Desmond Hart manages to survive the explosion that Mikaela and Keiran Atreides orchestrated in Dune: Prophecy episode 5. The story of Dune: Prophecy occurs 10,000 years before the Dune films, and follows Valya Harkonnen as she leads the Bene Gesserit. Valya wants complete control over the Empire, but Desmond Hart consistently disrupts her plans throughout the series. Desmond Hart is one of the most intriguing characters in Dune: Prophecy, when he began working with the Emperor and Empress after surviving being swallowed by a sandworm on Arrakis.
Over the course of the series, Desmond increasingly gained Emperor Corrino's trust, which led him to lead a group of warriors to hunt down members of the resistance in Dune: Prophecy episode 5. His hunt led him and several of his men to the nightclub run by Mikaela. In Dune: ProphecyMikaela is a member of the rebellion who is also secretly part of Valya's sisterhood. Therefore, by order of Valya, Mikaela sets up explosive devices throughout the club to detonate when Desmond arrives..
Desmond Hart appeared to use a Holtzman shield during the explosion in Dune: Prophecy Episode 5
A Holtzman shield saved Desmond Hart's life in Dune: Prophecy, Episode 5
While Desmond searches the nightclub's upstairs, Mikaela and Keiran kill several of Desmond's men on the main level. The two escape and detonate the explosives. However, Desmond realizes what is about to happen just before the nightclub explodes and activates a Holtzman shield.. Desmond is still knocked out by the explosion, but the shield saves his life.
A Holtzman shield creates a protective energy field close to the person using it. These shields have been seen several times in Dune movies and everywhere Dune: Prophecy. Node Dune films, Paul Atreides uses a Holtzman shield in battle and while training to protect himself. Paul's ancestor, Keiran Atreides, uses them in exactly the same way in his role as Master Swordsman of House Corrino. Although Holtzman shields can be penetrated, it is extremely difficult, making them a very useful form of defense.
Needing a shield could mean Desmond Hart isn't immortal in Dune: Prophecy
Valya's plan to kill Desmond almost worked in Dune: Prophecy Episode 5
Since its introduction in Dune: ProphecyThere have been many theories about who Desmond Hart really is. The end of Dune: Prophecy episode 5 revealed that Desmond is part Harkonnen and part Atreides. However, fans previously theorized that Desmond was a ghola, which is an artificially created clone of a person. The fact that he survived the sandworm attack on Arrakis also suggested that he might be immortal.but this no longer appears to be the case after the explosion in Dune: Prophecy episode 5.
The nightclub explosion in Dune: Prophecy episode 5 showed Desmond in his most vulnerable position yet.
If Desmond Hart were immortal, he wouldn't need to use a Holtzman shield to survive the explosion. The nightclub explosion in Dune: Prophecy Episode 5 showed Desmond in his most vulnerable position yet. Desmond proved to be a formidable foe for Valya in Dune: Prophecybut the explosion in episode 5 proves that he can be caught off guard and potentially defeated.