This 110-Episode Space Opera Combined Hard Sci-Fi With Tolkien-Level Worldbuilding

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Science fiction and fantasy are two different genres that share more than a few things in common. For starters, there's the often epic heft: some science fiction and fantasy novels craft a narrative that lasts for years, growing to be major inspirations for other works of art. Two key examples are J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Ringstrilogy, which remains a landmark in the fantasy genre for its epic worldbuilding, and Frank Herbert's Dune, which grew to inspire other sci-fi series like Star Wars. One television show took this approach to heart, as it was built to reflect the structure of a novel while also featuring plenty of world building and the epic sweep that drives Dune and Lord of the Rings.

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