DUNE RECAP - Everything You Need to Know Before Dune Part 2!

Dune has a long, complicated backstory. The Emperor, the Bene Gesserit, Arrakis, Spice, Atredides--and the first Dune movie may not be fresh in your mind. So we've made this ScreenCrush recap to watch before you see Dune: Part 2!

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[bulletdancestorm]

One of my favorite parts in the first book was after the Jamis fight Paul cries. And the Fremen are amazed that he would give his water for someone he barely knows.

[SlackersForHire]

It's worth noting that there are no confirmed "aliens" in Dune, at least not humanoid ones. Every character and faction we meet is a branch of human, some of which are barely recognizable as such, particularly the Guild Navigators or even this versions depiction of the Harkonnens. It's very much a story about the infinite human potential for good and evil as well as the paradoxes of human nature.

[SweetSourPickle]

This is the best informative video on Dune. You didn't explain just the movie but also some of the crucial information, like I had no idea they destroyed all the tech somewhere in the timeline.

[perceivedvelocity]

The original novel is one of my favorite books. I reread it every 5 years or so. In the movie they say that the year is 10, 191. What they do not tell you is that they are not using the our calendar. Their calendar starts with a war against thinking machines. It's similar to the Terminator but the battle's were fought on hundreds of planets. Earth was destroyed during that conflict.

You do not need to know that information to enjoy the movie. I just love the backstory.

[Safetyman]

"It's the far future, but everybody's kind of medieval". -- that made me laugh.

[karendinkel]

So from the sand worm point of view, the whole story is people keep walking on their ceiling and stealing their poop.

[woodrobin]

And, of course, the similarities between Dune and Star Wars are because George Lucas read Dune and 'borrowed' a lot of tropes and themes from it when he wrote Star Wars.

[woodrobin]

Re: Shields and swords: It's also really dangerous to shoot at a ship or personal shield with lasers or charged particle beams. One of three things will happen: the shield absorbs it and you wasted a shot (best case scenario), the shield partially absorbs it and 'burps' out a coronal discharge of energy back in the direction of the beam, becoming a temporary flamethrower pointed right back at you (not the worst case, but it ain't good), or the beam overloads the shield and it explodes, turning your target into a momentary mini-nuke (worst case). There's a small chance whatever was inside the shield will survive the overload. There is very little chance that you were close enough to shoot them and far enough away to not get killed in the blast.

So, basically, you could try to overload the shields and blow up the ships (and that possibility is why nuclear bombs are not permitted in inter-House warfare upon pain of death, by the Emperor's decree -- never mind that if you use them on Dune, you could disrupt or contaminate Spice production, and then *everyone* would gang up on you if they even suspected you were planning it). But it turns the battlefield into an unpredictable minefield where you and your opponents could get caught up in a chain reaction if you start messing around, so swords and knives are considered the safest and most precise means to go after your opponents.

[thomaslarrea]

my favorite parts of this video are when the dog doesnt say anything

[PulseTriangle]

The jemis vision was not just symbolic. Paul is metally aging rapidly though hos transition, because he actually lives those timelines. He lives a full timeline with Jemis as a mentor and friend, and so it is heartbreakingly tragic that he has to kill someone who he sees as a friend, but that friendship cannot be reciprocated in the reality he walks. It's how he just knows things, because he lived them in his mind

[EthanBSide]

"So he becomes a sandworm?"

"You have no idea..."
I've read the books and this is 💯

[evmadic]

It's not 10k years into the future, it's 10k years AG (after guild). In the Dune timeline, the guild isn't founded for another 15k years, making the story of Paul Atreides about 25k years into the future.

[mattp]

Probably for the best that you glossed over the whole prequel novels, the backstory of why thinking machines are forbidden. Some people really HATE those books. Most of the thinking machine characters were very cheesy villains, but Herbert's son did a decent job of laying out a backstory that includes the origins of the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats, the Spacing Guild, the Emperor, many of the great houses that play important supporting roles, the Harkonnen/Atreides feud, and the Fremen, as well as establishing lore for the technology of the Dune universe, without it all feeling like fan service.

[Qeduhh]

Great video. My only concern with showing all of these parallel moments/content in Star Wars is that people might have the impression that Dune stole EVERYTHING from Star Wars when in fact it’s the other way around, lol

[isaaclavoie]

The first movie is so good.. the sounds, the score, the treatment of the source material, the casting and the acting... It's all so good.

[kanenlogan]

You misunderstood the Gom Jabbar, it's not a test for Bene Gesserit potential. In the book it's a test to see if you can rise above your animal instincts to avoid pain, with the knowledge that a single touch from the needle at your neck will kill you. The idea is if you recoil from the pain you touch the needle and die, therefore preserving the evolutionary trajectory the Bene Gesserit have in place. In all of Frank Herbert's books Paul is never 'confirmed' to be the "chosen one", it's actually implied to be his son Leto II.

[oirkhsn]

One thing thats kind of breezed over in this recap is just how much paul outskills jamis in their duel. Everyone expect paul to get destroyed or have a hard fight and within the first exchange hes screaming at jamis yo concede and you can see the shock on jamis's face as his pride forces him to start daring paul to kill him..crazy scene

[AussBosss]

Saw part two Sunday night and it lives up to the hype. Incredible in IMAX.

[ElChris]

As a fan of the Dune book series, Part 1 was simply amazing. I'm going into Part 2 completely aware of just how awesome it will be. Great breakdown.

[JoeyPsych]

"You either die a hero or see yourself become a sandworm"
"You have no idea"
That one got me real good.