Also I always thought it really random that the prequels started with a blockade and trade dispute with the Trade Federation, but now that I’m an old man I see that it’s likely yet another ripoff of Dune.
It’s exactly like the Spacing Guild! They are the merchant transportation industry in that universe and they can and do isolate the Atreides on the planet to secretly facilitate an invasion.
Huh. I’ll have to rewatch them someday.
Also I always thought it really random that the prequels started with a blockade and trade dispute with the Trade Federation, but now that I’m an old man I see that it’s likely yet another ripoff of Dune.
It’s exactly like the Spacing Guild! They are the merchant transportation industry in that universe and they can and do isolate the Atreides on the planet to secretly facilitate an invasion.