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Like Princess Jasmine trapped in Jafars gigantic hourglass,drowning in sand, were back in the world ofDuneagain.
Dragons, birds, worms: Is HBOs premier Sunday-night slot going for a we bought a zoo thing?
(Thats the plan inDune, anyway; Valyas motives are a little murkier inDune: Prophecy.)
Its a dense world!
Here are five things to remember beforeDune: Prophecypremieres.
1.Spice, spice, baby
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In a universe where everyones moving between planets all the time, the demand for spice is immense.
Thats how spice shapes this worlds financial tensions and power dynamics.
As Pauls lover Chani explains, When the tribe shares the Water, were together all of us.
This is HBO, after all!
2.Atreides vs. Harkonnen
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As Josh Brolins Gurney Halleck says in Villeneuves first film, Eighty years, Arrakis belonged to House Harkonnen.
… Can you imagine the wealth?
… Theyre not human, theyre brutal.
SinceDune: Prophecyhas characters from Houses Harkonnen and Atreides, expect more of that feud to play out here.
3.The fall of the machine
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The Imperiums citizens would really prefer not to have aMatrix-like situation on their hands again.Who can blame them?
4.Religion inDuneis complicated
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That difference is seen even in the highest religious achievements of the period.
InDune, the Bene Gesserithave many detractors who critique that distinction, including Paul.
Thats going to be an issue when Valya and Desmond, a Fremen, meet inDune: Prophecy.)
5.The Bene Gesserit are, uh, geneticists
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Once the Kwisatz Haderach is born, the sisterhood will control that person when they come to throne.
One very specific, Bene Gesseritapproved way.
