That the "longest space battle in history" was a whole whopping two hours just goes to show how absolutely lethal and unforgiving such combat could be.
Well considering that in Dune Universe if a laser beam hits a shield's force field it causes a 2-10 megaton nuclear explosion it kinda changes a lot. Dune is an interesting universe where this specific quirk created a futuristic sci-fi envirnoment where only melee is feasible. Guns/cannons/plasma/pulse/Tesla weaponry are basically useless and laser weaponry is only useful from like the orbit. So you have space battles waged like ancient greeks, where only close quarter boarding actions are functional. Otherwise you either just let devastating rocket barrages blow you from the sky or turn on the shield and risk a total annihilation of both fleets.
@@Galejro Not really. Having a shield in a space battle over great distances poses a greater risk for the defender if the attacker uses lasweapons. Beam weapons would therefore still be viable, all things considered. You either get blown up if you have a shield or torn to pieces by weapons you could only see the moment they hit if you don't have a shield. It would probably explain why space battles were very short... Herbert didn't really spend a lot of time or effort describing space warfare in his works, which is a shame.
Something you don't mention is that by the time of the events of Dune, the Sardaukar were not as they had once been. Herbert mentions that they had lost some of their warrior spirit, and that cynicism had sapped their adherence to their religion. They were still probably the best army in Imperial Space, but they were not the killing machines that founded the Empire.
The original 1984 Dune actually handed out a pamphlet with the names of all the characters in both houses and why they fought. They handed that out at the theater as you went in to sit. I still have my pamphlet or brochure from that opening night. 🤔
@@gunsmokecenturion I would if I knew how. Remember I was 13 when it came out. We had Atari and TRS 80s and I haven't kept up with the most basic tech. It took me a week to turn my flashlight off on my Amdroid phone because I had a flip phone forever. What i can do is have one of these kids I work with help me post it somewhere where everyone feels secure with it. It will be tomorrow for sure. Cool thing is I had Sting autograph mine in 1988 at the world university games.
Giving the Sardaukar helmets was just about the coolest idea Denis Villeneuve's design team could have come up with. It makes them look twice as badass.
It also lets the people making tech manuals give all sorts of HUD systems on the Sardaukar helmets, giving them the Dune equivalent of the Future soldier program. They can claim that the Sardaukar helmet gives the wearer optimized displays with false light setups to prevent blinding/darkened rooms, constantly updated 3D map showing building layout, known enemy forces, known Sardaukar forces, etc. Add in some internal oxygen supplies so the Sardaukar troops don't have to worry about stale air inside their shields, body armor to prevent slow blades from easily killing them, etc.
@@rosiehawtrey That is a complete and total lie. The 80s version is an unwatchable nightmare made of pure cheese. What you just said is so far off base I legitimately don't know if it was supposed to be satire.
If I recall correctly the Huns also had relatively uniform dress. Their enemies couldn't tell who the officers were. Interesting that this got incorporated into Dune lore, though I'm sure it's just coincidence. Also I want to thank Invicta. I never got into Dune, still haven't. These vids give me a nice rundown of what all the fuss is about.
I think it might not be a coincidence. Frank Herbert borrowed a lot from different cultures throughout history for his books. But of this specific thing I am not sure.
If you enjoy reading then I recommend picking up the book, however it is a lot of information that is never really explained in the beginning so it is not a light read. Honestly Lord of the Rings is a way easier book to read because everything is pretty well explained and described in detail on what is going on. In Dune, it just assumes that somehow you know everything about the setting. The best way to read Dune is to watch videos like this and essentially spoil the plot for yourself because it literally makes zero sense if you don’t haha.
They have served the dark will of Padishah Emperors for over 8000 years. Eyes, as dark as night. Teeth, filed to fang. Soulless. The personal army to Emperor Shaddam IV Himself, the Imperial Warrior Elite. The deadliest fighting force in the Known Universe... the Sardaukar!!!
@@dgrmn12345 "Easy to taunt, easy to trick. Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll, the Padishah Emperor sends the best he has at us. Shaddam IV has taken the bait." "Fremen, PUSH!!!" * Fremen topple over huge pile of Harkonnen corpses, and a massive battle ensues with the Sardaukar, with many on BOTH sides dying. *
Man, Selusa Secundus was a beautiful earth like planet before it was destroyed with atomics by house Tantor. Then it became a wasteland planet and eventually the training ground for the Sardukar.
@@louyht7 This all happened thousands of years before Dune, if not tens of thousands. But we may see Caitan, the imperial capital and very maybe more of Salusa Secundus.
The Bene Tleilax. My favorite because of their flesh shaping or body horror ways. Those guys were true freaks and I would love to see more of what made them what they became.
If you all haven't tried Dune: Spice Wars yet I definitely recommend it. I used to love playing Nordheim and the team has done a great job with this latest pivot to the Dune universe. You can check it out on steam here where it currently has "very positive" reviews : gsght.com/c/iq9d6z
The Saudaukar and the Fremen were about even before the coming of the Lisan Al Gaib. But after the Fremen adopted the wierding way fighting style and intel from prescience, they were pretty much unstoppable. The Shein San Shao radiated out of Arrakis bearing their Kryst knife at hand enacting the will of their prophet. More than sixty billion lives taken, Multiple great religions silenced, and when the frementide cleared there was only one religion.
Gonna be honest i had never heard of Dune before i watched the 2022 movie in theaters. I am a big fan of sci-fi (especially interested in the worldbuilding) but i am from a younger generation that hasn’t developed the patiënte to read books. I am that glad that channels like this make it accessible for people like me to immerse themself info the Dune Universe.
They were definitely #2 at the time of the Wild Jihad. But they were still good. The Fremen still had a lot of respect for their skill and ruthlessness.
Fucking facts, been playing the EA game dune spice wars and in that is the same. I'm assuming the landsraad units are the sadukar and even tho they're so good omg the fedaykin are so much better and I love it
From what I remember, one of the reasons the Emperor wanted rid of House Atriedes was that its soldiers were rapidly approaching the same level as the Sardaukar. They weren't as good but they were getting there.
@@ptonpc yepp exactly they don't say it but the baron does with gurney and Duken the best fighters training more fighters like em they were becoming top tier, then Leto wanted the fremen booiiiiii they'd be unstoppable
The David Lynch film is awful. The new movie is pretty good. I think Villeneuve made an adaptation that both fans of the books and those who never knew anything about Dune can enjoy.
The new film is visually stunning but a lot more of the story could have been told if they would have cut way back on The Chani gazing in the sunset scenes. They could have had some emperor or Fade scenes. Don't get me wrong the new film is very well done casting was nearly perfect just wasn't overly thrilled with the Chani gazing in the sunset 5 or 6 times during the film and stopping right in the middle.
Something I always loved about Dune is the sense of scale - like the "ancient" Sardau tribes from thousands of years ago. The feeling when you realize that these Sardau tribes are thousands of years from today is something unexplainable. Like we're so far in the future but can link all of it back to ourselves in Old Terra.
This intro to the Saraukar is almost all of it taken from the novel House Corrino. Brian Herbert wrote many books that expanded on his father's books, but in several ways contradicted them. A problem with most prequals, really.
New to Dune. Can't help but notice how the training of the Sardau tribe closely resembles that of the Spartans when they were put through the Agoge, beginning almost exactly the at the same age of the children. Don't know if this was intentional but the correlation is pretty cool.
Real world comparisons for the Sardaukar are the Janissary of the ottoman empire and Preatorian guard of Rome really effective military units in there day but corruption and complaisantcey brought them low
That thing continues to blow me away with its level of detail. While it's not all blessed canon it's hard to steer clear of the awesome lore from the Encyclopedia
@@InvictaHistory in my opinion,the original 'Dune Encyclopedia' compiled by McNelly with actual/authentic Frank Herbert input is the proper Dune canon/lore;not all the later 'stuff ' added by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson!
@@MrSinclairn both are cannon Remember GRRM famous rhetoric about the number of children that Scarlet O’Hera had with regard to the relevance of each source
@@ahmadfrhan5265 Yep,that a given,espec. in the overt use of 'jihad',etc. in the 1st Dune novel,with Herbert's re-interpretation of the original Arab invasions of The Prophet Muhammad and his immediate successors;in the same way that GRRM uses The Crusades/Hundred Years War/the War of the Roses as inspiration for his alternative 'Game of Thrones' medieval history! 👍
Thank you SOOOOO MUCH for using the Dune Encyclopedia as a source instead of those terrible Brian Herbert books. This is the real, approved expansion of the Dune Lore. Unlike that fanfiction that BH and KJA have been pumping out.
Approved by whom? - I really dislike the BH books, too. But canon could really only come from Frank Herbert, who is dead, or someone who has original texts written by Frank, his son.
@@bastisonnenkind I’m not saying it perfectly fits into the dune universe but the fact that it was approved by Herbert himself while he was still alive and that it was published under his supervision and by a close friend of his is a pretty big deal. You cant say the same about the BH books because they were published years after Herbert’s death and we Cannot confirm if they really are based on his notes until the Herbert estate publishes those notes they claim to have. (Also, my personal opinion, I highly doubt the BH books as being based on Herbert’s notes as they are thematically unlike the actual FH books and do not come close to the quality of the original saga. )
I've loved the Dune books since I was a teenager in the '80s. The new Dune movie really does offer an interesting glimpse into this fascinating civilization.
I can't wait to hear about the Fremen, learning about the Sardaukar, I can hardly imagine Fremen training will have anything close to what the Sardauker possess, not just in regular training too, but their history
@@ForageGardener not the same planet Fremen are from Arrakis, while the Sardukar are from Salusa Secundus, although they're both descendants of the same group of people who visited and settled both Selusa Secundus and Arrakis
Well the fremen had the advantage of fighting on their on ground. Shield technology was not possible on arrakis so they had a different fighting style while the sardaukar fought in a way to counter shields the best. (Which was pointless)
One thing I haven't noticed (yet) is anyone bringing up the fact that the Fremen as a major fighting force didn't last very long. After Leto II came to the thrown they were supplanted by the Fish Speakers who had were around almost as long as the God Emperor. The Fremen only really held sway for a few decades if I'm right. The Sardaukar however, were around for about 10,000 years and that's nothing to be ashamed of.
I have re-read the Dune novels a few times, each time they are more enjoyable. And they make all the sci-fi written after and influenced by Dune also more enjoyable. The Sardukar are basically the Space Marines but the make more sense.
Exceptional video! I have read a lot of Dune material during the last 20 years, but this documentary showed me many things I didn’t know. It was very informative and beautifully presented!
This was an awesome video, really loved how you brought the encyclopedia to life and helped flesh out the Dune universe - this is easily one of the all time greats in contributing to modern Dune lore, well done!
A great breakdown of such a long and complicated history. I knew from reading the books years ago that Secundus was a prison world. I didn't know how it got that way or that the Sardakur were so we'll fleshed out.
This content is amazing and I hope there is more dune content to come. Aside from basically cutting Dr. Kynes to as basic as possible I really enjoyed the new movie and between the dune movies and and the lore videos I finally listened to the audiobook and it’s great. Thank you!
Well that was eye opening. I assumed the Sardaukar were from an independent planet that the ruling house managed to get under their heal and psychologically dominate… turns out the Emperor and his house ARE Sardaukar. This all makes so much more sense now. Thanks !
There IS technically a House Sardaukar and there is some surface pretense that House Corrino and the Sardaukar are linked but still seperate entities to hide the fact that Salusa Secundus was the birthworld of the Sardaukar and that it is where they get their recruits from. Many just assume the Imperial levies are where Sardaukar come from, not the brutal prison planet. The Atreides do figure it out and that is why they are so eager to get the Fremen on their side as allies. So they can use their own pretty awesome troops combined with Fremen units and overwhelm the trap that was Arrakis.
This is amazing content and I love the dune series and anything about it will always be appreciated Just wait till the second movie being part 2 comes out !!!
"The sardaukar are the greatest warriors of the entire known galaxy" Fremen women and children being cornered like wild animals : "Alright well.. they're tied for first at least.."
Mom: "Finish your vegetables" 7 year old me: "No" Mom: "The Emperor commands it" 7 year old me: "As the Emperor commands, it will be done." ::eats all the vegetables in the house::
First half I imagined Salusa Secundus as Catachan from WH40k, but by the second half, I now see it as Space Australia from DBZ Abridged! “Go Space Broncos!” :D
Great Video! I would point out that in the Prequel Dune Series Butlerian Jihan that Salusa Secundus was a green world of temperate climate with water but after the atomic bombing in the war against the machines. Salusa Secundus became the world you described.
great video! where do you find information like this? i’ve read every crazy novel, twice even, and i don’t remember seeing a lot of these detail! specifically the unit breakdowns and traditions stuff.
@@InvictaHistorySo if this presentation is derived from Frank Herbert's writings, please disclose where It says that the first Corrino Emperor was a so-called Sardau tribal king. More likely derived from video game scripting than anything Frank ever wrote. So much here far outside Dune canon.
The Dune Encyclopaedia is as unreliable as any other narrator in Dune. Like the bit about Moscow and Washington being rival capitals of the Empire. Including bits from the games is fine.
They have served the will of house Corrino for millennia. The killer's without mercy, the soldier fanatics. The personal guards to the Padishah emperors. The deadliest fighting force in the known universe, The Sardaukar.
I never got the sense that fish speakers were better than fremen or sardauker. Just that they had a different purpose that an all female army better fulfilled
@@wyattebersole3764 Than you didn’t pay attention, Duncan states multiple times he believes he wouldn’t be able to put up resistance to a fish speaker. The fish speakers would absolutely 100% without a doubt murder the fremen and sardaukar
Sardaukar ruled the galaxy for over 8000 years Fish speakers for over 3000 Fremen didn't even last 100 Clearly, Fremen were most effective and certainly not lucky to fight on their home turf with the support of nuclear weapons and colossal worms
You guys should break down the key players in full in the Dune universe! Like the Bene Gesserit, Navigators guild, the Tleilexu, the Honored Mattress, etc etc
There are interesting parralels between Sardau/Sardaukar and Fremen. Both were hardy cultures from hard worlds, that transformed them into warriors. Both have conquered their worlds and went beyond and helped their leaders to conquer the Known Universe. Both were defeated not in war, but in peace, grew complavent and polluted by ideas of "weaker" people. I wonder, who will the new warrior tribe in future of Dune.
I keep coming back to this video only to end it a few minutes in... trying to work my way through all of the Dune series of books. The originals written by Frank Herbert, and the continuation of the series as well as several prelude stories written by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson. I must say they both have done an amazing job. I will finish the video when I'm done!
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Its cool to see something like guardian of the empire being awarded to someone still living, goes to show how elite they truly are, where someone would need to sacrifice their life, the sarduaukar still lives.
@@jonathancox1231 Yeah you’re right the Sardaukar soldiers weren’t really impressive or memorable, I liked the Generals of Shaddam in Lynch movie though, just little details like metal plates covering scars and “worn down” look on their faces, can’t wait for Christopher Walken as the Emperor, that will be amazing. But I think Villeneuve messed up Harkonnen soldiers, not even sure I remember what they look like except for Rabban (who was improvement over Lynch). Scifi channel movies had very cool take on the Harkonnens, looks like mix of Samurai with leathery firemen uniforms or something, looked very cool at least from costume standpoint. And this is where I will give huge props to Lynch, everything in the movie was made from scratch, every single prop/item, which makes the setting more unique than i.e other scifi where everything looks the same just more glowy and sanitized.
Please post a video on the Fremen as soon as possible, I loved this video and I’m looking forward to one’s about the Fremen, House Atreides, and House Harkonnen.
By the time the sardukar possessed kinetic shielding they would not have possessed laser based weaponry anymore, as it's very much the invention of such shielding that led to kinetic based weaponry returning in force, and melee weapons staying relevant, as a laser based weapon firing on one of those shields is akin to setting off multiple nuclear bombs simultaneously, and why such weaponry became mutually illegal across space, it would kill everyone involved. This is also why stutter fire and the specific martial skills for slowing one's swing to pass through the shielding to return momentum was so important.
goddamn! look at that art! well done! ps, if you ever want a rich yet untapped franchise to explore, i highly recommend battletech, sometimes also known as mechwarrior.
If you like the art we make it available for download on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/InvictaHistory I am not familiar with Battletech but it may be worth investigating as you suggest
"I see the war has come to a stalemate. How about a compromise where I become Emperor of the entirety of human civilisation?" "How fair and equitable for all sides" 🤔
Another great video brother 🎉 Keep up the great work. I'm 51 year old American white man looking to retire there also . So to see you thrive there, is such a boost to my dream. I am engaged to my Filipina from negros and I am returning to see her again for a month in November and we are staying in Cebu. We have k1 applied for so she will come here to minnesota and we will live here for like 5 years before retirement there ! 😀 All the best to you there friend .
I think it’s made pretty evident that the Sardaukar get by partially on reputation by the time of the first book. They were founded as a conquering army, but afterwards became the product of a glorified prison planet. They’re still plenty tough though and make short work of the Atriedies, but the Fremen are depicted as a martial culture above all else. War for the Fremen is a way of life, to the point where they don’t even hold someone killing their spouse against them. It’s not one-sided with the Fremen either. The Fremen take what we today would call “very heavy” casualties during even their successful operations.
@@huanquocmanh416 Not really. Plot armor would be a non-canonical reason why someone can’t be hurt or die. The fremen being so unstoppable is explained in detail. The fremen take plenty of losses to the sardaukar. The sardaukar win some engagements even at great loss
Brilliant ,entertaining as well as educational what the youngsters would describe as infotainment these days I suppose.. keep up the good work my good man . I look forward to seeing other videos and the future of your channel
Salusa Secundus was the capital of humanity during the days of AI domination of humanity A verdant world at the time, Salusa Secundus would become a death world after the Jihads conclusion in the Corrino System Later the planet would be attacked by house Trantor, who used atomics in a attempt to destroy House Corrino The planet would become a imperial prison planet afterwards and the main recruiting grounds for the Imperial Sardukar Cheers
Y'all should do a video on the Ixil. I remember that planet/race in particular was super confusing to grasp in the second Dune book. Another cool topic to explore would be the use of Atomics in the world of Dune and how different atomic weapons were used in different ways.
New episode on "Growing Up Fremen" th-cam.com/video/ATi1dZ6xAxQ/w-d-xo.html
That the "longest space battle in history" was a whole whopping two hours just goes to show how absolutely lethal and unforgiving such combat could be.
Meanwhile Stellaris players laugh with their like 10 day battles
@@hihowdyhellohi5231 10 days between shots lmao
@@aguspuig6615 Well considering the distances it's not that far fetched.
Also I laugh in Civilsation, where my legions attack every 25 years.
Well considering that in Dune Universe if a laser beam hits a shield's force field it causes a 2-10 megaton nuclear explosion it kinda changes a lot. Dune is an interesting universe where this specific quirk created a futuristic sci-fi envirnoment where only melee is feasible. Guns/cannons/plasma/pulse/Tesla weaponry are basically useless and laser weaponry is only useful from like the orbit. So you have space battles waged like ancient greeks, where only close quarter boarding actions are functional. Otherwise you either just let devastating rocket barrages blow you from the sky or turn on the shield and risk a total annihilation of both fleets.
@@Galejro Not really. Having a shield in a space battle over great distances poses a greater risk for the defender if the attacker uses lasweapons. Beam weapons would therefore still be viable, all things considered. You either get blown up if you have a shield or torn to pieces by weapons you could only see the moment they hit if you don't have a shield. It would probably explain why space battles were very short...
Herbert didn't really spend a lot of time or effort describing space warfare in his works, which is a shame.
Something you don't mention is that by the time of the events of Dune, the Sardaukar were not as they had once been. Herbert mentions that they had lost some of their warrior spirit, and that cynicism had sapped their adherence to their religion. They were still probably the best army in Imperial Space, but they were not the killing machines that founded the Empire.
Ah, taking a ton of inspiration from the Janissaries, then; makes sense with the whole 'Padishah Emperor'
They believed the tales of their unbeatable martial strength, causing them to grow complacent and lose their edge.
@@user-zp4ge3yp2o same as the Fremen later on
@@liv558 Padishah is a Iranian term not a Turkish one. But indeed the Jannisary force is implied, or even moreso, the Mamluk
@@ForageGardener are the Mumluks not warrior slaves?
The original 1984 Dune actually handed out a pamphlet with the names of all the characters in both houses and why they fought. They handed that out at the theater as you went in to sit. I still have my pamphlet or brochure from that opening night. 🤔
You gotta get that appraised man.
@@Rosskles he doesn't have shit. It's just something he read about.
@@DJKinney Quite the cynic huh?
Im really curious. Could you please upload a scan or something?
@@gunsmokecenturion I would if I knew how. Remember I was 13 when it came out. We had Atari and TRS 80s and I haven't kept up with the most basic tech. It took me a week to turn my flashlight off on my Amdroid phone because I had a flip phone forever. What i can do is have one of these kids I work with help me post it somewhere where everyone feels secure with it. It will be tomorrow for sure. Cool thing is I had Sting autograph mine in 1988 at the world university games.
Giving the Sardaukar helmets was just about the coolest idea Denis Villeneuve's design team could have come up with. It makes them look twice as badass.
It also lets the people making tech manuals give all sorts of HUD systems on the Sardaukar helmets, giving them the Dune equivalent of the Future soldier program. They can claim that the Sardaukar helmet gives the wearer optimized displays with false light setups to prevent blinding/darkened rooms, constantly updated 3D map showing building layout, known enemy forces, known Sardaukar forces, etc. Add in some internal oxygen supplies so the Sardaukar troops don't have to worry about stale air inside their shields, body armor to prevent slow blades from easily killing them, etc.
Such tech would probably require thinking machines though.
Such tech would probably require thinking machines though.
Such tech would probably require thinking machines though.
Such tech would probably require thinking machines though.
I fell in love with Dune after watching the newest movie. Amazing story, characters and universe. I can't believe I missed this gem until now.
Watch the original, completely outclasses the modern crap.
@@rosiehawtrey That is a complete and total lie. The 80s version is an unwatchable nightmare made of pure cheese. What you just said is so far off base I legitimately don't know if it was supposed to be satire.
there was a 3 part mini series on TV which is pretty good. worth checking out.
@@rosiehawtrey And this is outclassed by Jodorowsky's version, which sadly never reached the theaters. There is a docu about that "Jodorowsky's Dune".
Read the books (at least up to God Emperor). The movie just scratches the surface.
6:24 "You had to adapt to the darkness.
But we were born in it.
Molded by it.
When we first saw the light, it only blinded us."
Darkness betray you because it belongs to us!!!
"Was making this comparison part of your plan"?
@METHUSALEH ABNER I doubt jesus reacts well to spammers.
You think darkness is your ally
They're big guys.
If I recall correctly the Huns also had relatively uniform dress. Their enemies couldn't tell who the officers were. Interesting that this got incorporated into Dune lore, though I'm sure it's just coincidence. Also I want to thank Invicta. I never got into Dune, still haven't. These vids give me a nice rundown of what all the fuss is about.
I think it might not be a coincidence. Frank Herbert borrowed a lot from different cultures throughout history for his books. But of this specific thing I am not sure.
They did the same thing in ww1 and ww2. Disquising officers as enlisted
@@ForageGardener It's generally a bad idea to make officers immediately identifiable when there's snipers lurking.
If you enjoy reading then I recommend picking up the book, however it is a lot of information that is never really explained in the beginning so it is not a light read. Honestly Lord of the Rings is a way easier book to read because everything is pretty well explained and described in detail on what is going on. In Dune, it just assumes that somehow you know everything about the setting.
The best way to read Dune is to watch videos like this and essentially spoil the plot for yourself because it literally makes zero sense if you don’t haha.
When Stillgar was told by Paul about 'Genghis Khan', Stillgsr asked 'is he a Sardaukar'. I think the implication of the Sardaukars origins are clear.
They have served the dark will of Padishah Emperors for over 8000 years. Eyes, as dark as night. Teeth, filed to fang. Soulless. The personal army to Emperor Shaddam IV Himself, the Imperial Warrior Elite. The deadliest fighting force in the Known Universe... the Sardaukar!!!
Hey?
Sardaukar. We'll put their name to the test.
Worlds are colliding Jerry!
@METHUSALEH ABNER Jesus Christ, indeed. As in Jesus Christ someone forgot to take their pills here.
@@dgrmn12345 "Easy to taunt, easy to trick. Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll, the Padishah Emperor sends the best he has at us. Shaddam IV has taken the bait."
"Fremen, PUSH!!!"
* Fremen topple over huge pile of Harkonnen corpses, and a massive battle ensues with the Sardaukar, with many on BOTH sides dying. *
Man, Selusa Secundus was a beautiful earth like planet before it was destroyed with atomics by house Tantor. Then it became a wasteland planet and eventually the training ground for the Sardukar.
Thank you! This video is driving me crazy with some of its inaccuracies.
Why it was destroyed with atomic?
@@louyht7 it was a last ditch effort by the renegade house to hurt the Corrinos.
@@jessecruz6769
Oh cool. I hope Dune 2 show us more
@@louyht7
This all happened thousands of years before Dune, if not tens of thousands.
But we may see Caitan, the imperial capital and very maybe more of Salusa Secundus.
The Bene Tleilax. My favorite because of their flesh shaping or body horror ways. Those guys were true freaks and I would love to see more of what made them what they became.
Nothign a few kindjal and sardaukar can't handle. Their ghola infantry unit was one of the most terrible units in EBFD.
Dirty Theilaxu!
Yea they always been so wild to me too. True freaks haha.
This video is worth more than TEN LEGIONS OF SARDAUKAR!
Blasphemy, all fall to the sardukar,
@@jonathancox1231 “I want 50 legion of Sardaukar on Arrakis at once!!!” -1984 Shaddam.
If you all haven't tried Dune: Spice Wars yet I definitely recommend it. I used to love playing Nordheim and the team has done a great job with this latest pivot to the Dune universe. You can check it out on steam here where it currently has "very positive" reviews : gsght.com/c/iq9d6z
Love everything Dune related and and this vid is truly amazing. A vid on the Fremen Fedaykin?
No House Ordos? I'm quit.
@@金色葡萄球菌 House Ordos too
@@hamishsewell5990 working on it
The Saudaukar and the Fremen were about even before the coming of the Lisan Al Gaib. But after the Fremen adopted the wierding way fighting style and intel from prescience, they were pretty much unstoppable. The Shein San Shao radiated out of Arrakis bearing their Kryst knife at hand enacting the will of their prophet. More than sixty billion lives taken, Multiple great religions silenced, and when the frementide cleared there was only one religion.
The 2022 Dune film has been a huge success. Not only was it a great remake, it also introduced the lore to thousands more.
Gonna be honest i had never heard of Dune before i watched the 2022 movie in theaters. I am a big fan of sci-fi (especially interested in the worldbuilding) but i am from a younger generation that hasn’t developed the patiënte to read books. I am that glad that channels like this make it accessible for people like me to immerse themself info the Dune Universe.
Not a remake
@@felixhaggblom7562 what is it then?
@@steverogers7601It's not a remake... it's a film adaptation from half of the first novel.
So it's a remake because There were at least two other films based on The same material.
Thats some of the best Dune artwork I´ve ever seen! Love it. The Sardaukar look so badass.
Somewhere in Dune universe. A planet of "For Honor" is real. A threeway fight between Vikings, Knights, and Samurais.
Unending brutal intrigue, that’s the human experience.
This is a wonderful revelation.
I want to believe.
One of Khorne's favored planets...
@Tony Antonio Its a holy wars against AIs. At that time they ran everything.
These guys cut through house atriedes’ soldiers then got absolutely sunned by the Fremen warriors. Now we see who’s at the top of the food chain
They were definitely #2 at the time of the Wild Jihad. But they were still good. The Fremen still had a lot of respect for their skill and ruthlessness.
The only thing that held back the Fremen was access to interstellar travel. Once they were able to get off Arrakis they were unstoppable.
Fucking facts, been playing the EA game dune spice wars and in that is the same. I'm assuming the landsraad units are the sadukar and even tho they're so good omg the fedaykin are so much better and I love it
From what I remember, one of the reasons the Emperor wanted rid of House Atriedes was that its soldiers were rapidly approaching the same level as the Sardaukar. They weren't as good but they were getting there.
@@ptonpc yepp exactly they don't say it but the baron does with gurney and Duken the best fighters training more fighters like em they were becoming top tier, then Leto wanted the fremen booiiiiii they'd be unstoppable
The movie they just came out with was brilliant - truly capturing the essence of the book. It made that first movie look like a grace by comparison
The David Lynch film is awful. The new movie is pretty good. I think Villeneuve made an adaptation that both fans of the books and those who never knew anything about Dune can enjoy.
Just? It was nearly 9 months ago buddy.
I thought the Dune movie came out a few months ago? Only ever read the books and wanted to watch them after the finals.
Also, love your podcasts.
@@larsbundgaard5462 The lynch film is pretty flawed but i thought it was quite entertaining. Especially when it came to the Harkonens.
The new film is visually stunning but a lot more of the story could have been told if they would have cut way back on The Chani gazing in the sunset scenes. They could have had some emperor or Fade scenes. Don't get me wrong the new film is very well done casting was nearly perfect just wasn't overly thrilled with the Chani gazing in the sunset 5 or 6 times during the film and stopping right in the middle.
Something I always loved about Dune is the sense of scale - like the "ancient" Sardau tribes from thousands of years ago. The feeling when you realize that these Sardau tribes are thousands of years from today is something unexplainable. Like we're so far in the future but can link all of it back to ourselves in Old Terra.
Please do the histories of House Atredies, Harkonnen and Corrino after this! Their stories in the Dune Encyclopedia are awesome!
This intro to the Saraukar is almost all of it taken from the novel House Corrino. Brian Herbert wrote many books that expanded on his father's books, but in several ways contradicted them. A problem with most prequals, really.
New to Dune. Can't help but notice how the training of the Sardau tribe closely resembles that of the Spartans when they were put through the Agoge, beginning almost exactly the at the same age of the children. Don't know if this was intentional but the correlation is pretty cool.
It is intentional! The Sardaukar lore incorporates elements from many renowned warrior cultures of history!
It's also not wrong to refer to them as Space Janissaries
@@DzakyAmany Hahaha I like that. Would be interesting to see a Sardaukar suit mixed with traditional Janissary garb. That would look pretty cool imo.
More like the Achaemenid Immortals imo especially their loyalty to their emperor
Real world comparisons for the Sardaukar are the Janissary of the ottoman empire and Preatorian guard of Rome really effective military units in there day but corruption and complaisantcey brought them low
Ot sure that really applies.
The praetorian were shit city troops, too few to ever stand up to an organised army.
Theyd look more like spartans. Which is dumb. Because sparta lost to athen
@@huanquocmanh416 What? Sparta won the Peloponnesian War against Athens. Sparta ultimately lost to Thebes.
Preatorians were politican guards not a military force, hell most of them largely never fought during their time
Using "The Dune Encyclopedia" for reference! Well done!
That thing continues to blow me away with its level of detail. While it's not all blessed canon it's hard to steer clear of the awesome lore from the Encyclopedia
@@InvictaHistory in my opinion,the original 'Dune Encyclopedia' compiled by McNelly with actual/authentic Frank Herbert input is the proper Dune canon/lore;not all the later 'stuff ' added by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson!
@@MrSinclairn both are cannon
Remember GRRM famous rhetoric about the number of children that Scarlet O’Hera had with regard to the relevance of each source
Dune is based on Islam. just saying
@@ahmadfrhan5265 Yep,that a given,espec. in the overt use of 'jihad',etc. in the 1st Dune novel,with Herbert's re-interpretation of the original Arab invasions of The Prophet Muhammad and his immediate successors;in the same way that GRRM uses The Crusades/Hundred Years War/the War of the Roses as inspiration for his alternative 'Game of Thrones' medieval history! 👍
Love this video! The amount of details and backstory is amazing and really immerse you in the world of Dune. Keep these type of video coming!
Thank you SOOOOO MUCH for using the Dune Encyclopedia as a source instead of those terrible Brian Herbert books. This is the real, approved expansion of the Dune Lore. Unlike that fanfiction that BH and KJA have been pumping out.
Approved by whom? - I really dislike the BH books, too. But canon could really only come from Frank Herbert, who is dead, or someone who has original texts written by Frank, his son.
Agree totally,said as such in a later post.
@@bastisonnenkind Frank Herbert wrote the intro for the Encyclopedia and gave it his blessing
@@octavioortiz679 And then everything magically got canon?
@@bastisonnenkind I’m not saying it perfectly fits into the dune universe but the fact that it was approved by Herbert himself while he was still alive and that it was published under his supervision and by a close friend of his is a pretty big deal. You cant say the same about the BH books because they were published years after Herbert’s death and we Cannot confirm if they really are based on his notes until the Herbert estate publishes those notes they claim to have. (Also, my personal opinion, I highly doubt the BH books as being based on Herbert’s notes as they are thematically unlike the actual FH books and do not come close to the quality of the original saga. )
This has to be the most in-depth and interesting coverage on the Sardukar. Kudos!
I've loved the Dune books since I was a teenager in the '80s. The new Dune movie really does offer an interesting glimpse into this fascinating civilization.
Check out our latest episode on life in a Fremen Sietch: th-cam.com/video/zdGm1pAulH8/w-d-xo.html
06:25 Sneaky Bane reference. Great vid guys!
“I did not used a computer until I was already a man.”
loved it
@@NicoBabyman1 "...by then its screen was nothing to me but blinding!"
Absolutely love the Dune world. The OG Game of Thrones. This was a amazing video and can’t wait for more dune videos
I can’t wait for Dune part 2.
Same here!
Work trash made by a leftists political activists.
Only a few months now
Just a little more time now!! Gotta be iMAX.
gonna be so good
I can't wait to hear about the Fremen, learning about the Sardaukar, I can hardly imagine Fremen training will have anything close to what the Sardauker possess, not just in regular training too, but their history
The Fremen came from the same planet as the Sardaukar
@@ForageGardener not the same planet
Fremen are from Arrakis, while the Sardukar are from Salusa Secundus, although they're both descendants of the same group of people who visited and settled both Selusa Secundus and Arrakis
Well the fremen had the advantage of fighting on their on ground. Shield technology was not possible on arrakis so they had a different fighting style while the sardaukar fought in a way to counter shields the best. (Which was pointless)
One thing I haven't noticed (yet) is anyone bringing up the fact that the Fremen as a major fighting force didn't last very long. After Leto II came to the thrown they were supplanted by the Fish Speakers who had were around almost as long as the God Emperor. The Fremen only really held sway for a few decades if I'm right. The Sardaukar however, were around for about 10,000 years and that's nothing to be ashamed of.
The Fremen don’t really “train” so much as they just live in an environment so harsh that anyone who survives it is a badass.
I have re-read the Dune novels a few times, each time they are more enjoyable. And they make all the sci-fi written after and influenced by Dune also more enjoyable. The Sardukar are basically the Space Marines but the make more sense.
They're also basically the Mandalorian crusaders from Star Wars legends. I saw a lot of similarities between them in this video.
40k seems to be unashamedly derivative of Dune. Like it even uses the exact same terms and ideas without even trying to be original
@@rigo-mma If you look at 40k pretty much everything in it is stolen another franchise.
@@AndreTheCrab yeah it’s embarrassing
@@rigo-mma almost every franchise borrows from other stories name one that was completely original
Exceptional video! I have read a lot of Dune material during the last 20 years, but this documentary showed me many things I didn’t know. It was very informative and beautifully presented!
I subscribed to your channel exclusively for your lore documentaries. Their production value is unequalled. Please continue to make them.
Man this backstory is so cool. I hope we see more of this in the next movie. Especially that senate room with all the different houses
The sardaukar theme is one of the best, they are one of my favorites in dune
As an Atreides commander on Arrakis, I never leave my base without them.
Right , military men shaped by their environment and religion, their like the mamluk warriors of the mid east
Thank you especially for the illustrations, they added some real new lore and depth to my lifelong fascination with Dune's universe
This was an awesome video, really loved how you brought the encyclopedia to life and helped flesh out the Dune universe - this is easily one of the all time greats in contributing to modern Dune lore, well done!
A great breakdown of such a long and complicated history. I knew from reading the books years ago that Secundus was a prison world. I didn't know how it got that way or that the Sardakur were so we'll fleshed out.
This content is amazing and I hope there is more dune content to come. Aside from basically cutting Dr. Kynes to as basic as possible I really enjoyed the new movie and between the dune movies and and the lore videos I finally listened to the audiobook and it’s great. Thank you!
Wow never expecting dune video, can we expect warhammer 40k lore in future ? Your insight and atention to little detail make your video so good.
You may have to dig a bit, but he made some Warhammer videos about a year ago.
I’ve always thought dune seemed like a unique era of history, well suited to a history channel
Invicta truly *Spoils* us ! I cannot fathom how I excited to see this upload ! War of the worlds Tripods next maybe
6:28 That one made me chuckle. Great video!
Well that was eye opening. I assumed the Sardaukar were from an independent planet that the ruling house managed to get under their heal and psychologically dominate… turns out the Emperor and his house ARE Sardaukar. This all makes so much more sense now. Thanks !
There IS technically a House Sardaukar and there is some surface pretense that House Corrino and the Sardaukar are linked but still seperate entities to hide the fact that Salusa Secundus was the birthworld of the Sardaukar and that it is where they get their recruits from. Many just assume the Imperial levies are where Sardaukar come from, not the brutal prison planet. The Atreides do figure it out and that is why they are so eager to get the Fremen on their side as allies. So they can use their own pretty awesome troops combined with Fremen units and overwhelm the trap that was Arrakis.
This is amazing content and I love the dune series and anything about it will always be appreciated
Just wait till the second movie being part 2 comes out !!!
Just watched the preview this morning. Part 2 looks absolutely incredible
please do more fictional units, like some from Warhammer horus heresy would be awesome
Absolutely wonderful exposition! was wondering what musical tracks were used? Especially the very last one when describing the Fremen.
Damn, some excellent timing. My Gf and I just rewatched the new dune movie last night. Was some excellent info and can't wait for more vids
"The sardaukar are the greatest warriors of the entire known galaxy"
Fremen women and children being cornered like wild animals :
"Alright well.. they're tied for first at least.."
Still, the Fremen considered the Sardaukar to be good fighters, and respected them to some degree.
I mean, we've seen mothers lift cars for their kids. If Sardaukar can match the space sand folk version of that, I'm impressed
Mom: "Finish your vegetables"
7 year old me: "No"
Mom: "The Emperor commands it"
7 year old me: "As the Emperor commands, it will be done."
::eats all the vegetables in the house::
"As the emperor commands. It will be done"
I'm a fan of the old version of David Lynch's Dune. It's strange that he didn't want to sign it. Greetings!🖖
It was terrible!😳
I am a huge Dune fan and I just cannot stand the Lynch film. I tried.
Dino Delorentis and the studio stomped all over his original film and ruined it. That's why he took his name off of it.
@@polbrempolbrem6639 at least he didn’t race and gender swap liet Kynes
@@ryanvouche254 Yawn!
First half I imagined Salusa Secundus as Catachan from WH40k, but by the second half, I now see it as Space Australia from DBZ Abridged! “Go Space Broncos!” :D
Love the narrating and history lore behind them. Excellent work conveying it.
Great Video! I would point out that in the Prequel Dune Series Butlerian Jihan that Salusa Secundus was a green world of temperate climate with water but after the atomic bombing in the war against the machines. Salusa Secundus became the world you described.
Your art department really works overtime i swear. Great video man!
great video! where do you find information like this? i’ve read every crazy novel, twice even, and i don’t remember seeing a lot of these detail! specifically the unit breakdowns and traditions stuff.
The vast majority of this is from the Dune Encyclopedia
@@InvictaHistorySo if this presentation is derived from Frank Herbert's writings, please disclose where It says that the first Corrino Emperor was a so-called Sardau tribal king. More likely derived from video game scripting than anything Frank ever wrote. So much here far outside Dune canon.
@@tessierashpoolmg7776 every thing here is better than any of the garbage that BH and KJA wrote
@@therealfakeAlphabet I hope it's obvious that I am referring to Frank Herbert exclusively.
The Dune Encyclopaedia is as unreliable as any other narrator in Dune. Like the bit about Moscow and Washington being rival capitals of the Empire.
Including bits from the games is fine.
These Dune lore videos are absolutely superb. Many thanks. I really like deep dives into rich universes like Dune, Middle Earth and BattleTech.
The Emperor commands it. It is done.
They have served the will of house Corrino for millennia. The killer's without mercy, the soldier fanatics. The personal guards to the Padishah emperors. The deadliest fighting force in the known universe, The Sardaukar.
"The Immortals.... wait no sorry wrong universe...." 🤣
The space immortals
Sardaukar: we are the greatest warrirors in the known universe
Fremen: Laughs at Sardaukar
Fish Speakers: Laughs at both of them
I never got the sense that fish speakers were better than fremen or sardauker. Just that they had a different purpose that an all female army better fulfilled
@@wyattebersole3764 Than you didn’t pay attention, Duncan states multiple times he believes he wouldn’t be able to put up resistance to a fish speaker. The fish speakers would absolutely 100% without a doubt murder the fremen and sardaukar
FS were just a different tool. Sardaukar were the hammer, Fremen the scalpel, FS the spear.
Sardaukar ruled the galaxy for over 8000 years
Fish speakers for over 3000
Fremen didn't even last 100
Clearly, Fremen were most effective and certainly not lucky to fight on their home turf with the support of nuclear weapons and colossal worms
You guys should break down the key players in full in the Dune universe! Like the Bene Gesserit, Navigators guild, the Tleilexu, the Honored Mattress, etc etc
I have a sudden urge to play Total War Attila, for some reason...
There is so much backstory and I’m here for it all.. the spice must flow
There are interesting parralels between Sardau/Sardaukar and Fremen. Both were hardy cultures from hard worlds, that transformed them into warriors. Both have conquered their worlds and went beyond and helped their leaders to conquer the Known Universe. Both were defeated not in war, but in peace, grew complavent and polluted by ideas of "weaker" people. I wonder, who will the new warrior tribe in future of Dune.
Agree totally,and as Herbert influences Lucas,I believe the latter's Mandalorians were his answer to the Sardaukar/Fremen. 👍
@@MrSinclairn Good point! I don't believe, that Lucas had much to do with Mandalorians. But it's possible, that Karen Treviss made this paralell
@@MrSinclairn no, it's obvious Ewoks were Lucas answer to Fremen. Fearless warriors from the death world, that defeated Imperial legion... all clicks.
Fish Speakers. The army of Leto II. All female warriors
I keep coming back to this video only to end it a few minutes in... trying to work my way through all of the Dune series of books. The originals written by Frank Herbert, and the continuation of the series as well as several prelude stories written by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson. I must say they both have done an amazing job. I will finish the video when I'm done!
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Wish Spice Wars was more of a Dune 2000 or Emperor sequel than a paradox Dune game. Great Video though always had a special love for Sardaukar.
Nice to see the Sardaukar having the Brabantian heraldry 😁
Best video on TH-cam about Sardaukars, thanks Invicta!
YES!! More Dune!
PLEASEEE make more Dune videos likes this, this is amazing
A really worthwhile, sober, and thorough, overview of the The Sardaukar. Loved it. Subb'd.
They were the most feared, until they crossed paths with Fremen.
Its cool to see something like guardian of the empire being awarded to someone still living, goes to show how elite they truly are, where someone would need to sacrifice their life, the sarduaukar still lives.
Rome total war attila soundtrack, love it
Awesome, I love the Dune Books, and Movies! That includes Lynch, Scifi and Villeneuve
Lynch did good with the tech they had but the sardukar were a disappointment
@@jonathancox1231 Yeah you’re right the Sardaukar soldiers weren’t really impressive or memorable, I liked the Generals of Shaddam in Lynch movie though, just little details like metal plates covering scars and “worn down” look on their faces, can’t wait for Christopher Walken as the Emperor, that will be amazing. But I think Villeneuve messed up Harkonnen soldiers, not even sure I remember what they look like except for Rabban (who was improvement over Lynch). Scifi channel movies had very cool take on the Harkonnens, looks like mix of Samurai with leathery firemen uniforms or something, looked very cool at least from costume standpoint. And this is where I will give huge props to Lynch, everything in the movie was made from scratch, every single prop/item, which makes the setting more unique than i.e other scifi where everything looks the same just more glowy and sanitized.
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
Please post a video on the Fremen as soon as possible, I loved this video and I’m looking forward to one’s about the Fremen, House Atreides, and House Harkonnen.
Hopefully you guys do the Fremen next!
By the time the sardukar possessed kinetic shielding they would not have possessed laser based weaponry anymore, as it's very much the invention of such shielding that led to kinetic based weaponry returning in force, and melee weapons staying relevant, as a laser based weapon firing on one of those shields is akin to setting off multiple nuclear bombs simultaneously, and why such weaponry became mutually illegal across space, it would kill everyone involved.
This is also why stutter fire and the specific martial skills for slowing one's swing to pass through the shielding to return momentum was so important.
goddamn! look at that art! well done!
ps, if you ever want a rich yet untapped franchise to explore, i highly recommend battletech, sometimes also known as mechwarrior.
If you like the art we make it available for download on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/InvictaHistory
I am not familiar with Battletech but it may be worth investigating as you suggest
Selusus Sakundas🔥🔥 that's how serious it gets my friends
so theyre australians
It’s an oversimplification of events, but yes.
I dont remember the sardaukar being dominated by birds and Dr. Yueh
ahahahahahahaha...
Uhm no
No, they aren't gender fluid.
I found this channel by chance and the quality of content is astounding I can't wait to see more
"I see the war has come to a stalemate. How about a compromise where I become Emperor of the entirety of human civilisation?"
"How fair and equitable for all sides"
🤔
Yeah that's kinda like let's hold on to some power before this guys mercs us.
This is a fantastic documentary. You have a very nice voice and good storytelling ability
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Another great video brother 🎉 Keep up the great work. I'm 51 year old American white man looking to retire there also . So to see you thrive there, is such a boost to my dream. I am engaged to my Filipina from negros and I am returning to see her again for a month in November and we are staying in Cebu. We have k1 applied for so she will come here to minnesota and we will live here for like 5 years before retirement there ! 😀 All the best to you there friend .
Ah yes, Sardaukar, the Imperial stormtroopers before Imperial stormtroopers... Should be deadly, but are killed left and right by the rebels
I don’t know about that. Even in the film the sardaukar are lethal to anyone besides the most skilled opponents like Duncan Idaho or the Fremen.
@@Rokaize fremen has plot armor
I think it’s made pretty evident that the Sardaukar get by partially on reputation by the time of the first book. They were founded as a conquering army, but afterwards became the product of a glorified prison planet. They’re still plenty tough though and make short work of the Atriedies, but the Fremen are depicted as a martial culture above all else. War for the Fremen is a way of life, to the point where they don’t even hold someone killing their spouse against them. It’s not one-sided with the Fremen either. The Fremen take what we today would call “very heavy” casualties during even their successful operations.
@@huanquocmanh416 Not really. Plot armor would be a non-canonical reason why someone can’t be hurt or die. The fremen being so unstoppable is explained in detail. The fremen take plenty of losses to the sardaukar. The sardaukar win some engagements even at great loss
Fremen aren’t just rebels, they’re also an ancient martial culture.
Brilliant ,entertaining as well as educational what the youngsters would describe as infotainment these days I suppose.. keep up the good work my good man . I look forward to seeing other videos and the future of your channel
NICE. You gonna do more Cosmere stuff eventually?
we've got some content there in our back pocket. Are still slowly working on it.
@@InvictaHistory Great to hear. Your Stormlight primer was amazing.
This is just ridiculously well done.
Salusa Secundus was the capital of humanity during the days of AI domination of humanity
A verdant world at the time, Salusa Secundus would become a death world after the Jihads conclusion in the Corrino System
Later the planet would be attacked by house Trantor, who used atomics in a attempt to destroy House Corrino
The planet would become a imperial prison planet afterwards and the main recruiting
grounds for the Imperial Sardukar
Cheers
Y'all should do a video on the Ixil. I remember that planet/race in particular was super confusing to grasp in the second Dune book. Another cool topic to explore would be the use of Atomics in the world of Dune and how different atomic weapons were used in different ways.
The Sardaukar were such a powerful force, their attack changed the shape of arrows at 7:15
Nice Dark Knight Rises reference 👌 6:27
That Total War Attila menu music tho
Never knew that I needed this