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What We Know (and What We Desperately Hope) Will Happen in Dune: Part Three
Do we want to see Duncan Idaho clones and Alia as a power-hungry sex maniac possessed by her dead grandfather? Assuredly yes.
While Villeneuve’s Dune movies present themselves as lofty dramas, some of Part Two ’s greatest moments emerge from its wacky performances and peculiar lore: Javier Bardem’s slyly hilarious role as the Fremen leader Stilgar, Jessica discussing strategy with her telepathic fetus, or Feyd-Rautha’s vampiric BDSM orgies. (Don’t forget the scene in Part Two where Léa Seydoux’s character seduces the “psychotic” Feyd-Rautha on behalf of the Bene Gesserit breeding program, harvesting his precious Harkonnen DNA.) By the time we reach the fourth installment, God Emperor of Dune, 3,500 years have passed and Paul’s son Leto II is a quasi-immortal human-sandworm hybrid, ruling the universe with a stranglehold on spice production.
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