Warning: Contains major spoilers for "Dune: Part Two" and "Dune: Prophecy."

The story of "Dune" is, on many levels, a story about family. At the heart of Denis Villeneuve's lauded science fiction films (based on the seminal novels written by Frank Herbert) is the coming-of-age story of young Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), whose journey into manhood is closely guided by his mother Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) and the shadow of his father Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac).

Shifting the lens from the intimate to the intergalactic, however, we see the universe is largely controlled by the sprawling families of three Major Houses: the Imperial House Corrino, the ostensibly altruistic House Atreides, and their bitter, badder rivals House Harkonnen. When 2021's "Dune" begins, the latter two houses are engaged in a feud almost as old as the Corrino Empire itself.

Their relationship is made all the more complicated in "Dune: Part Two...