small devices which counteract gravity (used to suspend the Baron Harkonnen and Glowglobes) |
| Jabba (1983) is a worm/slug thing, about 15 feet long, with human-like facial features, arms and hands, who sits atop a dais | Leto II, God Emperor of Dune (1981), is a worm/slug thing, about 15 feet long, with human-like facial features, arms and hands, who sits atop a dais |