Star Wars Makes Its Coolest Dune Homage Yet, Less Than A Week After The Sequel’s Release

warn!This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 5

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• The Bad Batch Season 3 pays homage to Dune with giant ice worms, similar to the sandworms from Dune: Part II.
• The Ice Worm in Star Wars appears to be the opposite of the Sand Worm in Dune, burrowing in the snow and being repulsed by activated devices rather than being summoned like the Fremen’s thumpers.
• Star Wars has always borrowed from Dune as it was a major influence on George Lucas, from the shared desert planet to The Chosen One to the Galactic Empire and more.

It is worth noting that Star Wars But revealed “cool” dune Tribute comes less than a week after massive release Dune: Part 2.As seen in the latest episode bad batch In season three, Omega and Crosshair reunited with Hunter, Wrecker, and Echo, bringing the Clone Force 99 family together again (without Tech, who was presumed dead).However, this episode is also related to dune Franchise.

bad batch Season three focuses primarily on the Necromancer Project and Emperor Palpatine’s ongoing attempts to grant himself immortality via Force-sensitive clones.This not only laid the foundation for Palpatine’s return The rise of skywalkerBut it also reveals the tragic fate of several clone troopers who served the Republic after the rise of the Empire, as many became unwilling test subjects. to this end, bad batch In Season 3, Episode 5, Clone Trooper 99 attempts to find the Empire’s secret cloning facility, a new mission that includes an explicit mission Star Wars pay tribute dune.

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Dune 2’s first bad episodes after release feature giant worms

no, seriously

During “The Bad Batch’s” return to Patton IV, Hunter and Cross came face to face with a giant ice worm, which the subtitles read as “The Dragon.”Obviously, given the recently released Dune: Part 2 Its standout features are the iconic sandworms that travel across the desert planet of Arrakis, ridden by nomads known as the Fremen.This ice bug doesn’t just move under the snow, it’s like dune Shai-Hulud, but it also has a huge mouth ready to devour everything in its path.

One has to wonder if this incredible timing was intentional on Lucasfilm’s part or just pure coincidence.

as seen bad batch In the fifth episode of Season 3, Clone Trooper 99 also activates a device to help repel the iceworms, instead of the “slammer” used by the Fremen in “Clones.” dune The franchise that summons the sandworms.Like Zillo Beast in Zillo Beast bad batch Season 2 pays homage to both alien and godzillait’s impossible not to think about it dune When this new ice bug bursts out of the snow to attack these sandworms Star Wars figure. To that end, one has to wonder whether this incredible timing was intentional on Lucasfilm’s part or just pure coincidence.

Star Wars has a long history of borrowing from Dune

Desert Planet, Chosen One, Empire

Of course, this is certainly not the first time Star Wars borrowed elements dune in any way.George Lucas talks about his inspirations from a variety of media influences Star Wars. From this, it is not difficult to see the important role it plays. dune The novel considers the desert planet of Tatooine, the tyranny of the Empire, the idea of ​​the prophesied Chosen One, and the Sarlacc (the original Sandworm equivalent).

There are many more comparisons between these two science fiction novels. After all, there is a cycle of Frank Herbert’s influence. dune books influenced Star Wars Through multiple elements and different themes. Now, Star Wars It itself also influenced Denis Villeneuve’s dune Movie.That said, there is something truly special and particularly interesting about bad batch The new Ice Worm gives absolutely perfect timing.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Season 3 Episodes 1-3 are now available on Disney+. Future episodes will be released on Wednesdays at 12:00 AM PT, 3:00 AM ET and 8:00 AM GMT.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” is an action-adventure animated series based on the events of the Clone Wars, telling the story of Clone Trooper 99 (also known as the Bad Batch). The Bad Batch found themselves immune to the brainwashing effects of Order 66 and became fugitives from the law who hired them while escaping from the Empire, which now treats them as such.

Actors Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Hong, Nosir Dalal, Liam O’Brien, Rhea Perlman, Sam Riegel, Bob Bergen , Gwendoline Young

Release date May 4, 2021

Season 3

Screenwriters: Jennifer Corbett, Dave Filoni, Matt Michinowitz, Tamara Becher, Amanda Rose Muñoz, Gusmlan Sandhu, Christian Taylor, Damani Johnson

Directors Brad Rau, Steward Lee, Nathaniel Villanueva, Saul Ruiz

Showrunner Dave Filoni

Creators: Dave Filoni, Jennifer Corbett