You may recognize the names of the main players in HBO’s Dune prequel series, Dune: Prophecy. Frank Herbert’s Dune books and the film adaptations by Denis Villeneuve center on Paul Atreides, a prophet of sorts plagued by his calling to overthrow the galactic order. Paul spends most of the first Dune novel avenging the death of his father at the hands of a villain named Baron Harkonnen and the Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, both of whom believe Paul’s family to be a threat to their power. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Dune: Prophecy is set 10,000 years before the birth of Paul.