Dune

My planet arrakis is so beautiful

when the sun is low.

Rolling over the sands...

You can see spice in the air.

At nightfall, the spice harvesters land.

The outsiders race against time to avoid the heat of the day.

They ravage our lands in front of our eyes.

Their cruelty to my people is all I've known.

These outsiders, the harkonnens,

came long before I was born.

By controlling spice production,

they became obscenely rich.

Richer than the emperor himself.

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Our warriors couldn't free arrakis from the harkonnens,

but one day,

by imperial decree, they were gone.

Why did the emperor choose this path?

And who will our next oppressors be?

It's good you're up early.

Your father wants you in full dress

before the emperor's herald arrives.

Full dress?

Military?

Ceremonial.

Why do we have to go through all this

when it's already been decided?

Ceremony.

Thank you.

If you want it, make me give it to you.

Use the voice.

Mom, I just woke up.

Give me the water.

The glass can't hear you. Command me.

Give me the water.

Almost.

Almost?

Bene gesserit skills take years to learn, Paul.

- Mm-hmm. - You look tired.

More dreams?

Extreme temperatures

and treacherous weather events

make life outside the cities of arrakis truly hostile,

with sandstorms powerful enough

to cut through metal.

Only the native tribes known as the fremen

have adapted well enough to survive.

Preferring to inhabit the remotest regions of arrakis,

the fremen share the deep desert

with the giant sandworms

known to the fremen as shai-hulud.

Long exposure to spice has given the tribe

their characteristic blue eyes,

the eyes of ibad.

Little else is known of the fremen,

except that they are dangerous and unreliable.

Fremen attacks make spice harvesting

extremely hazardous.

For the fremen, spice is the sacred hallucinogen

which preserves life

and brings enormous health benefits.

For the imperium,

spice is used by the navigators

of the spacing guild

to find safe paths between the stars.

Without spice,

interstellar travel is impossible,

making it by far

the most valuable substance in the universe.

Smile, gurney.

I am smiling.

How much will it cost them,

traveling all this way for this formality?

Three guild navigators.

A total of 1.46 million, 62 solaris, round trip.

By the grace of shaddam iv of house corrino,

ascendant to the golden lion throne

of padishah emperor of the known universe,

I stand before you as herald of the change.

We are witnessed by members of the imperial court,

representatives of the spacing guild

and a sister of the bene gesserit.

The emperor has spoken.

"House atreides shall immediately take control of arrakis

and serve as its steward."

Do you accept?

We are house atreides.

There is no call we do not answer, there is no faith that we betray.

The emperor asks us to bring peace to arrakis.

House atreides accepts.

Atreides! Atreides! Atreides!

Atreides! Atreides! Atreides!

Your seal.

So, it's done?

It's done.

How was it?

Stabilizers are too loose.

- We'll dial it in. - Thank you, my friend.

Got it.

Duncan.

My boy.

Hey. Hey.

Paul, my boy.

So, you're going to arrakis tomorrow.

With the advance team.

Yes, I'm going to arrakis tomorrow

with the advance team.

I'd like you to take me with you.

You would?

Well, that's too bad. 'Cause no.

Duncan.

Are you trying to get me court-martialed?

What's going on?

Can I trust you with something?

Always. You know that.

I've been having dreams.

About arrakis and the fremen.

Okay.

I saw you.

With the fremen.

So, I do find them.

There you go. That's a good omen right there, right?

Lanville!

I saw you lying dead.

Fallen in battle.

It felt like if! Had been there,

you'd be alive.

First off, I'm not gonna die.

You're not taking me seriously.

That's why you want to come with me. Listen.

Dreams make good stories,

but everything important happens when we're awake.

'Cause that's when we make things happen.

Look at you. Put on some muscle?

I did?

Hey.

See you on arrakis, my boy.

Father, I'd like to ask to join Duncan Idaho

on his scout mission to arrakis tomorrow.

I've studied the fremen language, I'd be an asset.

Out of the question.

You'll travel in a few weeks to arrakis,

like the rest of us.

I've been training my whole life.

What is the point if I'm not allowed

- to face some actual risk? - You know why, Paul.

You're the future of house atreides.

And grandfather fought bulls for sport!

Yes.

And look where that got him.

I need you by my side.

When we get to arrakis, we'll face enormous danger.

What danger?

The fremen? The desert?

Political danger.

The great houses look to us for leadership,

and this threatens the emperor.

By taking arrakis from the harkonnens and making it ours,

he sets the stage for a war

which would weaken both houses.

But if we hold firm,

and tap the true power of arrakis,

we could be stronger than ever.

What does that mean?

Mining spice, keeping the fremen in their place?

- We'd be no better than harkonnens. - No.

By making an alliance with the fremen.

That's what I've sent Duncan Idaho to arrange.

Here on caladan,

we've ruled by air power and sea power.

On arrakis, we need to cultivate desert power.

I want you sitting in on my council.

Learn what I do.

What if I'm not, dad?

Not what?

The future of house atreides.

I told my father I didn't want this either.

I wanted to be a pilot.

You never told me that.

Your grandfather said,

"a great man doesn't seek to lead.

He's called to it, and he answers."

And if your answer is no...

You'll still be the only thing I ever needed you to be...

My son.

I found my own way to it. Maybe you'll find yours.

In their memory...

Give it a try.

Don't stand with your back to the door.

How many times do we have to tell you?

I could tell it was you

by your footsteps, gurney halleck.

Someone might imitate my stride.

I know the difference.

Are you the new weapons master?

With Duncan Idaho gone, I must make do as best I can.

Choose your blade.

I've had quite a day, gurney.

Give us a song instead.

That's rude.