Well, yeah, the fact that it's an overused cliche is a pretty solid argument against. Dune is a carefully-thought-out world with a consistent ecology. Hoth isn

Well, yeah, the fact that it's an overused cliche is a pretty solid argument against. Dune is a carefully-thought-out world with a consistent ecology. Hoth isn't a "world" at all in the worldbuilding sense; it's a few miles of snow for a setpiece to happen in. And that's okay, if you only need it for half an hour and a setpiece. There's nothing wrong with choosing to write fantasy adventure with space opera trappings. But if you want to write science fiction set on a compelling world, you need to understand why Dune is interesting and Hoth is not.