I’ve never seen Dune but it does strike me as odd that David Lynch would not take the Star Wars gig and then go and do a movie very similar on his own, writing & directing at that! But who am I to judge and Lynch has said that Dune is his least favorite film of his so maybe he just took it as a personal challenge. He does paint a pretty Hollywood image of George Lucas here, though. I wonder what the Star Wars director has to say about Lynch-ie saying he doesn’t LOVE to direct? I guess that does give you some insight into the prequels though. Well one thing David Lynch & I agree on: FUCK salads!
It's not my favorite Lynch film either. I know he intended for it to be much longer than what was released.