Dune: Who is The Emperor Explained in FIVE Minutes

Who is the Emperor everyone keeps mentioning? Allow me to explain!

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[peachypietro]

Love how the movie treated the emperor. Only spoken of through subtext, not through exposition.

[Grimloxz]

This series you started is EXCELLENT. I wanted a primer for new folk to the Duniverse without spoiling them and being overly long and these mini-instructionals are PERFECT.

[OdintheGermanShepherd]

I hope the emperors throne room is crazy, outlandish, wildly decadent, oozing wealth and power to an unheard of degree.

[carolynallisee]

Whilst he made quite a show of his strength, Shaddam IV was actually a weak Emperor. Part of this vulnerability stems from the fact that whilst Jessica disobeyed her sisters and birthed a son, Shaddam's wife, also a Bene Gesserit, obeyed, giving her husband only four daughters. Without a male heir, Shaddam knew he was going to be the very last Corrino Emperor, with Irulan's future husband taking the throne and founding a new dynasty.

He could see, without any 'help' from the Bene Gesserit or other organisations in the Empire, that sooner or later, he would have to wed Irulan off to some scion from a Great House, and in private, to Irulan herself, confessed that if the timing had been right, Leto Atreides would have been his choice for her. In truth, because he hadn't married Jessica, Leto was still a suitable match for Irulan... but, by then, the Duke's popularity had grown so much that he, Shaddam, could see he'd be forced to abdicate in his son-in-law's favour, something he wasn't prepared to do. Hence the elaborate plot incorporating House Harkonnen.

In fact, the very fate he went to such lengths to avoid did occur, but not with the man who was his cousin, but with that man's son...

[Raygo.]

Who is the Emperor? My money's on Palpatine... he always comes back.

[glennkammerer]

I think Irulan's recollections of her father given in many of the chapter intro's in Dune paint a more sympathetic and capable person than that depicted in this video. He may have been paranoid, sure, but Shaddam was no dummy, was in fact very cunning. He just had the misfortune of being emperor when Paul happened.

[razernc]

I loved the scene on Salusa Secundus with the Sardaukar, one of my favourite bits of the film.

[scottwarthin]

F. Herbert once spoke about the Emperor's power dynamic w/the Landsdraad nobles as being that of the Holy Roman Empire's same relationships: nominal emperor of all ruling petty feudal units of widely varying sizes, populaces and degrees of urbanization. Asimov's Foundation Imperium was to the Roman Empire's administration as Herbert's Noble Peerage in Dune was to the pre-reformation Holy Roman Empire.

[TheMadTube]

Quinn, these videos are just amazing. I already have read the books but still gladly watch these bullet points. Excellent job, as always.

[gasmonkey]

Definitely an interesting character. The most interesting bit of him is how he was offered, in the books, a beautiful concubine, nearly perfect in beauty, but he declined though he was tempted. I definitely see him as an example of the Sword of Damocles and a Machiavellian villain. I think he planned to get rid of Harkonnen too.

[ItsRyanDunn]

I have to admit, I’ve been following you for years, mainly for ASOIAF theories & predictions. I’ve never given your Dune content much thought, as I’ve never read the books, or have seen the original film… I have to say, however, the new film was absolutely outstanding, and I cannot get enough of these videos! Thank you for producing such great content, I’ll continue to tune in, as well as watch your entire series on Dune! Cheers, Quinn!

[jean-luclorusso]

Would love a vid on warfare in dune as well as any info on the other lesser known houses

[Adamk]

I can't thank you enough for the last year+ of content and how much it increased my enjoyment of finally seeing the movie.

[happyhammer]

I can't wait to see what actor they will pick to play the Emperor in part 2.

[SlowDesertPunk]

Just amazing content from you Quinn. Ive read the whole Dune series back when a was a teenager but some memories are buried in the sand ;) Thank you very much for the informative stuff you put on your channel.

[robertpetre]

I can’t wait to see the Emperor in Dune part two it’s going to be great

[josephyoung]

I hope they depict the emperor in an extremely decadent light in the new Dune movie part 2. That would underline the nature of their feudalistic society: where even Dukedoms are depicted as having great modesty and starkness (that was my impression of the movie: all the settings of even the richer characters were very monochrome and modest), while only the guy at the top enjoys true decadence. I'm curious how they will design the emperor's flying palace, especially considering how recent Villeneuve sets have been really monochrome and monolithic and pretty much depressing (like LA in Blade Runner). I love how the emperor and guild navigators were not depicted in this first movie. It definitely gives the impression of this feudalistic world view that is very hierarchical where we as viewers are not afforded the privilege of seeing these power players.

[rivernessmariposa]

Mads Mikkelsen would be great for this part. He could pull of mysterious, powerful, and scheming vibe.

[darthsonic]

One thing I never got was the heavy emphasis placed upon the quality of the Atriedes soldiers in comparison to the Sardaukar as a point of fear for the Emperor.

Like, don’t get me wrong, it’s a point of concern. But even if the Sardaukar became second best… they’d still be amongst the greatest soldiers in the galaxies who also had far greater strategic power. More ships, more money, more TROOPS, better weapons…

Unless this was something on the scale of “the Emperor dominated the galaxies with an army of Clone Wars Clone Troopers… only for Atriedes to suddenly pump out millions of Spartan IIs” this shouldn’t be such a big deal.

[ismr]

I really hope we get a glimpse of Kaitain in Dune part 2. It would be amazing to see