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The Butlerian Jihad and Thinking Machines of 'Dune: Prophecy,' Explained
MovieWebStory by Brian Kirchgessner
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Dune's long-awaited TV prequel series delves into the little-explored Butlerian Jihad, a pivotal event that forever shaped the franchise's iconic sci-fi world.
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- The Butlerian Jihad was a war against thinking machines that laid the groundwork for the Imperium depicted in the Dune novels, but was never fully explored in the films.
- The new series will give fans a deeper look at how the Jihad ushered in the ban on artificial intelligence, a defining characteristic of the Dune universe that has major narrative implications.
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Brian Kirchgessner, Dune: Prophecy