Dune: Prophecy star that previously said "it’s not like Star Wars" clarifies her comments about the upcoming prequel series: "Everything is relative"
Exclusive: Emily Watson talks the differences between Star Wars and the world of Dune
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Dune: Prophecy star Emily Watson is a Star Wars fan, but she doesn’t think the upcoming prequel series compares to George Lucas’s sci-fi franchise.
“Don’t get me wrong, I love Star Wars. I’m a huge Star Wars fan. But we’re in a universe where there isn’t ‘right’ anymore. There aren’t goodies and baddies. Everything is relative,” Watson tells GamesRadar+ during an exclusive interview at New York City Comic Con. “You and everybody are morally flawed, for some very deeply and some lesser, but moral relativism and compromise and human flaws are very much what drive the story forward.”
The series dives into the life of Valya Harkonnen (Watson), Mother Superior of the Sisterhood, who is the most consequential architect of the matriarchal order that will eventually come to be known as the Bene Gesserit. Jessica Barden plays …