The fact that it has persisted for 10,000 years highlights its fundamental importance to Frank Herbert's universe.

For example, Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) briefly tells about the Butlerian Jihad (humanity's war against thinking machines) and how it started the infamous grudge between houses Atreides and Harkonnen.

There’s a whole new generation of Atreides and Harkonnen families introduced in HBO’s prequel series “Dune: Prophecy,” set 10,000 years before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s two “Dune” movies. Since the show is set so far in the past,

Get ready to return to Frank Herbert's world with this breakdown of the major characters in Dune: Prophecy. Let’s say you, like most people, haven’t read any of Frank Herbert ‘s novels, but you’ve watched and rewatched both of Denis Villeneuve ‘s Dune movies again and again.

There’s a whole new generation of Atreides and Harkonnen families introduced in HBO’s prequel series “Dune: Prophecy,” set 10,000 years before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s two “Dune” movies. Since the show is set so far in the past,

HBO seems to be running Dune on the House of the Dragon OS, washing Frank Herbert’s universe in the network’s signature blend of elite power struggle and thorny personal relat