It’s not Timothee Chalamet’s Paul who welcomes viewers into the story, but instead Zendaya’s Chani.
Fans of Frank Herbert’s novel may go into Dune expecting that the film will open with the familiar introduction to Paul Atreides, featuring the scene where the fortitude of the protagonist is assessed via the painful Gom Jabbar Test Of Humanity, but instead the new adaptation opens with a key perspective change.
These “outsiders,” of course, are the members of House Harkonnen, represented on the ground by the brutal Glossu Rabban (Dave Bautista), and their strength is mighty, though that doesn’t stop the Fremen from fighting back against the armored guards and machinery via guerilla assaults.
The character narrates a prologue sequence set on the desert planet of Arrakis, detailing how the Fremen (the natives of Arrakis) have long been exploited by outsiders who arrive to harvest the vital Spice Melange – ravaging the land and enacting cruelty on the people in the process.