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Arrakis (/ ə ˈ r ɑː k ɪ s /) [1] —informally known as Dune and later called Rakis—is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert.Herbert's first novel in the series, 1965's Dune, is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, [2] and it is sometimes cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history.
Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part Two’ continues the epic journey of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he rises to power on the desert planet Arrakis. Find out how to stream the film from home.
Although Arrakis is a harsh and inhospitable desert planet, it is of enormous importance because it is the only planetary source of melange, or the "spice", a unique and incredibly valuable substance that extends human youth, vitality and lifespan.
3500 years after the events of Children of Dune, the once-desert planet of Arrakis is now a lush paradise, and Leto Atreides sits on the throne. Millennia ago, Leto merged with a sandworm to grant ...
Sandworms are colossal, worm-like creatures that live on the desert planet Arrakis. Their larvae produce a drug called melange (known colloquially as "the spice"), the most essential and valuable commodity in the universe because it makes safe and accurate interstellar travel possible. Melange deposits are found in the sand seas of Arrakis ...
Shalom Brune-Franklin plays Mikaela, a Fremen woman from Arrakis who lives on the Emperor's planet. She works in a spice den on Salusa Secundus. "Dune: Prophecy" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO ...
Liet-Kynes is the Imperial Planetologist of the desert planet Arrakis, and the father of Chani by his Fremen wife, Faroula. In Dune, Duke Leto Atreides meets with Kynes soon after arriving on Arrakis to take over the melange harvesting operations there. Escorted by the planet's native Fremen, Kynes is the liaison between them and the Imperials.
TIME's take on a Dune family tree illustrates the relationships between three of the most important Great Houses at the end of Dune: Part Two.