Thats the whole structure of this whole enterprise?
Lets examine why we have been watching a tragedy.
This individual would be the one to supposedly deliver the impoverished Fremen to paradise.
His bloodline, in fact, combines both sides of the warring houses Atreides and Harkonnen.
Apparently, this selective breeding has gifted him with precognition.
He can see the future, or at least many possible versions of it.
However, the Bene Gesserit never wanted a man to have such abilities.
The order considers the male sexs aggression and ambition too dangerous for such power.
Hence Paul being called an abomination inDune: Part Two.
Nonetheless, because her Duke wanted a son, Jessica disobeyed her covens wishes and produced a male heir.
Pauls gift of precognition allows him to foresee a grim future.
A hell of a euphemism for annihilation.
So how exactly did Paul gain the throne because of a knife fight with Elvis?
For starters, the actual rationale for the knife fight is different from the novel.
Hes already won the war.
But duel they do.
In some ways, this is a smart move by Villeneuve and his co-writers.
By contrast in the movie, the duel is fought to canonize his victory over the Emperor.
Spice melange, it must be remembered, is what makes interstellar travel possible in this universe.
Without the Guilds support, the Emperor loses the throne in a flash.
Chani and Irulan; his lover and his bride.
Never shall they be one and the same.
For the record, in Pauls mind this is entirely political in nature.
Keep in mind that his mother, Lady Jessica, was also officially Duke Leto Atreides concubine.
Chanis justifiable rage at this scenario isa departure from the bookas well.
Thats the whole structure of this whole enterprise.
Villeneuve has previously confirmed he views his enterprise as a trilogy of films about Paul.
It was in the second book that Herbert began clearly leaning into the tragic underpinnings of his story.
Villeneuve started earlier by casting the climax ofDune: Part Twoin shadow and dread.
But power does not necessarily begat happiness.
Dune: Part Two is out in theaters now.
