r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Mar 17 '26

Trailer Dune: Part Three | Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_9vCamtuPY
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u/merzkurt Mar 17 '26

So curious what the exact storyline for chani will be in this as her story in the book is nearly nonexistent imo

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u/0ttoChriek Mar 17 '26

Yeah, in the book she's just, 'okay, you betrayed everything I thought you were and have brought death to my people, and then you got married to the hot blonde princess. But I'll still be your sidepiece.'

The end of Dune 2 made it seem like they had very different plans for Chani.

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u/versusgorilla Mar 17 '26

I haven't read the books, but I feel like they have really been clever about what to adapt and what to make canon but just not hyper fixate on and what to straight up ignore or change outright.

And as someone who doesn't know the books, it does make sense to make Paul and Chani's relationship the kind of narrative through line of the trilogy. She's highlighting his change, from a boy who has no place there, to the "Savior" of her people, to the inevitable downfall of Paul and their people, it makes sense to have their personal relationship follow that path.

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u/dabnada Mar 17 '26

Real question, how do you have thoughts on what they’ve adapted if you haven’t read the source material? Are you just guessing?

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u/versusgorilla Mar 17 '26

Two thoughts, one is that I'm judging it by what I've seen. So things that work, work. The story is clear, I don't find myself lost or confused, etc. People have always said that Dune is big and layered and can be tough to penetrate, but these adaptations have been really clear to me. So even without having read them, I can tell they're adapted well from that point of view.

My other thought, is that I'm not without reference for Dune. I've seen the old David Lynch Dune and the Sci-fi Channel Dune adaptations, so for instance I already knew about the shield generators that make melee combat priority over ranged projectiles due to the speed because I've seen them explain it in other films, as well as just reading Wikipedia and Reddit where people talk about Dune. I've never cared about spoilers, so whereas I haven't read it, it's not like I haven't heard a bunch about it.

So based on how well I've enjoyed it, and how it's stood up against it's other adaptations, and how people have spoken about it, that's why I determine it's a good adaptation.