If you've been paying attention lately, you've probably heard about the Denis Villeneuve adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, which is set to open in the US on October 22.
The film, like the book before it, is almost entirely set on the desert planet Arrakis, which is in a remote, inhospitable part of a sprawling, universe-spanning human empire.
An otherwise unremarkable planet, Arrakis is home to gigantic sandworms who excrete a substance known as the spice melange that makes faster than light travel possible, along with several physiological benefits like prolonged lifespan and parapsychological abilities like prophecy.
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