DUNE UNIVERSE

Dune universe

1st edition cover of Dune (1965)

The Dune universe, or Duniverse,^[1] is the political, scientific, and social fictional setting of author Frank Herbert's series of six science fiction novels which began with 1965's Dune. Dune itself is considered by many to be the greatest science fiction novel of all time;^[2] it was the first bestselling hardcover science fiction novel,^[3] and is frequently cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history.^[3]^[4] Dune won the 1966 Hugo Award and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel,^[5] and was later adapted into a 1984 film as well as a 2000 television miniseries. The novel's first two sequels appeared as a miniseries in 2003. The Dune universe has also inspired a series of Dune video games, including Dune II, the first modern real-time strategy game.

Herbert himself died in 1986.^[6] Beginning in 1999, his son Brian Herbert and science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson produced a number of prequel novels, as well as two which complete the original Dune series — Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007) — partially based on Frank Herbert's notes discovered a decade after his death.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Brief synopsis

The fictional Dune universe, set in the distant future of humanity, has a history that stretches tens of thousands of years (some 15,000 years in total) that covers considerable changes in political, social, and religious structure as well as technology. Creative works set in the Dune universe can be said to fall into five general time periods:

The Butlerian Jihad: Legends of Dune prequel trilogy (2002-2004) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
The Corrino-led Imperium: Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999-2001) by Brian Herbert and Anderson
The ascension of the Atreides: Dune (1965), Dune Messiah (1969), and Children of Dune (1976) by Frank Herbert
The reign and fall of the God Emperor: God Emperor of Dune (1981) by Frank Herbert
The return from the Scattering: Heretics of Dune (1984) and Chapterhouse Dune (1985) by Frank Herbert; Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007) by Brian Herbert and Anderson

A comprehensive Dune timeline is available on the official Dune website.

[edit] The Butlerian Jihad

As explained in Dune, the Butlerian Jihad is a conflict taking place over 11,000 years in the future^[13] which results in the total destruction of virtually all forms of "computers, thinking machines, and conscious robots."^[14] With the prohibition "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind," the creation of even the simplest thinking machines is outlawed and made taboo, which has a profound influence on the socio-political and technological development of humanity in the Dune series.^[14] Herbert refers to the Jihad several times in the novels, but does not give much detail on how he imagined the causes and nature of the conflict.^[15] In Herbert's God Emperor of Dune (1981), Leto Atreides II indicates that the Jihad had been a semi-religious social upheaval initiated by humans who felt repulsed by how guided and controlled they had become by machines: "The target of the Jihad was a machine-attitude as much as the machines," Leto said. "Humans had set those machines to usurp our sense of beauty, our necessary selfdom out of which we make living judgments. Naturally, the machines were destroyed."^[16] This technological reversal leads to the creation of the universal Orange Catholic Bible and the rise of a new feudal galactic empire which lasts for over 10,000 years before Herbert's series begins.^[17]^[18] Several secret societies also develop, using eugenics programs, intensive mental and physical training, and pharmaceutical enhancements to hone human skills to an astonishing degree.^[17] Artificial insemination is also prohibited, as explained in Dune Messiah (1969) when Paul Atreides negotiates with the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, who is appalled by Paul's suggestion that he impregnate his consort in this manner.^[19]

The Dune Encyclopedia (1984) by Dr. Willis E. McNelly (and approved by Frank Herbert) presents an extended chronicle of the Butlerian Jihad.^[20] According to Dr. McNelly, he and Herbert had planned to expand this version into a prequel novel to Dune;^[21] Herbert's death in 1986^[6]^[22] left this project abandoned,^[21] and Herbert's own vision of the actual events of the Butlerian Jihad unexplored and open to speculation.^[15] The Legends of Dune prequel trilogy (2002-2004) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson presents the Jihad as a war between humans and the sentient machines they had created, who rise up and nearly destroy mankind.^[23] The series explains that mankind had become entirely complacent and dependent upon thinking machines; recognizing this weakness, a group of ambitious, militant humans calling themselves the Titans use this widespread reliance on machine intelligence to seize control of the entire universe.^[23] Their reign lasts for a century; eventually they give too much access and power to the AI program Omnius, which usurps control from the Titans themselves.^[15]^[23] Seeing no value in human life, the thinking machines — now including armies of robot soldiers and other aggressive machines — dominate and enslave nearly all of humanity in the universe for 900 years, until a jihad is ignited.^[15] This crusade against the machines lasts for nearly a century, with much loss of human life but ultimately ending in human victory.^[23]

[edit] The Corrino-led Imperium

Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV greets a Spacing Guild Navigator in David Lynch's Dune (1984)

The ancient Battle of Corrin — occurring 20 years after the end of the Butlerian Jihad — spawns the Padishah Emperors of House Corrino, the former ruling House of the planet Salusa Secundus who under this new name rule the Known Universe for millennia by controlling the brutally efficient military force known as the Imperial Sardaukar.^[24] Ten thousand years later, one balance to Imperial power is the assembly of noble houses called the Landsraad.^[25] The Houses of the Landsraad collectively enforce the Great Convention's ban on the use of atomics against human targets, and though no individual House rivals the power of House Corrino, they are in constant competition for fiefdoms and political power, and grapple for financial power in the omnipresent CHOAM company, a directorship in which brings vast economic gains.^[17] The third primary power in the universe is the Spacing Guild, whose mutated Navigators use the spice drug melange to gain limited prescient abilities which enable them to successfully navigate "folded space" and thus safely guide enormous heighliner starships from planet to planet instantaneously.^[17]^[25] By keeping its navigational methods strictly secret, the Guild effects a monopoly over interstellar travel and banking.^[25]

Reverend Mother Mohiam and other Bene Gesserit, from David Lynch's Dune (1984)

The matriarchal Bene Gesserit possess almost superhuman physical, sensory, and deductive powers developed through years of physical and mental conditioning. While positioning themselves to "serve" mankind, the Bene Gesserit pursue their goal to better the human race by subtly and secretly guiding and manipulating the affairs of others to serve their own purposes. The Bene Gesserit also have a secret, millennia-long selective breeding program to bolster and preserve valuable skills and bloodlines as well as to produce a theoretical superhuman male they call the Kwisatz Haderach. By the time of Dune, the Sisterhood are only one generation away from their desired individual, having manipulated the threads of genes and power for thousands of years to produce the required confluence of events. But Lady Jessica, the Bene Gesserit ordered to produce a daughter who would breed with the appropriate male to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, instead bears a son — producing the Kwisatz Haderach a generation early.^[17]

"Human computers" known as Mentats have been developed and perfected to replace the capacity for logical analysis lost through the prohibition of computers. Through specific training, they learn to enter a heightened mental state in which they can perform complex logical computations that are superior to those of the ancient thinking machines. The patriarchal Tleilaxu, or Bene Tleilax, hide an ancient totalitarian theocracy and selective breeding program of their own behind the guise of amoral merchants trafficking in biological and genetically engineered products such as artificial eyes, "twisted" Mentats, and gholas, clones made from the cells of deceased individuals and possessing their memories in a dormant form which can be awakened by appropriate stimuli. Finally, the Ixians produce cutting-edge technology that seemingly complies with (but pushes the boundaries of) the prohibitions against thinking machines. The Ixians are very secretive, not only to protect their valuable hold on the industry but also to hide any methods or inventions that may breach the anti-thinking machine protocols.^[17]

Against this backdrop, the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999-2001) chronicles the return from obscurity of House Atreides, whose role in the Butlerian Jihad is all but forgotten. The Imperial House schemes to gain full control of the Empire through the control of melange, precisely at the time that the Bene Gesserit breeding program is nearing fruition.^[26]

[edit] The ascension of the Atreides

As Frank Herbert's Dune (1965) begins, Duke Leto Atreides finds himself in a dangerous position; the 81st Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV has put him in control of the desert planet Arrakis, known as Dune, which is the only natural source of the all-important spice melange. The most valuable commodity in the known universe, the spice not only makes safe and reliable interstellar travel possible, but also prolongs life, protects against disease, and is used by the Bene Gesserit to enhance their abilities. The potential financial gains for House Atreides are mitigated by the fact that mining melange from the desert surface of Arrakis is an expensive and hazardous undertaking, thanks to the treacherous environment and constant threat of giant sandworms which protect the spice. In addition, Leto is aware that Shaddam, threatened by the rising power and influence of the Atreides, has sent him into a trap; failure to meet or exceed the production volume of their predecessors, the vicious House Harkonnen, will negatively affect the position of House Atreides in CHOAM, which relies on spice profits.^[17] Further, the very presence of the Atreides on Arrakis enflames the long-simmering War of Assassins between House Atreides and House Harkonnen, a feud ignited 10,000 years before when an Atreides had a Harkonnen banished for cowardice after the Butlerian Jihad.^[27]^[28]

The little-understood native population of Arrakis are the Fremen, long overlooked by the Imperium. Considered backward savages, the Fremen are an extremely hardy people and exist in large numbers, their culture built around the commodity of water, which is extremely scarce on Arrakis. The Fremen await the coming of a prophesied messiah, not suspecting that this prophecy had been planted in their legends by the Missionaria Protectiva, an arm of the Bene Gesserit dedicated to religious manipulation to ease the path of the Sisterhood when necessary. In Dune, the so-called "Arrakis Affair" puts unexpected Kwisatz Haderach Paul Atreides in control of first the Fremen people and then Arrakis itself; he deposes Shaddam and becomes ruler of the Known Universe.^[17] With a bloody jihad subsequently unleashed across the universe in Paul's name but out of his control, the Bene Gesserit, Tleilaxu and House Corrino plot to dethrone him in Dune Messiah (1969).^[19] The Atreides Empire continues to devolve in Children of Dune (1976) as the religion built around Paul falters and his heirs rise to power.^[29]

[edit] The reign and fall of the God Emperor

Leto II as God Emperor, from the cover of God Emperor of Dune (1981)

At the time of God Emperor of Dune (1981), Paul's son, the God Emperor Leto Atreides II, has ruled the Empire for 3,500 years from the verdant face of a transformed Arrakis; melange production has ceased. The sandworms are gone, except for the sandtrout (a larval stage) with whom Leto forged a symbiosis, transforming him into a human-sandworm hybrid. Human civilization before his rule had suffered from twin weaknesses: that it could be controlled by a single authority, and that it was totally dependent upon melange, found on only one planet in the known universe. Leto's prescient visions had shown that mankind would be threatened by extinction in any number of ways; his solution was to place mankind on his "Golden Path," a plan for humanity's survival. Leto governs as a benevolent tyrant, providing for his people's physical needs, but denying them any spiritual outlets other than his own compulsory religion (as well as maintaining a monopoly on spice and thus total control of its use). Personal violence of any kind is banned, as is nearly all space travel, creating a pent-up demand for freedom and travel. The Bene Gesserit, Ixians, and Tleilaxu find themselves seeking ways to regain some of their former power or unseat Leto altogether. Leto also conducts his own selective breeding program among the descendants of his twin sister Ghanima, finally arriving at Siona, daughter of Moneo, whose actions are hidden from prescient vision. Leto engineers his own assassination, knowing it will result in rebellion and revolt but also in an explosion in travel and colonization. The death of Leto's body also produces new sandtrout, which will eventually give rise to a population of sandworms and a new cycle of spice production.^[16]

[edit] The return from the Scattering

In the aftermath of the fall of the God Emperor, chaos and severe famine on many worlds cause trillions of humans to set off into the freedom of unknown space and spread out across the universe. This diaspora is later called the Scattering and, combined with the invisibility of Atreides descendants to prescient vision, assures that mankind has forever escaped the threat of total extinction. At the time of Heretics of Dune (1984) and Chapterhouse: Dune (1985) — 1500 years after Leto's death — the turmoil is settling into a new pattern; the balance of power in the Empire rests among the Ixians, the Bene Gesserit, and the Tleilaxu. The Spacing Guild has been forever weakened by the development of Ixian machines capable of navigation in foldspace, practically replacing Guild Navigators. The Bene Gesserit control the sandworms and their planet, now called Rakis, but the Tleilaxu have also discovered how to synthetically produce melange. This balance of power is shattered by a large influx of people from the Scattering, some fleeing persecution by an as-yet unknown enemy. Among the returning people, the Bene Gesserit finds its match in a violent and corrupt matriarchal society known as the Honored Matres, whom they suspect may be descended from some of their own sent out in the Scattering. As a bitter and bloody war erupts between the orders, it ultimately becomes clear that joining the two organizations into a single New Sisterhood with shared abilities is their best chance to fight the approaching enemy.^[30]^[31]

Artistic works

[edit] The original series

Frank Herbert wrote six novels in the Dune series before his death in 1986.

Dune (1965)
Dune Messiah (1969)
Children of Dune (1976)
God Emperor of Dune (1981)
Heretics of Dune (1984)
Chapterhouse Dune (1985)

[edit] Prelude to Dune

The prequel trilogy Prelude to Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson is set in the years leading up to the events in 1965's Dune.

[edit] Legends of Dune

Brian Herbert and Anderson followed with a second prequel trilogy called the Legends of Dune. This series is set at an earlier time in the history of the Dune universe, when humans and sentient machines waged war with one another.

Completion of the original series (A.K.A. Dune 7)

Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune complete the chronological progression of the series and wrap up storylines that began with Frank Herbert's Heretics of Dune. The two novels are based on a two-and-a-half page outline written by Frank Herbert^[32] prior to his death, the working title of which was Dune 7.

Hunters of Dune (2006)
Sandworms of Dune (2007)

Heroes of Dune

In the foreword to Hunters of Dune (2006), Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson wrote that they plan to continue writing Dune novels after completing the Dune 7 project: "The saga of Dune is far from over!" They announced on the official Dune website in 2007 that they would release an interquel series of novels called Heroes of Dune after Sandworms of Dune^[33] (the series had originally been announced as Paul of Dune in 2006).^[34]^[35] Heroes of Dune will focus on the time periods between Frank Herbert's original novels;^[34]^[36]^[37]^[38] the first book, Paul of Dune, was released on September 16, 2008.^[39]

Working titles for the novels are:

Paul of Dune (2008)
The Winds of Dune^[40] (formerly Jessica of Dune^[33]^[36])
The Throne of Dune^[40] (formerly Irulan of Dune^[33]^[36])
Leto of Dune

Short stories

Frank Herbert wrote an illustrated short work set sometime between the events of Dune and Dune Messiah.

"The Road to Dune" (1985)

Brian Herbert and Anderson have written several Dune short stories, most of them accompanying their Dune novels.

"Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas" (2001)
"Dune: Hunting Harkonnens" (2002)
"Dune: Whipping Mek" (2003)
"Dune: The Faces of a Martyr" (2004)
"Dune: Sea Child" (2006)
"Dune: Treasure in the Sand" (2006)

Other derivative works

Film and television

Dune (1984): David Lynch feature film adaptation of Dune
Frank Herbert's Dune (2000): Sci-Fi Channel television adaptation
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003): Sci-Fi Channel sequel, based on Dune Messiah and Children of Dune

[edit] Print

The Dune Encyclopedia by Willis E. McNelly (1984): a single volume of articles inspired by Herbert's novels, partially extrapolated from his notes, and written by "Dune scholars." It was approved by Frank Herbert but also rendered technically non-canon by him, as well as by a later statement from McNelly and Brian Herbert representing the Herbert estate.
Marvel Comics Super Special No. 36: Dune and Dune: The Official Comic Book by Marvel Comics (ISBN 0-425-07623-7) (Berkley, 1984): Comic adaptations of the Lynch film^[41]
Songs of Muad'dib (1992): A collection of poems by Frank and Brian Herbert.^[41]^[42]
The Road to Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (2005): a book containing a novelette called Spice Planet (an alternative version of Dune based on an outline by Frank Herbert), a number of the Brian Herbert/Anderson short stories, and letters and unused chapters written by Frank Herbert.
National Lampoon's Doon by Ellis Weiner (1984): a parody novel.

[edit] Games

Dune games: games inspired by Dune
Dune computer and video games: Video games series inspired by Dune

[edit] Music

Chronology

Chronology of *Dune* Written Works^[43]
Short Stories	Novels
"Dune: Hunting Harkonnens"
	Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
"Dune: Whipping Mek"
	Dune: The Machine Crusade
"Dune: The Faces of a Martyr"
	Dune: The Battle of Corrin
	Dune: House Atreides
	Dune: House Harkonnen
	Dune: House Corrino
	Paul of Dune (Parts II, IV & VI)
"Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas"	Dune
	Paul of Dune (Parts I, III, V & VI)
"The Road to Dune"
	Dune Messiah
	Children of Dune
	God Emperor of Dune
	Heretics of Dune
"Dune: Sea Child"	Chapterhouse: Dune
	Hunters of Dune
"Dune: Treasure in the Sand"
	Sandworms of Dune

Saturday, August 15, 2009

HORMUZ 3

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INNER CORE

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PLANET DUNE

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GEIDI PRIME

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FOLDING SPACE

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

THE CAST

The Cast

Trivia

Patrick Stewart replaced Aldo Ray as Gurney Halleck.

Virginia Madsen replaced Anne Louise Lambert as Irulan.

John Hurt was offered the part of Dr Yueh.

Glenn Close was offered the part of Jessica, but turned it down. In an article in Entertainment Weekly she said: "I turned it down [because] there was this scene where they were running away from the big worm or whatever it was and the woman fell down, and everyone had to come back to get her. I said, 'What a cliché. I don't want to be the woman who falls down. I want to be the woman who's running just as fast as everyone else.'"

Helen Shaver also test for the role of Jessica

Tom Cruise, Kevin Costner and Val Kilmer all tested for the part of Paul Atreides.

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House Atreides

	Duke Leto (Juergen Prochnow)
	Lady Jessica (Francesca Annis)
	Paul Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan)
	Alia Atreides (Alicia Witt)
	Gurney Halleck (Patrick Stewart)
	Duncan Idaho (Richard Jordan)
	Thufir Hawat (Freddie Jones)
	Dr. Yueh (Dean Stockwell)

House Harkonnen

	Baron Harkonnen (Kenneth McMillan)
	Feyd-Rautha (Sting)
	Beast Rabban (Paul Smith)
	Piter (Brad Dourif)

Fremen

	Stilgar (Everett McGill)
	Dr. Kynes (Max Von Sydow)
	Chani (Sean Young)
	Harah (Molly Wren)
	Shadout Mapes (Linda Hunt)
	Fremen Monk

Reverend Mothers

	Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam (Sian Phillips)
	Reverend Mother Ramallo (Silvana Mangano)
	Three of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood

Emperor Shaddam IV

Emperor (Jose Ferrer)
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CUT SCENES

Dune Movie - Cut Scenes

Could anyone help compile a list of scenes cut from the final film version of Dune?

Many of the cut scenes are detailed in the 6th Draft of the script, which can be downloaded in the scripts section.

The Dune: Extended Edition DVD contains several cut scenes too.

TV Edition Prologue

The prologue explains that mankind had become dependant on thinking machines and had falled into a state of apathy. This made it easy for people with machines to turn them into slaves. Eventually a Jihad ended this slavery and schools were created to develop the mind. The two reminding schools are the Bene Gesserit and the Spacing Guild.

The prologue then describes the relationship between the Guild, the CHOAM, the Emperor and the Houses of Atreides and Harkonnen.

This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD


Thinking Machines	Slaves	Butlerian Jihad


Bene Gesserit	CHOAM	House Harkonnen

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Jamis Fight and Death Scenes

In these scenes a Fremen called Jamis challenges Paul to a fight to the death. Chani gives Paul her Crysknife and warns Paul of his opponents tactics. Paul uses these to defeat and kill Jamis. The body is carried back to the sietch where Paul is introduced to the family of Jamis, his wife Harah and their two sons. Harah places her necklace on Jamis' body, and one of the sons places a Crysknife on the body. The body is then rendered into water.

This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD


Fight	Death	Crysknife

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The Drowning of the Baby Worm

Paul is shown by Stilgar how the Fremen obtain the Water of Life. A baby worm is drown in a vat of water, the body removed and the liquid (the Water of Life) that is expulsed from the worm's mouth is collected.

This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD


Drowning Chamber	Gasp for Air	Water Of Life

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		The Death of Thufir The Emperor turns nervously to Feyd, who passes a golden dagger to Thufir. Thufir approaches Paul, concealing the knife. Paul and Thufir come face to face but the Emperor seems strangely tense at this moment and Paul notices this. Paul senses that Thufir has a knife and out loud to the entire room says: "In payment of the many years of service to my family, you may now ask of me anything you wish. Anything at all. Do you need my life, old friend?" Thufir's hand rises, as Jessica gasps, but instead of using his dagger on Paul, the old Mentat pulls out his heart plug with a quick tearing motion. Thufir dies in Paul's arms and Paul orders: "Carry this noble Atreides warrior away. Do him all honor." This scene is a deleted scene on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD

		Shadout Mapes The Shadout Mapes puts her loyalty to the test at the wrong end of a crysknife. Part of this scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD, the remaining section of the scene is in the deleted scenes on the same disc.

		Beast Rabban in the Bath The Beast Rabban hears that a mysterious figure is successfully leading the Fremen against the Harkonnen conquerors of Dune. Paul Smith, as Rabban, sitting in water and surrounded by light bulbs, had to overcome concern about his possible electrocution.

		Look what I found Rabban strides in front of his uncle's ship, carrying Dr Kynes over his shoulder.

		Paul and Chani's Love Scene Paul falls in love with Chani (Sean Young), a brave and beautiful Fremen.

		Original Water Of Life Scene No longer in the film, this photograph is of the original version of Paul's Water of Life scene. In the final version of Dune, this scene occurs on the open desert.

		Original Water Of Life Scene II Paul and Chani with Alia and Jessica.

		Jessica's Water Of Life Preparation The Lady Jessica, prepared to go through the Water of Life ceremony in the Hall of Rites.

		Birth Of Alia Carlo Rambaldi's mechanical model of Alia.

		Awaiting the outcome of Jessica's Water Of Life Paul, Harah, her two sons and Stilgar (at left) await the results of Lady Jessica's Water of Life ceremony.

		Fremen in Sound Square training The Fremen sound gun is tested in an underground sietch.

		Beast Rabban In The Desert The glamour of movie-making proves a myth as Paul Smith and his men must move through the heat in heavy rubber suits. Beast Rabban wandering aimlessly in the desert in search of Paul when spice production falls.

		The Bulls Head On Caladan, the existing territory governed by the Atreides, the Duke and his people prepare for their move to Arrakis.

		Gurney playing the ballist Gurney plays his ballist, with Yueh, Paul, Thuffir, Leto and Liet listening. This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD

		Let water be a bond between us After Gurney has finished playing the ballist, Yueh asks Kynes if he should be seen associating so closely with them. Kynes says he feels very comfortable among them, and spits on the floor. Leto explains that as water is so valuable on Arrakis it is not an insult. Leto pours water on the floor, saying water will be a bond between them, in the puddle of water on the floor Paul see the reflection of the second moon. This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD

		Alia's conception Leto and Jessica talk in bed about the future, Jessica tells Leto that if she is to bear him a daughter it must be done tonight. This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD
Chani drinking the transformed Water of Life Hara and Jessica talking about Alia Alia walking through Harkonnen bodies, with crysknife in hand Thanks to: 'Scott Lanum', 'Wil King, III', 'Ed Balko' for their help. From: enigma A short clip of the guild navigator going through clouds to land on Harkonnen planet. This clip is repeatedly shown - when the Harkonnen's attack, when Helen Mohiam takes off etc. Longer Palace scene - before the 3rd Stage Guild Nav arrived. Emperor asking his guards to leave and ".. no eavesdropping of any kind allowed" - Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam arriving and talking to Emperor - she wants to sit close to the Guild Nav & Emperor telling her it won't be allowed. Emperor asking the Rev. Mother questions about why the Guild Nav is sent. Short clips between Emperor & 3rd Stage Nav. i.e. view from inside the Nav tank looking at the emperor. 3rd Stage Guild Nav has longer speech about why the spice must flow - because. it gives them accelerated evolution etc. After the 3rd Stage Guild Navigator leaves, Emperor talks to Rev Mother again and asks about Paul Atreides about what she read in the Guild Navigator's minds. After she leaves, Emperor talks to his Generals(?) saying he doesn't trust the Rev. Mother because she's Bene Gesserit and to watch her carefully. Reverend Mohiam in a ship sitting behind two pilots going towards Caladan - interestingly the two pilots were the same pilots that took Jessica & Paul to be killed in the Dessert. Paul checking his computer regarding Arrakis before Thuffir, Gurney, and Yueh arrives.. there were more subjects talked about... plants, etc. Voice over explaining who Thuffir, Gurney & Yueh are. I can understand why they took this out - while the narration is going on, the 3 just stood there like idiots waiting for Paul to turn. Paul's conversation with Dr. Yueh is longer - mention of the static electricity in the dessert making shields useless... South Polar Regions are forbidden. Paul fighting the fighter robot is longer - with Gurney commenting to Yueh how his moves were not once he trained Paul nor did Thuffir.. then commenting on how it's Jessica's influence. Voice over explaining who Duncan is Voice over about Fremen when Atreides landed... showing Fremen group climbing a hillside to look down on the spaceship, showing Paul, Jessica, and his father coming out. Duncan and Leto met after they landed.. Duncan gives him a message canister from the Fremen w/ the words "Column of smoke by day...Pillar of fire by night." This was before Duncan explains the Fremen's strength as an ally. After Paul's close encounter with a hunter-seeker: Leto looks at all his generals(?) camera pans about 3-4 faces... wondering who the traitor is. Thuffir Haw at offers his resignation which is denied by Leto, sighting how his training saved his son's life. They all sit for a meeting. After the meeting. Leto asks Gurney to persuade some of the spice miners to stay... Gurney recites some poetic stuff... Paul smiles... he recites more poetic stuff... Paul laughs. Gurney leaves. After Kynes, Leto, Gurney, Paul inspects and saves some spice miners... showed a scene of the palace briefly. Inside a room... Gurney plays his ballist .. with Yueh, Paul, Thuffir, Leto listening. Yueh questions Kynes loyalty and Kynes spits on the floor and tells them he's with the Fremen... Leto pours his water on the floor and Paul sees the reflection of the second moon on it. Long shot of Harkonnen ships landing and Saurdakar troops coming out. Feyd lightly slaps Leto (unconscious) in the face.. 2 guards bring Yueh in and Feyd clamps Leto's nose and mouth... Leto slowly gags... Feyd takes his hands off... rips a badge(?) from Leto's vest and feeds it to Yueh. Jamis' burial (extraction of his water)... Paul inherits his wife and sons. Jamis' body is placed in a large vat and water is extracted. Stilgar declares the water as Usul's and is given rings to signify the count. Chani looks jealously at Jamis' wife... After the final battle... a short scene of Alia is shown with her holding a crysknife and raising both arms in the air - dead bodies strewn about. The scene were she is going around killing the Saurdakar still not fully dead is never shown - it was considered too gory with a child killing, etc. I think there was a scene in the movie also removed and not restored in the tv version... where Paul & Chani's first child died in the attack on the Sietch by Rabban and Saurdakar's ... Paul & Chani discuss it or something... From: hiphats I believe there was a scene that was filmed which took place right after Paul kills Feyd towards the end of the film. It's where Paul sends the Emperor to prison. His line goes: "I will tell you how it will be...I will marry your daughter, the Princess Irulan, and I shall become the new Emperor.". to which Emperor Shaddam replies, "NO! Only I sit on the throne", and Paul responds, "There will be a throne for you on your prison planet". Paul then turns to Chani and says, "Chani, Irulan shall have nothing of me but my name. You will be my true love, Chani, just as Duke Lito was my mother's true love." After this comes the familiar Fremen saying ("We Fremen have a saying.....") and the rain storm at the end. Also, the scene where we think we see Mother Mohiam traveling to Caladan with two men is actually FABRICATED from outtake footage and test shots. From: Richard Cutler Originally, Nefud was killed off, but in the resultant mess of a movie, he just sort of disappears. "In the stuff that we shot, Nefud and some other Harkonnens are captured by these generals led by Jose Ferrer. Nefud is taken and put in this machine and ends up on a table screaming while the generals stand around laughing about it. We don't see that in the finished film." Jack Nance Read the entire article at Lynchnet. Kooshmeister points out that Nefud can be seen standing among the rest of the captured villains at the end of the film before/during/after Paul's knife-fight with Feyd. However, in those scenes Nefud appears to have scars on his temples, and acts very strangely, did the Generals give him a lobotomy?