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Korba [d. 10210 AG] was a Fremen follower of Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides, the supposed Mahdi. Beginning his rise to power as one of the original Fedaykin who Paul trained in the Weirding Way during the Desert War, he served as a commander in the Battle of Arrakeen in 10193 AG which allowed Paul to usurp Shaddam Corrino IV and become the Padishah Emperor and led to the Fremen waging a twelve-year galactic jihad in his name.

After the Battle of Arrakeen, Korba was given the title of Panegyrist, becoming an important member of Paul's Qizarate and rose to the additional title of High Priest by the year 10208 AG. It was at this point that Korba turned against his Mahdi, becoming embroiled in a conspiracy to martyr the Emperor, a conspiracy whose leading instigators also included Princess Irulan Corrino, Paul's wife in name only, Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Spacing Guild Steersman Edric, and Scytale, a Face Dancer. Korba was killed by Stilgar after his complicity in the conspiracy was discovered.

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In the TV miniseries adaption of Children of Dune, Korba was portrayed by the Czech actor Karel Dobrý, who had also portrayed Liet Kynes in the original Dune miniseries. The motivation of Korba is altered in the miniseries, so instead of a desire to martyr him, so his religious power would increase drastically, Korba is a rebel hating the Atreides Empire. He is also seen to be a friend of the child Javid.

In the 1984 movie, it is speculated that the character Korba, who speaks the line at min 93.45 "If you be a Reverend Mother, let Shai-hulud judge now!" was played by Dennis Hopper in an uncredited role.

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