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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 2852048" data-attributes="member: 2804">IRC, When WotC bought out LUG to get their hands on the Star Trek license (which Paramount promptly yanked, and which is another story altogether), they also acquired the Dune license which LUG had at the time.LUG had just been ready to release their ICON system based Dune RPG. However, this was also when the Sci-Fi channel was releasing their Dune miniseries. Due to a clause in the contract that allowed them to renegotiate because of WotC's buyout, the Herbert estate demanded an obscene amount of money in order for WotC to keep the license. Apparently, the Herbert estate thought the Sci-Fi channel's miniseries would be more than a passing fad and decided to milk it for all their could.WotC refused the new ridiculously high price and simply released the few ICON books they had already printed before the existing license expired.So for those of you disappointed that the Dune RPG was short lived, blame the Herbert family greed. And yes, WotC was planning a d20 version.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 2852048, member: 2804"] IRC, When WotC bought out LUG to get their hands on the Star Trek license (which Paramount promptly yanked, and which is another story altogether), they also acquired the Dune license which LUG had at the time. LUG had just been ready to release their ICON system based Dune RPG. However, this was also when the Sci-Fi channel was releasing their Dune miniseries. Due to a clause in the contract that allowed them to renegotiate because of WotC's buyout, the Herbert estate demanded an obscene amount of money in order for WotC to keep the license. Apparently, the Herbert estate thought the Sci-Fi channel's miniseries would be more than a passing fad and decided to milk it for all their could. WotC refused the new ridiculously high price and simply released the few ICON books they had already printed before the existing license expired. So for those of you disappointed that the Dune RPG was short lived, blame the Herbert family greed. And yes, WotC was planning a d20 version. [/QUOTE]

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