And I just feel like they lost that after. 'So, there was something in 'The Empire Strikes Back,' in its darkness, in the way it was approaching the psychological path of Luke Skywalker.
He goes on to explain that when he took on Dune, he wanted to capture that early Star Wars spirit: That's I have so much reverence for 'Blade Runner,' the original, of course, and '2001: A Space Odyssey.' When people are taking sci-fi seriously, it's so powerful.” Science fiction is serious stuff for me it's something that I love when it considers life and existence serious. 'There's something about 'The Empire Strikes Back,' the darkness of it, the tragic elements of it, the way I was feeling in that precise moment about 'Star Wars' - there was something really serious about it that I deeply loved. The filmmaker goes on to praise The Empire Strikes Back, explaining why it’s the best Star Wars film, and says the Star Wars franchise lost its elegance after that movie. Of course, while making the press rounds, the director had to be asked about the Star Wars franchise and how it was influenced by Frank Herbert’s Dune and how his Dune was influence by Star Wars. Director Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptation of Dune was released over the weekend and it was one hell of an incredible film.