From Desert Planets and Spice, the ‘Dune’ Legacy Lives on in ‘Star Wars’

A third humorously commented, “The hilarious issue about ‘spice’ in Star Wars is that it was almost certainly initially talked about inside the movie as an offhand reference to Dune, nonetheless because of all of the issues in Star Wars should be ~deep lore~ it’s now this whole massive issue.”

Oh, we don’t doubt that one bit — George Lucas was obsessive about Dune, so he greater than probably figured he could get away with a short tribute; clearly, it didn’t work out that strategy, and it stays a good staple in Star Wars.