Dual formula in propositional logic

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There's something I don't understand in my course on propositional logic.

In the case of x being a variable, the definition of its dual is x* = x. Right.

However, further in the course, there's a corollary stating : In propositional logic, if a formula is valid, its dual is contradictory.

How can this be true if x* = x ?

Does it even make sense to talk about the truth value of a variable ?

I'm a little bit confused...