Dune: Prophecy fans 'work out' pivotal character's connection to one of Paul Atreides' first moments

Dune: Prophecy has proven a deed with fans of the subject fabrication franchise, but immoderate viewers are already convinced they've figured retired however the HBO Max bid volition end

Viewers of Dune: Prophecy person been speculating astir however the HBO prequel series, acceptable thousands of generations earlier Paul Atreides (portrayed by Timothee Chalamet), volition pave the mode for the events depicted successful the films.

The highly acclaimed subject fabrication blockbusters, released successful 2021 and 2024, illustration Paul's ngo to liberate the oppressed godforsaken satellite Arrakis aft discovering helium is the Kwisatz Haderach, a potent entity created by a prophetic sisterhood known arsenic the Bene Gesserit.

Now, fans of the palmy franchise are being transported backmost to 10,000 years anterior to Paul's commencement to uncover the origins of the Bene Gesserit and a sinister strategy to infiltrate the Imperium.

In the inaugural episode, a mysterious newcomer named Desmond Hart (Travis Fimmel) alleges that Imperial rebels were down the massacre of his full regiment connected Arrakis, not the indigenous Fremen people.

Upon arriving astatine Salusa Secundus for the nuptials of Pruwet Richese (Charlie Hodson-Prior) and Princess Ynez (Sarah-Sofie Boussnina), Desmond employs a "great power" to simultaneously execution some Pruwet and Kasha Jinjo (Jihae) by incinerating them from within, reports the Express.

Fans are present theorising that this telekinetic quality to termination from afar volition someway beryllium harnessed by the Bene Gesserit to make the trial of the Pain Box, a torturous instrumentality Paul encounters astatine the opening of the archetypal Dune film.

One spectator shared their mentation connected Reddit, suggesting not lone that Desmond mightiness beryllium immoderate signifier of AI but besides that his abilities could beryllium a precursor to the box.

"Look, I americium successful the 'he's a robot' camp, and I don't cognize if this is determination other connected here, but tin we each hold that erstwhile this shakes out, immoderate powerfulness helium has volition beryllium co-opted by the Bene Gesserit to beryllium immoderate powers the container from the gom jabbar test?" they penned.

"'Pain done nervus induction' and corpses 'burned from the inside' are beauteous close.

"That's what it looked similar astatine the extremity of the archetypal occurrence anyway. Not a immense thing, but thoughts?"

Another mentation took things up a notch, suggesting that Desmond himself, on with his seemingly supernatural abilities, volition straight animate the Bene Gesserit's millennia-long program to breed the Kwisatz Haderach.

"I judge Desmond represents a unit they haven't encountered before," they proposed.

"As the amusement progresses, his powerfulness and abilities volition propulsion the recently formed Bene Gesserit to follow a definitive objective.

"They volition determine that creating a much powerful, selectively bred, and rigorously trained male-the existent Kwisatz Haderach-is their eventual goal."

Desmond has already demonstrated his quality to defy the powerfulness of Valya Harkonnen's (Emily Watson) Voice, but does helium person much sinister tricks hidden away?

Dune: Prophecy continues Sundays connected HBO and the pursuing Monday connected Sky and NOW.