Don't know your Bene Gesserit from your Baron Harkonnen? We have your back — our 'Dune' 101 primer will tell you everything you need to know going into Denis Villeneuve's upcoming science fiction epic.
Don’t know your Baron Harkkonen from your Bene Gesserit? Don’t sweat it: Our quick and dirty guide totakes place thousands and thousands of years into humanity’s future, by which time humans have spread throughout the known universe. But our colonization of the stars wasn’t easy. Some 10,000 years prior to the events of the story, a massive holy war against artificial intelligence known as the Butlerian Jihad saw all forms of “thinking machines” wiped out.
Several specialized orders of mental superhumans arose in the wake of this anti-computer crusade: the Mentats, specially trained geniuses with brains that outmatch even the most advanced AI; the Bene Gesserit, a secretive sisterhood of women who work to ensure humanity’s continued progress under the guidance of their near-telepathic Reverend Mothers; and the Guild Navigators, mutated beings whose powers enable the ships they guide to travel through space.
That child is now a young man, and the saga’s primary hero: Paul Atreides. He’s been receiving training in various mental and physical disciplines on House Atreides’ homeworld Caladan from his father’s Mentat, Thufir Hawat; his “Warmaster,” Gurney Halleck; and his “Swordmaster,” Duncan Idaho. But even as Paul begins to manifest extraordinary powers — think prophetic dreams and incredible pain tolerance — House Atreides’ enemies are conspiring to bring the Duke down. In an offer that Leto can’t refuse, the Emperor grants his family control of Arrakis. It’s too lucrative an opportunity to turn down. But it’s also very clearly a trap meant to draw House Atreides into the crosshairs of the evil Baron Harkkonen and his goonish nephew, the Beast Rabban.
Without going too deep into spoiler territory, the trap is eventually sprung, leading to House Atreides’ catastrophic defeat. Paul is forced into hiding among Arrakis’s native population, the indigenous desert nomads called the Fremen. Endowed by the Bene Gesserit’s millennia-long propaganda program with fervent belief in a messiah figure, they take Paul in as one of their own.
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