Writing the book in 1965, Frank Herbert stated that the book was more of a warning than a tale of power and politics, which was one of the main themes in the book. With the book set in a distant future, ‘Dune’ talks about humanity when humanity has advanced beyond the era of machines, an era that nearly caused its destruction. With Star Wars owning its inspiration to ‘ Dune,’ the novel remains a pivotal book in the history of humanity.

While promoting the movie this year, Dune star Josh Brolin told ET that the authentic terrain seemed like “what Frank Herbert intended.Frank Herbert’s complex-world storytelling through ‘Dune’ birthed many books. In addition to Villeneuve being a longtime devotee of the original work, the author’s presence was felt behind the scenes in other ways, too. The filmmaker favored shooting on location in the deserts of Jordan and building elaborate sets as opposed to strictly using greenscreens. It’s a world that takes its power in details.' 'I would not agree to make this adaptation of the book with one single movie,' Villeneuve said. (for now), the director explained to Variety last year that his Dune only covers the first half of the source material. While Lynch’s adaptation was a financial dud in 1984, Villeneuve’s movie already grossed over $120 million at the international box-office heading into its domestic release. And without any official announcement of a sequel from Warner Bros. Over 35 years after this interview, there’s a $165 million budgeted film that’s on track to secure Dune’s enduring legacy for a little while longer. When reflecting on Dune's immense fandom and cultural impact nearly 20 years after it was published, Herbert figured he wouldn’t be around for his work's true endurance test. “It ‘borrowed,’ I think is the kindly word, from me from a lot of other science fiction writers,” he claimed. Enough so that Herbert said that while he was developing the screenplay with Lynch, overlaps between the two properties caused “problems” on account of how much of the novel, according to Herbert, Lucas had already put on the big screen. As Herbert saw it, along with many other notable authors and critics at the time, Dune had an enormous influence on the original Star Wars trilogy. should have had balloons in there with ‘Pow!’ and ‘Bang!’” he added with a laugh. “Very shallow in the story and character development sense. Star Wars was for the screen,” Herbert said.

But Herbert wasn’t concerned about Lynch’s work being placed into this new category of film.

Diuna by Frank Herbert