What Does Paul Atreides Actually Become In Dune Messiah - Dune Timeline Explained

Paul Atreides is a hero of the first two books of Dune: Dune (1965) and The Dune Messiah (1969). His Story is often misunderstood and after he becomes the emperor, people often views him as an antagonist of the story, rather than protagonist. In today's video, I have reviewed his story from the very beginning to the end and analyzed if he is truly either hero or the villain for the books.

the soundtrack for the video are made by @WhiteBatAudio and @BlackNeptuneSound

00:00 - 01:05 - Intro
01:09 - 08:38 - Early life and Family lineage
08:38 - 23:00 - Move to Arrakis
23:00 - 26:34 - Emperor Paul
26:34 - 33:15 - Conspiracy
33:15 - 36:33 - Walking In The Desert
36:33 - 40:03 - Epilogue

Dune graphic novel art by Raúl Allén & Patricia Martín
Dune: House Atreides graphic novel art by Dev Pramanik

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[nenmancer]

In the books, the choice of the name "Muad'Dib" is also an ironic twist, as Paul had seen in the tent that in the future his Fremen legions would call him Muad'Dib.

When Stilgar asks him to choose his name, he tries to avoid calling himself Muad'Dib to try and move off the path of the Jihad, so he choses the name of an innocent, cute looking desert mouse, but he didn't know the Fremen called that mouse... Muad'Dib. As a compromise, he then choses to call himself Paul Muad'Dib to try to avoid that future, but it doesnt matter, because in the end the Fremen end up calling him Muad'Dib.

It's one of those things you don't realize in a first read, but it's probably Frank Herbert's way of making you question whether or not Paul is really in control or if he's just moving towards the future he already saw anyway.

[marksesi]

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[dengomat]

well, this is kind of copied word for word from alt+shift+X.. good vid though

[hashbrown]

Ain't no way a video this well put together is a first video, and it'll just keep getting better?? Please keep going bro, rooting for you!

[fortelewisandrew]

I love stories were the characters are neither good or bad but somewhat ambiguous this gives them layers, complexities, and nuances we as the viewer can relate to.

[taralalram]

Great concise description of events, well put together 👍🏽

[Enderman_]

The script is strangely similar to alt shift xs video on dune like word for word almost

[jonathanhars]

Comon man there is litteral part of your video taken from a alt’s video :(

[BiloxiRED]

Really liked your video. Great job explaining the storyline and the video was visually interesting.

[itallovidal]

Awesome video, keep the excelent work, waiting for the next video already

[trumanshow]

F. Herbert wrote the fascinating & speculative “Dune” with ingenious settings like some tech limitations.
On the other, he also knew such limitations block civilizational development, ending the story as a tragedy.
I hope D. Villeneuve solves the dilemma with a humane & hopeful movie adaptation in the 21st century,
for we are now getting the ability like Paul’s genetic memory or prescience with the internet or AI.

[Kira_]

You're so underrated man, Amazing video!

[lilsmarties]

this is using an identical script as another video

[gluurbburger]

Amazing video. Really looking forward to your future videos.

[Mordochas]

So you can copy the entire Dune Wiki script about Paul Atreides and get 130k views on YouTube with everyone praising in the comments like this is the best video ever made? ok...

[laurentfranco]

There's a little plothole in Dune that always bothered me a little bit. Why wasn't there a reaction from the Landsraad and the other Great Houses after the Harkonnen attack on the Atreides? I mean they must've sensed that there was something off about that. Duke Leto Atreides was a popular member of the Landsraad and he must've had allies and sympathisers among some of the other Great Houses. It's usually not the behavior of political factions to ignore it when one of their allies gets wiped out. You could always be the next one. Why would the Great Houses (friend or foe of the Atreides) just accept that the Harkonnens would reposses Arrakis and the spice trade by force? Common sense dictates that they would appeal to the Emperor. And it would become very clear soon if he had anything to do with it. The conspiracy that Shaddam forged with the Harkonnens to rid himself of the Atreides never seemed quite waterproof to me. This only workes in the story because he expects that their won't be a single Atreides left alive to tell the tale, that not a single one of the other Great Houses will react to the attack on the Atreides and finally that the Harkonnens will keep their side and secret of the Bargain. Why would he run such a risk by leaving the Baron alive with the information that he is implicated in the downfall of House Atreides? Shaddam should've immediately staged a surprise attack on the Harkonnens afterwards and kill them all. That way he would've rid himself of the Atreides and the Harkonnens thus securing hus throne and taking control of the spice trade. But then again that is a course of action which would have never escaped the intelligent insight of the Baron.

[jamesvan]

I would just like to say that Paul had little love for the benejezzerits. In the new movies, it portrays this a little, but back in the 90s, they made a trilogy on TV and in that version, Paul had more anger towards his mother for what she was. He still loved her, but this new movie doesn't quite hit the mark on how much Paul hated and distrusted them. Paul was also more hesitant to take the mantle of Mau'di. He was practically forced into it, but the new movies tend to make it seem like he started to believe it himself and was more willing to take the role.

[mikaela]

people really need to learn what words mean, protagonist and antagonist don't mean good guy and bad guy they mean the character the story focuses on and the character who opposes the idea of them

[Shamino]

Obtain originality and don't lift entire pages of script off of others and I'd be willing to listen to more of your work. But brother, AI generated art and script-lifting off of larger youtube pages is not the way to go. Trust me.

[NashiHeartSoulSpirit]

Power doesn’t corrupt, it enables.
Hero or not, Paul is one of the better characters in the Dune series.