WARNING: SPOILERS forward for the Dune: Prophecy season 1 finale.
Dune: Prophecy lays the groundwork for Dune 3 in a number of intriguing methods. Dune: Prophecy is a six-part sequence primarily based on the 2012 novel Sisterhood of Dune, which was written by authentic Dune creator Frank Herbert’s son, Brian, and Kevin J. Anderson. The story takes place greater than 10,000 years before the rise of Paul Atreidies, which is chronicled in Denis Villenueve’s Dune (2020) and Dune: Half Two (2024). Dune: Prophecy reveals the origins of the powerful shadow sisterhood known as the Bene Gesserit and the way they manipulated the destiny of humankind.
Dune: Prophecy episode 1 “The Hidden Hand” launched Valya Harkonnen, a fierce and calculated chief, and her organic sister, Tula Harkonnen. Dune: Prophecy episode 2 reveals what happened to Lila and her grandmother, Reverend Mom Dorotea, after Tula and Valya inspired her to endure The Agony. In Dune: Prophecy episode 3, Tula takes Lila’s life into her personal arms after she apparently died during The Agony ritual and tries to resurrect her via using forbidden expertise. Episode 4 reveals that Lila was resurrected via the Considering Machine, Anirul. Episode 5 showcases Desmond Hart’s rise to energy, whereas episode 6 sees Tula reconnect along with her abandoned half-Atreides child, Desmond Hart.
Dune: Prophecy Introduces Even Weirder Components Earlier than Dune 3
It is a good precursor earlier than the “weirdness” of Dune 3
The most effective elements of Dune: Prophecy season 1 is that it introduces new components, and a few even weirder components, than the current movie sequence. For instance, the Bene Gesserit energy of Voice is among the most compelling elements of the Sisterhood and the unique Dune movies. It’s undoubtedly one of the highly effective abilities within the Dune universe and is accessible solely to the Bene Gesserit. Whereas Girl Jessica and others use the Voice all through the Dune movies in the direction of intriguing ends, Dune: Prophecy season 1 makes the Voice much more harmful by introducing its origin and the dearth of ethical restraint from its creator.
Moreover, a few of the more bizarre components of the Dune universe which can be launched in Dune: Prophecy embrace Considering Machine expertise and the assorted methods by which it’s used throughout the Bene Gesserit and past. This opens up loads of alternatives for the Dune universe, particularly Dune 3 and different eventual motion pictures and tv sequence, to dig deeper into these “weirder” areas of Dune lore. Primarily based on the supply materials written by Frank Herbert, Dune: Messiah ought to be an enormous step up in weirdness from the primary two Dune motion pictures.
Dune: Prophecy Lays The Groundwork For Gholas In Dune: Messiah
It helps arrange Duncan Idaho’s return in Dune: Messiah
Dune: Prophecy efficiently lays the groundwork for additional sorts of species in future Dune installments, similar to Face Dancers and Gholas. The character Theo from Dune: Prophecy is one instance of introducing larger ideas that transcend what we have seen thus far and displaying there’s extra to this universe than what’s already been proven. In response to Dune Wiki, “Face Dancers had been a sterile race of metamorphic transhumans engineered by the Bene Tleilax.” The Bene Tleilax, or the Tleilaxu, are “a gaggle of secretive, genetically altered people who inhabited Tleilax, the only planet of the star Thalim” (through Dune Wiki).
One other attention-grabbing sort of Dune species is a ghola. In response to Dune Wiki, “a ghola was an artificially created human, who was replicated from a lifeless particular person.” This could clarify the return of a fallen Dune character within the first 2021 movie, Duncan Idaho. Duncan Idaho returns within the Dune: Messiah e book and may accomplish that within the Dune: Messiah film as nicely. With numerous concentrate on Thinking Machines in Dune: Prophecy, together with one being put inside Desmond Hart, it is higher positioned to tug that key character factor off in Dune: Prophecy.
Dune: Prophecy Explains Extra About The Bene Gesserit Forward Of Their Dune 3 Function
The Bene Gesserit are largely unknown and inaccessible within the Dune motion pictures
The shadowy mechanics of the Bene Gesserit in Dune: Prophecy arrange what’s to return in future Dune installments, together with the eventual third Dune film Dune: Messiah, which shall be directed by Denis Villeneuve. With out making a gift of any spoilers within the upcoming Dune: Messiah film, the Bene Gesserit scheming and plans to overthrow Paul in Messiah match with what we see from them in Prophecy.
Whereas the Bene Gesserit are largely an unknown and inaccessible pressure within the Dune motion pictures, they may turn into extra of an integral a part of Paul’s affairs as Emperor in Dune: Messiah and stay one of the attention-grabbing elements of the Dune universe altogether, which is probably going why HBO has already greenlit a second season on Dune: Prophecy.