https://twitter.com/mr_james_c/status/1764223381337931788

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    Oh, I thought the sardaukar were mercenaries, but idk, the emper can hire out his forces as a treat.

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      8 months ago

      So that's the big shock for Paul and Leto, that the Emperor did hire his forces out to the Harkonnen. That's a huge deal, a step they considered beyond the Pale; the Emperor never hires out his Sardaukar, they're his trump card. It shows how concerned the Emperor was about the chances of House Atreides standing against him.

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
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        8 months ago

        I'm not sure how much this was transmitted in the movie, but now I've spent a while reading wiki entries