Dune: There’s a Good Reason They Use Swords, Not Guns

Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation of Dune, based on Frank Herbert’s beloved novels, is in a word: epic.

It has everything we could ask for in a science fiction fantasy of space opera proportions.

A noble-born family, whose honor is rivaled only by their good looks? Check.

A dangerous mission on a distant, exotic planet, as ordered by the Emperor himself? You got it.

How about awe-inspiring landscapes, fantastically powerful space-witches, and sword-wielding super soldiers that drop right out of the sky? It’s all there!

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