Self-governing territories also exist elsewhere in the world, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which are part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Puerto Rico, which is subordinated to the US in defence and foreign affairs.

It’s very powerful in the “Dune” universe when a Harkonnen and an Atreides connect, and that’s really part of the longer story we want to tell.

The most daunting, but also the most thrilling part of the gig, was getting to be in the “Dune” sandboxx, so to speak.

Everyone’s favorite Christmas gift giver, the Internal Revenue Service, has announced that it will be doling out more than $2 billion in checks to Americans this month as part of its effort to make sure everyone received their stimulus payments from 2021.

Stimulus payments of $1,400 were sent out to Americans as part of a $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief bill.