Prophecy refer to? Before the show’s first episode, the answer seemed obvious and easy. The prequel series takes place 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides.

The new HBO and Sky series shows the important events that led to Paul Atreides' birth in Frank Herbert's Dune.

Prophecy, you don’t need to have watched Denis Villeneuve’s Dune or Dune: Part Two, or have read Frank Herbert’s Dune novels (including Sisterhood of Dune, released in 2012 and written by Herbert’s legacy-continuing son Brian Herbert with Kevin J.