re: Dune: Part 2 (96% RT) SPOILERS pg 3

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I enjoyed the movie but why leave out alia and thufir for the end confrontation with the emperor?

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If I had to guess, Denis thought Alia was too weird for general audiences. It works in the book but it felt comedic in the Lynch movie. I think there would have been a lot of unwelcome laughs if an articulate toddler walked up to kill the Baron.

As for Thufir, they just didn’t set up enough in Part 1 to include him. Suspecting Jessica was the traitor wouldn’t make sense in the movies. The Mentats in general deserved more recognition of their abilities outside of calculations.

I agree with the spacing guild. That was a cool costume design for the brief scene in Part 1 and I’m surprised he didn’t include them as part of the Emperor’s court. He didn’t have to go full worm.

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Lastly, Chani and Paul has a child at this point, Leto. He was killed around the time of the battle… sort of a major thing to leave out.

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I don’t think it’s that major. Leto is so irrelevant that Paul names his next son Leto too. With the shortened timeline it wouldn’t be possible for Chani to have a son either.