Prophecy centers entirely around the origins of the Bene Gesserit, known only as "the Sisterhood" in the show. However, there's a very simple reason for that. "The Sisterhood at its inception is not called the Bene Gesserit,

A long-gestating prequel, about the women who seek to guide a galaxy, is splashy, somber and insufficiently spicy.

A prophecy dating all the way back to the pre-pandemic world — 2019 — spoke of a coming television show set in the same universe as what proved to be director Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed