The fact that it has persisted for 10,000 years highlights its fundamental importance to Frank Herbert's universe.

For example, Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) briefly tells about the Butlerian Jihad (humanity's war against thinking machines ...

"Dune" brought us the pale and terrifying villains of House Harkonnen. The enormous, pale, floating Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård) leads the house that stands in stark opposition to ...

The poison in [Baron Harkonnen], deep in his mind, is the knowledge that an Atreides had a Harkonnen banished for cowardice after, the Battle of Corrin.” A group of human rebels rose up against ...

They're doomed to sell smelly whale meat for a living. If the Atreides-Harkonnen feud sounds familiar, that's because it's a key plot point in the two Dune movies. Giant slug-man Baron Vladimir ...