THE SARDAUKAR (House Corrino's Ruthless Imperial Military) DUNE EXPLAINED

I like the creativity of the shields where nothing passes through unless under a certain velocity, that way people can move and breathe but not be shot. Definitely a creative way of bringing back sword combat into the far future.

House Corrino essentially did with the Sardaukar what greedy companies do: they build up a reputation for quality and then once they have the market cornered, they abandon quality in favor of mass production.

Honestly the Atreides defending those stairs were more intimidating than any Sardukar exhibited in the film.

In the later novels, it is shown that the Sardaukar actually admired Duke Leto for his strong leadership abilities and honour. They also secretly held a deep contempt against the Padishah Emperor for his short-sighted pettiness and incompetence. If the Emperor hadn't been so stupid he could have betrothed Irulan to Paul and peacefully passed on his throne, but tyrants could never see past their own needs.

I love how in the book, after the initial Harkonnen/Sardukar Assault a fremen is telling Hawat about an assault the Fremen put down. He laments that they killed 100 Sardukar but, alas, lost 2 men. When Hawat points out they were Sardukar he is visibly delighted, saying it was a pretty good fight. 😂 Moments later a fremen kamikaze runs a Sardukar transport of 300 with a single Ornithopter. The guy just watches and casually calls it a good exchange.

I think an important point has been overlooked: The Emperor did not deploy the Sardukar to conquer the Fremen. A "small" force of Sardukar were sent to secretly ensure House Atreides was destroyed, and this succeeded. The Emperor could not openly move against Leto, or it would have upset the balance of power between the Throne and the Landsraad.

Can we PLEEEAASSE get more vids on this universe? I do love it so.

The shields didn't protect users from lasers. Hitting a shield with a laser gun basically triggered an explosion which would kill both people

I can’t wait for the 2nd part of this movie and this time I’m definitely making sure to watch in imax

Loved this deep dive into the Sardaukar! The extra media apart from the movie is amazing and really complements the storytelling. Would absolutely appreciate one for the Fremen.

According to the book, Selusa Secundus was the original seat of government for the Corrino empire. A rogue house nuked it and the seat of government was moved to Kaitan. The emporer turned into a prison planet where they could recruit and train those prisoners that found a way to survive into fanatical warriors for the Emporer. Hardened by the conditions of the nuked planet they became the most formidible warriors in the universe...for a time.

The Sardaukar - the history, rise and fall - remind me of the Ottoman's Empire Janissary soldiers.

I think you are missing the main reason most military forces in the Dune universe became sword oriented. It was less about the protection the personal shield offered or sudden lack of effectiveness for lasguns. The change was wholly due to the reaction of a lasgun when interacting with a personal shield. Accidentally or intentionally shooting some one using a shield was instant death for both your own and enemy soldiers as the reaction was similar to setting off a small nuke. Imagine the situation where you in close quarters battle hit a shield with a lasgun and all of a sudden everything within a kilometer is superheated dust that smells faintly off fuck-up.

awesome more new content. thanks for all the work you are putting in 👍

Fremen, the Fedaykin, Fish Speakers, would be great to see you cover more. Great as always!

Omg, yes please! I am loving your Dune episodes. The Series is an amazing work.

The sardaukar lost because the fremen lived on a much harsher planet and their population was trained to military discipline. In the book, fremen lost 1 for every 50 sardaukar. That left thufir howat shocked when he found out. It wasn't that they got soft. They just ran into a people who were much better than them.

I would love to see you cover the "Children of Dune" series and especially James McAvoys Leto. Been years since I saw it. Also an video on the Fremen would be awesome.

Absolutely master piece part 1 cant wait for part two!!! This movie was awesome and i never knew about the story lines or anything

Thanks for the solid info, as usual ✊