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Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (/ ˈ h ɑːr k ə n ə n / [2]) is a fictional character in the Dune franchise created by Frank Herbert.He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune and is also a prominent character in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999–2001) by Herbert's son Brian and Kevin J. Anderson.
The original Dune book offers only hints about the origin of the feud. ... [Baron Harkonnen], deep in his mind, is the knowledge that an Atreides had a Harkonnen banished for cowardice after, the ...
Valya often speaks of restoring the Harkonnen family name. According to the Dune prequels written by Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert, long before Valya was born, the peoples of the Dune series ...
The character also appears in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, and is resurrected as a ghola in Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune, the Brian Herbert/Anderson sequels which conclude the original series. In Prelude to Dune, a younger Baron Harkonnen consults with Yueh seeking a cure for the ...
Beginning with Frank Herbert’s original Dune in 1965, ... and a young Baron Harkonnen. 8. House Harkonnen (2000) - Prelude to Dune Book #2.
As Dune begins, Feyd-Rautha figures heavily in the Baron's plans to gain power for House Harkonnen. The Baron favors the handsome and charismatic Feyd over Feyd's older brother Glossu Rabban ("The Beast") because of Feyd's intelligence and his dedication to the Harkonnen culture of carefully planned and subtly executed sadism and cruelty, as opposed to Rabban's outright brutality.
Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American ... The Baron Harkonnen is similarly corrupt and materially indulgent. ... The original working title of the ...
As the Atreides prepare to leave for Arrakis, the Harkonnen leader, known as the Baron (Stellan Skarsgård), arranges for some of the imperial’s most skilled soldiers, the Sardukar, to assist in ...