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Dune: The Bene Gesserit, Explained

Written by Brad Hill
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This order of women holds great power over the major houses of Dune. Just who are the Bene Gesserit "witches?"

There are many esteemed families in Dune, from House Harkonnen to House Atreides. Easily bigger, or rather more influential, than any of those feuding houses is the Bene Gesserit. Audiences got a glimpse of them in Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part One, but unlike in the novels by Frank Herbert, there's not much info divulged about this little order of women.

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