Dune: Part Two
Summary
Paul Atreides ' successful rise to the royal can mark the dramatic climax ofDune : Part Two , but as later installments in the serial make clear , his sovereignty is also one of the deadliest chapters in human history . Thanks to a tide of religious fanaticism , legions of Fremen soldier truehearted to the Modern emperor expanse across the galaxy , cleansing planet not sufficiently fast to Paul . As a result , Paul himself becomes responsible for trillion of death , found him as both theprotagonist and villain of the earlyDunenovels .
The groundwork for Paul ’s deadly pattern is laid in bothDune(2021 ) andDune : Part Two . When he first enters the desert after the Harkonnen attack on Arrakeen , his exposure to spice allows him to glimpse a vision of " fanatic legion " spreading across the galaxy , massacre anyone who potentially stands in his fashion . Likewise , Paul ’s vision inDune : Part Twotease the dark that will watch over should he head in the south into the mysterious desert and drink the Water of Life . However , while both moving picture make the consequences of his premiership readable , neither address the exact number of masses Paul Atreides kills .
Dune 2 ’s ending render an epic conclusion to this chapter of Paul Atreides ' account , as the sequel also tease what is next for the sci - fi enfranchisement .
Paul Atreides' War Kills Around 61 Billion People In Dune
The devastating impact Paul ’s reign has on theDuneuniverse is by rights explained inFrank Herbert ’s follow - up to the originalDunebook , Dune Messiah . With Paul prevail as emperor from Arrakis , the story explain how his Fremen forces – now the deadliest fighters in theDuneuniverse , have spread across his empire just as his visions predicted . The novel explain that 90 world were " sterilized " , with 40 different religion wiped out and 500 more planets subdue . The result is that61 billion people across the extragalactic nebula have been down either directly by Paul ’s forces or as collateral damage .
… Paul is not simply motivated by a selfish desire for ability .
One of the primal theme ofDune Messiahis that Paul himself is not directly creditworthy for 61 billion deaths – rather , the death toll is a consequence of misplaced religious fervor . As a prescient emperor , he chooses to follow this course in the full knowledge that it would lead to such suffering , lay the 61 billion deaths firmly at his door . However , the position is made more complicated by the suggestion that61 billion is a price worth paying , as humanity ’s portion could ultimately be even bad .
Unbeknownst to most other characters inDune , Paul is not but motivated by a selfish desire for power . In fact , he has deliberately choose this course – despite the knowledge of the devastation it will impart – as he jazz that there are other potential future that could terminate up destroying the human backwash . Although 61 billion life is a scandalous sacrifice , it is , as Paul sees it , part of a greater plan to keep humanity from entire ego - immolation .
Dune : Part Two is an awe - inspiring , visually sensational sci - fi spectacle and a crushing hit of myth and destiny on a astronomic scale
How Many People Live In Dune’s Known Universe?
WhileFrank Herbert’sDunenovelsare specific about the scale of human death observe Paul ’s holy war , the Holy Scripture are less percipient about exactly what percentage of the full population this constitutes . While some planet populations are give , the Known Universe is so vast that Herbert could not feasibly give details for every individual system . However , through estimation , it is potential to get some idea of how widespread man is in Herbert ’s vision .
The Imperium Paul find over constitutes around 10,000 individual satellite . On Arrakis alone there are an reckon 15,000,000 people , with 10,000,000 Fremen live on in the deep desert off from Arrakeen . If this shell was retroflex across the whole extragalactic nebula , the total human population in the empire would be 150 billion .
However , Arrakis is doubtless one of the least populous planets in the Imperium , due to its hostile climate . If it ’s assumed that an norm of 3 billion people last on each planet ( approximately the universe of Earth at the time Herbert wrote the novel ) , the total human population of the empire would be in the trillions . At this scale,61 billion deaths could equate to between 2 - 5 % of the total human universe – still devastating , but not as apocalyptical an event as something like the Black Death in medieval Europe ( which killed 30 - 50 % of the universe ) .
Paul’s Rule Isn’t The Worst Thing That Happens To Humanity In Dune
Considering the amount of death , it ’s easy to simulate that Paul ’s reign as emperor butterfly is the most devastating episode in human history in theDuneuniverse . However , while the religious ardour was volatile , it was arguably not as terrible as the side effect from the formula of Paul ’s son , Leto II Atreides . As God - Emperor , Leto II imposed nonindulgent centralised rule on his imperium , divest aside any erratic autonomy . Not only did this termination in a 3,500 - yr - long repressive authorities , but Leto II ’s death at the terminal ofGod Emperor Of Duneled to a devastating famine that ravaged the coltsfoot , killing many more than Paul ’s Jihad .
Dune : Part Two adapts the second part of Frank Herbert ’s novel , and Denis Villeneuve ’s continuation changes the Dune rule book story and case many time .
The compounding of Paul ’s holy war and Leto II Atreides ' reign seems , on the aerofoil , a dark period in human history . However , despite the scale of the excruciation , both emperor butterfly were cognisant that their action were in help of something swell . The decisions study by Paul and Leto II were really part of a so - called " Golden Path " that would insure humanity ’s ultimate survival . The intention – especially of Leto II – was to instruct manhood such a wicked object lesson that it would never again follow fake prophets and messiahs and would finally become truly gratuitous , rather of atrophying . The damage was horrific , but it was a desirable sacrifice .
How Will Dune 3 Handle Kill Paul Killing So Many People?
Dune ’s universe is so fully grown that it ’s belike impossible for any Holy Scripture or film to efficaciously convey the ordered series of the slaughter in Paul ’s war . Any endeavor to show individual battles or massacres will just make obscure events feel peanut compared to the overall 61 billion human body . As a result , it ’s likely thatDune 3will take a exchangeable approach to Frank Herbert ’s noveland only refer to the death bell in passing .
By not showing the full horror , Herbert succeeds in making Paul seem even more isolated and remote .
Despite the astronomical setting of the novel , Messiahis actually quite small in its scene . Most of the action at law take place in and around Paul ’s palace in Arrakeen , make it palpate much more claustrophobic than the originalDune – a calculated choice used to convey the oppressive weight unit of Paul ’s responsibility as emperor . As a result , the 61 billion figure render a all-important backcloth to the action . By not showing the full horror , Herbert come after in make Paul seem even more isolated and remote . IfDune 3takes this approach , the movie will be much more subtle thanDune : Part Two , but perhaps noless effective as a result .
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