Feyd is carrying a hairless white cat in a strange contraption. … The Baron tells Thufir that they’ve brought him a little cat which he must care for if he wants to live. The Baron goes on to explain that a poison has been introduced into Thufir. By milking this smooth little cat’s body you receive your antidote.

Presumably used on human Slaves or enemies the Harkonnens wished to torture to death, it was a small object sewed into the chest of the victim, seemingly over the heart. When a small tab in the center of the plug was pulled out, the victim’s blood would flow out through the opening and the victim would bleed to death.

Mentat Eyebrows That and, you know, their obvious ability to slip into a mentat trance to act as human computers. Apparently this wasn’t enough for Lynch, who decided they all needed massive eyebrows so the audience could tell at a glance who was a mentat and who wasn’t.

And although most of the Atreides forces are killed during the battle, the pug somehow survives, making his final appearance during Paul’s dramatic knife fight with Feyd-Rautha (Sting) at the end of the movie.

Paul Atreides, Dune’s protagonist, is a Mentat. In the book, his logic and computing skills help him not only solve tricky situations while lost in the desert, but also assess political situations from the most logical and beneficial standpoint.

Sapho Sapho, or more commonly the Juice of Sapho, was a high-energy liquid extracted from the barrier roots of a plant from Ecaz. Mainly consumed by Mentats, it amplified their mental powers. Users develop deep ruby stains on their mouth and lips.

Baron Vladimir Harkonnen was originally a tall, muscular man with red-gold hair in a distinctive widow’s peak. Later, he was so morbidly obese that he required suspensors harnessed to his flesh in order to walk.

Baron Harkonnen himself is poisoned with a gom jabbar by Paul’s sister Alia Atreides, still a toddler physically but an adult Reverend Mother mentally, who reveals that she is his granddaughter to him just before his death. His remaining heir Feyd-Rautha is killed in ritual combat by Paul Atreides.

As a result of the Bene Gesserit breeding program, Jessica was the illegitimate daughter of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and an unknown mother. … Consequently, Jessica was provided with the most intense and advanced Bene Gesserit education and training.

Its use as a weapon is limited in a field-generator-shield culture because of the explosive pyrotechnics (technically, subatomic fusion) created when its beam intersects a shield. The interaction of a lasgun beam and a Holtzman field results in subatomic fusion and a nuclear explosion.

Kanly Formal feud or vendetta under the rules of the Great Convention carried on according to the strictest limitations., derived from a word for a blood feud between Islamic tribes of the Caucasus.

Due to their close association with thinking machines, computers were deemed an unacceptable threat to humanity during the Butlerian Jihad. As a result there was an intelligence limit placed on them.

Described in more detail in Whipping Star, these were bio-engineered dogs shaped into chairs. They were trained to massage the people who sat in them, similar to modern-day vibrating massage chairs, except without needing electricity or computerization.

A sandworm is a fictional extraterrestrial creature that appears in the Dune novels written by Frank Herbert, first introduced in original novel Dune (1965).

Dune: Part Two Is Getting an Exclusive Theatrical Release Dune: Part Two will open in theaters October 20, 2023 from Warner Bros. The date puts the sequel’s opening nearly two years to the day of Part One opening on October 22, 2021.

Dune Messiah A Fremen conspiracy attempts to assassinate Paul using a stone burner. The attempt fails, but the effects of the weapon destroy Paul’s eyes. Although he becomes physically blind, his prescience allows him to see by tightly locking in reality with his prescient visions.

In the scene from Dune I just referenced, a young slave boy is murdered by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, a large, boil-covered monstrosity who wears a harness that allows him to float like a lethal balloon.

Mentats habitually drink the Juice of Sapho, a kind of hyper-coffee that increases their mental acuity twice over or more. Naturally, Sapho is addictive, and eventually it has the side effect of staining a user’s lips an obvious red.

healing mud bath During one of the most striking visual scenes, the wounded Harkonnen rises ominously from a healing mud bath, a vision that came from the depths of Villeneuve’s subconscious.

Paul Atreides is pitched as the hero of Dune, but there are several hints throughout the film that the character could become the villain later on. … It’s difficult to call Paul a villain outright at any point during the books, that’s the whole point, the struggle with understanding the visions and playing around them.

When Abulurd dies of a fever, his sons claim it was Vorian Atreides who had brought the fever to destroy the Harkonnens. When House Harkonnen returns to the empire, their wild accusations at House Atreides are accepted as truth. Thus begins the feud between House Atreides and House Harkonnen.

The Baron might weigh upwards of 200 kilos, but with the use of suspensors, he is able to wreak havoc on the planet of Arrakis, both before and after Dune, by scheming with the Emperor.

Feyd-Rautha is not in the Dune 2021 movie because director Denis Villeneuve intends to split the first Dune book into two parts. Fans were distraught to see the important character was missing.

Baron Harkonnen is nearly killed by Leto’s poison, but ultimately survives. Baron Harkonnen successfully leads an attack on Atreides-held Arrakis midway through the film, ensuring that Duke Leto and all his forces are killed.

The Holtzman Effect, coined by Herbert as a scientific theory based on the repellent nature of subatomic particles, is responsible for many of Dune’s technological phenomena. This includes shields, space travel, artificial gravity, and even the apparatus allowing the wicked baron to move about.

Gigantic villain Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgrd) is nearly poisoned by the captured Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac), who releases the gas capsule placed in his mouth. But grievously harmed Harkonnen escapes by air, by kicking the anti-gravity device he needs to move about into instant overdrive.

Concubines were often taken by ruling members of Great Houses for companionship. This was considered an ideal practice when one wished for other Great Houses to think they were available for alliance through marriage. Duke Leto Atreides took the Lady Jessica as his concubine.

Even at a very young age, this Leto shows signs that he may be more than he seems. During an assassination attempt, he appears to transform into a small sandworm and defends himself before reverting to an innocent one-year-old.

Another important character in Dune is Chani, who first appears in Paul Atreides’ dreams before his arrival on Arrakis. He meets her later in the story, after his family comes to the planet. … Though portrayed by Sean Young, a white woman, in Lynch’s version, Herbert’s text describes Chani as dark skinned.