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The Arrakis Revolt was the term historically used to describe the uprising of the Fremen of Arrakis under the leadership of Paul Atreides, in the latter events of the Desert War, which eventually led to the fall of House Corrino from power.
History[]
After the Siege of Arrakeen, the Harkonnen occupiers set about restoring spice production on Arrakis. Thinking House Atreides wiped out and the Fremen too weak to pose any real threat, Glossu Rabban Harkonnen squeezed the planet and its inhabitants in a vice-grip.
What neither the Harkonnens nor the Padishah Emperor knew was that Paul Atreides and his mother, Lady Jessica had survived and joined a local Fremen tribe. Taking the name "Muad'Dib", Paul led his newfound brethren in a guerrilla war against their common enemy. With the new weapons, skills and tactics given to them by the newcomers, the already formidable Fremen warriors were made infinitely more deadly. Within a few years, the Harkonnen forces on the planet had suffered crippling losses and spice output had been reduced to insufficient levels.
The Harkonnens' inability to safeguard spice production eventually demanded the attention of the other Great Houses, the Guild, and even the emperor himself. The conflict finally culminated in the Battle of Arrakeen, where Muad'Dib and his Fremen blew down the walls of the city with atomics and rode powerful sandworms through the fortifications to overwhelm the Sardaukar and Harkonnen forces. This marked the end of the Desert War, and the advent of the Atreides Empire.