However, use of words such as 'Atreides' were chosen to make readers think of Greek myths and tragedy. That said, whenever the author goes out of his way to describe a word (such as in the terminology), we can probably assume that there is a point to it (unless the author is a complete hack, of course, then it might just be 'cool'). Consider what the word for 'Promethean' would be in Galach - and whether that word has any connection to our old myths. (Since they are using our specific word, when hundreds of others would be equally precise).Īnd we know from the opening scrawl this is incorrect.Īnyway, what I was trying to say with that example is that we cannot infer things about the universe from the language used to describe it.
One could construct the argument that since Star Wars uses the word laser, which is an acronym for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation', the humans in that universe must be our descendants. Sorry, but I think this is reading too much into it.
