Dune: Part Two
Summary
sand dune : Part Twomakes a monumental change to Dave Bautista ’s persona Rabban , and it ’s even better thanks to his Marvel persona as Drax . Before joining Denis Villeneuve ’s sci - fi franchise conform Frank Herbert’sDunenovel , Bautista got his bountiful break in acting by joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe . His theatrical role as Drax the Destroyer in theGuardians of the Galaxymovies helped sour him into a rooter - favourite character and someone audience wanted to see much more of in other projects . That is why his role in the continuation was so highly anticipated after thefirstDunewasted Dave Bautista .
Glossu Rabban Harkonnen plays a pivotal role inDune : Part Two , as he is reinstated as the ruler of Atreides after the Harkonnens ' successful siege . However , Dune 2 ’s endingdelivers a rather significant divergence from the Good Book when it comes to how Rabban ’s story ends . He spends most of the movie trying to get spice harvesting back on cart track , only to be frustrate by the Fremen and Paul Atreides . It ultimately leads to Rabban ’s death , which does happen in the original book . The major difference , and a Marvel connection , come with how Dave Bautista ’s character dies .
Dune : Part Two has some pretty vicious deaths , which play into the photographic film ’s themes and will radically alter the galaxy pass away into a likely third moving picture .
Dune 2 Changed Dave Bautista’s Rabban’s Fate From The Book
Rabban ’s death inDune 2is changed from the al-Qur’an to make it more personal for the story . In Herbert ’s original text edition , Rabban die at the hands of the Fremen after being decapitate . This was due to his tyrannical formula over them and how much pain and suffering he bring to the Arrakis people during his sovereignty . The Fremen then get their revenge by getting disembarrass of the man who was so cruel to them for so many years . While that makes for a satisfying end to the villain ’s narrative , it lacks the personal final payment of having any of the independent character be responsible for single - handedly kill Rabban .
Dune 2fixes this by making it soGurney Halleck kills Rabban . Just like in the book , Rabban and Gurney have an wide chronicle that include the Harkonnen killing Gurney ’s family . Dune 2confirms this detail and that Rabban is responsible for the scar on Gurney ’s expression . The movie changes the source material to have Gurney get his retaliation on Rabban . or else of this coming as part of some heroic battle between two skilled warrior , Gurney and Rabban ’s rematchends quickly . Rabban still ends up utter inDune 2 , but how it happens is noticeably different .
Gurney and Rabban never get their replay combat in the Dune Word
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Dune 2’s Change Means Thanos Kills Drax In The Movie
Bautista and Brolin technically appeared in three of the same MCU movies , but Drax and Thanos had minimal interactions overall .
Denis Villeneuve made this variety to Rabban ’s destiny for the betterment of the account and characters , but there is an accidentally with child Marvel connection that is acquit from it . Just as Bautista has a account with Marvel , so too does Gurney actor Josh Brolin . Brolin play Thanos inGuardians of the Galaxy , Avengers : Age of Ultron ’s post - credits scene , Avengers : Infinity War , andAvengers : Endgame . Bautista and Brolin technically appeared in three of the same MCU movies , but Drax and Thanos had minimal interactions overall . Now , Thanos is creditworthy for down Drax inDune 2 .
Every Dave Bautista & Josh Brolin Movie
film
Dave Bautista Role
Josh Brolin Role
Guardians of the Galaxy ( 2014 )
Drax the Destroyer
Thanos
Avengers : Infinity War ( 2018 )
retaliator : Endgame ( 2019 )
Dune ( 2021 )
Glossu Rabban
Gurney Halleck
Dune : Part Two ( 2024 )
This is not the first time that Josh Brolin is responsible for for killing one of Dave Bautista ’s characters . Drax was one of the many MCU characters who turned to dust when Thanos snapped his fingers inAvengers : Infinity War . While Drax ultimately came back with the residual of the snap victims inAvengers : Endgame , he was effectively dead and gone at this point due to something Thanos did . Drax never gets a chance to repay the favour , and Rabban falls short of beating Gurney in the fight , too . This leavesJosh Brolin with mortal victories over fights with Dave Bautista .
Dune 2 Reverses Josh Brolin & Dave Bautista’s MCU Roles
The irony of Josh Brolin ’s Gurney killing Dave Bautista ’s Rabban inDune 2is that it come after the movie invert their MCU roles . Drax is motor to get revenge on the hoi polloi responsible for kill his family . While Ronan the Accuser was the one who directly defeat Drax ’s wife and daughter , he in the end answered to Thanos . This meantDrax made killing the unhinged Titan his ultimate goalat the oddment ofGuardians of the Galaxy . alas for him , the MCU went in a dissimilar direction , leave Drax without a chance to fulfill his ambition of killing Thanos .
Josh Brolin now has the story inDune 2that Dave Bautista was meant to have in the MCU . Gurney is fuel to retaliate his family ’s death and kill Rabban as a way to attain that . Dune 2letting Gurney kill Rabban means he is really successful in getting the retaliation he seeks . In that means , the film formally flip Drax and Thanos ' kinship , with the unhinged Titan want to get revenge on Drax for killing his family . Thankfully Gurney is allowed to pour down Rabban and impart that arc to a conclusion by the timeDune : Part Twoends .
