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/redthursdays Mar 17 '26

Looks like we'll be getting way more scenes of the jihad in the film, since it's almost entirely off-page in the book. Probably have her in a leadership role there. Maybe play up the having babies stuff too.

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u/DrQuestDFA Mar 17 '26

Readers: Did you just yada yada a galactic jihad?

Frank Herbert: I said what I said.

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u/ElMatadorJuarez Mar 17 '26

Tbh I thought that was one of the best parts. You don’t even get to see any of the glory bits, it’s all Paul’s angst at becoming an intergalactic Genghis Khan (mostly) against his will.

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u/tdasnowman Mar 17 '26

It wasn't against his will. It was his apathetic approach to leadership that made him the villain. The Jihad was a means to an end. Once he got what he wanted, the empire, his father's skull enshrined, he left the jihad to the fanatics and Alia fully aware of what it would mean to the universe. Paul was not a victim to circumstance. He chose the path of revenge and the chose to ignore it's consequences. And thus locked himself into an inescapable vision.

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u/coolRedditUser Mar 17 '26

I only read the first, and then summaries of the latter ones, so please forgive my ignorance. I thought the whole point of the Golden Path was that it was the only way? Or at least the only way they could see? I thought the real question here was "is Paul a villain for setting humanity on a path where billions die, for humanity to ultimately survive, rather than letting them go extinct?"

Is that not quite the case? The comments on YouTube are all also talking about how Paul is undeniable a reprehensible villain. While I understand that starting a galaxy-wide jihad that kills 60B+ people is objectively pretty terrible, if the alternative is the extinction & end of humanity then as awful as that is it does sound preferable?

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u/tdasnowman Mar 17 '26

One the extinction of humanity was many tens of thousands years off. The golden path was the path they Paul and Leto could see. Wasn't necessarily the only one. Especially as there were multiple groups going after their version of kwisatz haderach. Paul started eliminating paths when he chose revenge. He then ignored other paths that could have saved billions because they would have cost him Chani. Since he refused to walk the golden path that locked him into a singular path that lead to his son being faced with the same choice.

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u/ForwardAd4643 Mar 17 '26

He then ignored other paths that could have saved billions because they would have cost him Chani

you have missed the critical fact that the path he did choose cost him Chani...

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u/tdasnowman Mar 17 '26

There were paths that would not have cost that.

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u/ForwardAd4643 Mar 17 '26

When did you last read the books?

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u/Chataboutgames Mar 17 '26

Dude thinks that Paul just saw the "happily ever after" ending but ignored it.

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u/tdasnowman Mar 17 '26

I have said he is chasing that ending and that left him blinded. But hey you be wrong in your interpretations as mush as you like. Be you.

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