Dune Part 2: What Can We Expect From the Sequel?

At least director Denis Villeneuve is upfront about it. Before you see a lot of something in his new movie Dune, the opening title card says “Dune Part 1.” It’s an admission that what you’re about to see isn’t the entire story—and by the top, whether or not you preferred the movie or not, you’ll actually be curious what comes subsequent.

Those solutions are pretty straightforward to seek out. Just go get a duplicate of Frank Herbert’s Dune, which was initially printed in 1965 and has been tailored in its entirety a number of occasions earlier than. But as somebody who as soon as tried to learn Dune and obtained about 30 pages earlier than placing it down for a number of years, I do know that isn’t the simplest ask. Even the diversifications can, at occasions, depart issues to be desired. So io9 is right here to assist. Below, learn how Dune Part 1 teases its potential sequel and what is going to occur in that film if Warner Bros decides to greenlight it, which it has not but (however is all however assured at this level).

Where does Dune Part 1 finish?

First issues first. Why finish Dune Part 1 the place it does, with Paul simply assembly the Fremen? Simple: it’s Paul story. For probably the most half, Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune focuses on younger Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a youngster compelled to maneuver off his homeworld of Caladan to the desert planet Arrakis. Paul, the son of a duke (Oscar Isaac) and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson)—a member of the highly effective non secular group Bene Gesserit—has visions of this planet and sees inherent hazard and risk there. Throughout the course of the film, these visions persist and a few of them come true, and after dropping his father and most of his Atreides military in a battle with the evil Harkonnens, he finds security within the deserts of Arrakis, a wild, unknown land occupied by an equally mysterious group of individuals known as the Fremen. The Fremen reside and thrive within the desert via self-discipline and custom. Traditions that pressure Paul to kill a member of their group named Jamis (Babs Olusanmokun) in fight. Paul’s victory assures he and his mom have a spot with the Freman, if he so chooses, and Paul does select. He says his future lies within the desert.

So that’s the place Dune Part 1 ends. Paul, his mom, and a bunch of Freman together with a frontrunner named Stilgar (Javier Bardem) and a younger girl named Chani (Zendaya) heading off into the desert. Throughout the movie, Paul has visions of Chani, which appears to play an enormous function in his determination to go together with the Freman. And that alternative is basically why this movie ends the place it does. It’s all about Paul’s character improvement. For the complete film, he’s been not sure what his function is. Is he speculated to be the navy and political chief of House Atreides like his father? Or an necessary non secular determine as urged by his mom? Paul’s determination to go together with the Freman marks an important second in his story—that is the place he takes management of his personal future.

What will occur in Dune Part 2?

Part 2 then, might be Paul fulfilling his future, and the primary film is stuffed with hints towards what’s to return. Paul talks of a plot to overthrow the Emperor by marrying certainly one of his daughters. There’s a scene of Paul preventing with the Fremen the place he has their trademark blue eyes. Many of his goals featured him and Chani frolicking throughout Arrakis, clearly exploring some sort of romance. The Freman all through whisper of historical prophecies involving a boy and his mom coming to their planet, and Paul mentions to his mom that he is aware of she’s pregnant with a daughter.

All of these issues ought to come to mild in Dune Part 2. Villeneuve tweaked a little bit of the story, making the ending barely totally different (within the e book Paul defeats Jamis again on the Freman house, known as a Sietch, not instantly after they meet), and Part 2 is more likely to choose up with Paul arriving on the Sietch and coping with the results of that victory. Death isn’t any small matter to the Freman and Paul should tackle not simply Jamis’ household, together with a spouse and children, however his enterprise as properly. He struggles with it but additionally embraces it, and it’s the primary of many, many acts that proceed to endear him to the Freman. Also, these historical prophecies of an important, non secular chief start to return true.

Paul embraces and relishes Freman life, rapidly rising up the ranks to turn out to be their de facto chief—which, hmm—culminates in one of many collection’ most well-known scenes, the place he lastly snags and rides a sandworm. Along the way in which, he and Chani additionally fall in love and have a baby. From there, Paul’s full Freman life provides him the arrogance to hatch a plan to not simply overthrow the Harkkonen chief that the Emperor positioned on Arrakis after Duke Leto’s homicide, however the Emperor himself. Major spoiler alert: after a large battle, it really works. Paul and the Fremen are victorious, although Paul and Chani’s baby is killed within the battle. Paul then mainly forces the Emperor to make his daughter, Princess Irulan, marry him, which assures his rise to the throne. An increase that Paul foresees may very well be massively detrimental to the galaxy.

Who are the necessary characters in Dune Part 2?

There are many, many extra issues to return within the second half, together with a give attention to new and present characters. Bardem’s Stilgar is a big participant on this half, Josh Brolin’s Gurney Halleck makes a return, and, most crucially, Paul’s sister Alia is born. She’s one of the fascinating characters in the complete collection as a result of at beginning she already has the thoughts of each Bene Gesserit who was ever a Reverend Mother. That makes her a little bit creepy, very highly effective, and massively necessary to the last word finish of Dune and the books that comply with.

Will there be a Dune Part 3?

There are loads extra books, so sure, there may very well be. While mainly all of Dune Part 2 sees Paul fulfill his future and rise to turn out to be the Emperor of the galaxy, that’s sort of a cliffhanger as properly. What does he do as soon as he has that energy? Well, Villeneuve has mentioned, if each motion pictures do properly, he’d additionally wish to make Herbert’s second e book, Dune Messiah. That e book, identical to Dune Part 1, may be very a lot in regards to the journey of Paul Atreides. Again, it’s exceedingly extra complicated than that (cough reincarnated Duncan Idaho cough)—Dune as a franchise continues in quite a few different books—however Paul’s story, for probably the most half, concludes in Messiah. From all we all know up to now, it looks as if Villeneuve is most excited about telling the whole saga of Paul Atreides, a lot of which is about up in Dune Part 1, however most of which can repay in Dune Part 2.

Dune Part 1 is now in theaters and on HBO Max. Part 2 is rumored to shoot subsequent 12 months if it will get greenlighted.

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