"Dune: Prophecy" takes place thousands of years before the "Dune" movies, here's what to know about the prequel series and the Butlerian Jihad.

Dune: Prophecy wasted relatively little time setting itself apart from the movies. In the season one premiere of the Dune prequel series, a war is violently declared by the killing of likely the youngest person ever murdered onscreen in director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune universe.

Prophecy,’ follows the creation and rise of the Bene Gesserit while laying the grounds for its desire for power and how it manipulates people and events of the Imperium to get that power. The story centers around the Harkonnen sisters,

The series chronicles the early evolution of the Bene Gesserit order into a superpowered mystical sisterhood with great political power.

Dune: Prophecy premiered on HBO and is now available for streaming on Max, and fans want to know when it is set in the Dune franchise’s timeline. The plot revolves around siblings Valya and Tula Harkonnen as they emerge as pivotal figures in humanity’s history and the Bene Gesserit,

Dune: Prophecy has officially landed at Max as of Sunday, Nov. 17 when the series premiered. The prequel show follows the establishment of the Bene Gesserit years before the events of Denis Villeneuve's two films starring Zendaya,

Prophecy has stepped into that Sunday night slot to keep us entertained. The show from Diane Ademu-John and Alison Schapker takes place years before the rule of Atreides, and critics say the new series "delivers twist after twist" in this tale,

The warning accompanies a vision of the Sisterhood's destruction, suggesting that whatever Tiran-Arafel is, it's nothing good. Dune: Prophecy confirms this in the very next scene, when young Sister Valya Harkonnen (Jessica Barden) informs her fellow Sisters of Raquella's words.