What is a thinking machine?
Is the Sisterhood the Bene Gesserit?
We have your Dune: Prophecy episode 1 answers here.
This article contains spoilers forDune: Prophecyepisode 1 and details from theDunebooks.
And they were right.
Dont worry, because well explain it all.
After all, ifDen of Geekwere around in 1984, the studio wouldnt have bothered with those cheat sheets.
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What Are the Thinking Machines?
Hawat responds by rolling his eyes into the back of his head and rattling off a bunch of numbers.
Hawat is a mentat, a human who has learned how to replicate the work of a computer.
Why not just use computers, you ask?
Well, we get part of the answer to that question inValya Harkonnensopening monologue inProphecys premiere The Hidden Hand.
In a familiar sci-fi trope, the humans wage war against the AIs and eventually win.
The patron saint of the revolt was Serena Butler, whose son was killed by the robot Erasmus.
Rayna made Serena into a literal saint and added religious language to a general mistrust of machines.
Raquella believed that the Sisterhood should engineer an Emperor according to the needs of the Sisterhood.
Where Is Arrakis?
What Is Salusa Secundus?
The desert planet that contains spice is actually called Arrakis.
Instead, most ofProphecytakes place on Salusa Secundus.
Thats particularly surprising to those who recall the depiction of the planet in the firstDune.
In that movie, Salusa appears gray and rainy.
But like every ruler in Herberts world, the Corrinos make massive mistakes with huge costs.
In this increasingly harsh environment, Salusa Secundus becomes the ideal ground to breed the remorseless Sardaukar.
What is the Status of the Harkonnens, the Atreides, and the Great Houses?
At this point, fans of the movie might be saying, Wait a minute!
I thoughtDunewas about the Atreides and the Harkonnens!
Who are these Corrino people?
Although they didnt get much overt attention in Villeneuves movies, the Corrinos were present.
BecauseProphecytakes place 10,000 years earlier, the Corrinos arent in quite as bad shape.
Speaking of the Harkonnens,Duneintroduced that family as the movies overall villains and the initial stewards of Arrakis.
Of course, Valya frames these perceptions as lies from the Atreides.
Are Jihaes Kasha Jinjo and the Sisterhood the Same as the Bene Gesserit?
The Bene Gesserit do not yet exist inProphecy.
Instead, Valya belongs to the Sisterhood.
Why Do People Catch on Fire at the End of Episode 1?
Although most of The Hidden Hand involves exposition, the episode does end on a striking note.
Dune: Prophecy airs new episodes every Sunday night at 9 pm ET on HBO and Max.
