As they work to retrieve the knowledge from the encrypted Imperial information pad that Omega stole, the present’s heroes encounter a brand new menace native to Barton IV within the type of large Ice Wyrms. These Wyrms are delicate to vibrations and are repelled by sensors spiked into the bottom across the base. When the ability goes off, the Ice Wyrms strike, barreling beneath the floor to assault the Dangerous Batch.
These Wyrms are literally opposites of the Sand Worms in “Dune.” In “Dune,” the sandworms are affected by vibrations of the thumpers the Fremen place into the bottom to name them, which serve to draw them moderately than repel them like in “The Dangerous Batch.” Even so, the Ice Wyrms touring by means of the snow appear like an icy corollary to the sandworms of Arrakis. It is a very cool parallel and a respectful nod to one of many science-fiction franchises that “Star Wars” has been borrowing from since day one.
Certainly, there are a number of direct strains one can draw between “Dune” and “Star Wars”. The world of “Dune,” like “Star Wars” is dominated by a largely unseen Emperor. In each, a hero rises on a desert planet, with “Star Wars” substituting Arrakis for Tatooine. Probably the most apparent homages, although, is spice being a extremely precious commodity linked to a robust crime lord (Jabba the Hutt in “Star Wars” and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in “Dune,” respectively).
It might even be argued that the dual kids of Paul Atreides in “Dune: Messiah” — who’re born after his personal flip right into a genocidal non secular determine and earlier than he walks off into the desert — had been an inspiration for the lineage of Luke and Leia (who had been additionally borne of a father who was perceived as a messiah of types solely to evolve right into a genocidal non secular determine).