Dune: Part Two — The Story of How to Be a Colonizer

A deep look at the imperialist themes within the hit space opera

Alex Mell-Taylor
Fanfare
Published in
9 min readMar 15, 2024

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Denis Villeneuve's Dune series is based on the 1965 book by Frank Herbert of the same name. It's about a neo-feudal society that has regressed away from automation after a war against machines in the distant past called the Butlerian Jihad.

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