The cinematographic experience “dune” in two parts is rapid and full of action. Its history also takes place in a few months, with a minimum of disturbances in the chronology as and when. The sands move barely between the parts one and two, and the film even jumps just above a multi-year time jump at a moment later in history.
In the original writing of the author Frank Herbert, the years pass during the initial incursion of Paul in the arid of Arids. At that time, in addition to becoming one of the Fremen brothers, he and Chani fell in love and had a child whom they name Leto II (after Paul’s late father). The poor Leto does not do long for this world, because the baby is killed in a raid of Saudaukar in a heartbreaking intrigue of books which was cut off from “Dune: the second part”. Although the omission of Bébé Leto Leto II is obvious, the reasoning behind his absence was less the case-that is to say until the film co-series, Jon Spaihts, put the slope on why they opted for the version of the condensed chronology.
In an interview ReverseSpaihts explained that, although the death of Leto II is tragic, it is never at the front and center. Readers never meet the son of Paul and Chani’s firstborn, and his death takes place elsewhere in history. Added spaihts:
“”[Paul] Has grief on this subject, but he has little time for this sorrow because the world of war. Thus, the arrival and departure of this out-of-stage baby barely disrupt the waters of the novel itself, and would have really been a special distraction of the film. “”
Rather than strengthening something that even the original author has chosen to pass with minimal attention, Spaihts and director Denis Villeneuve have chosen to focus on the flourishing romance between Chani and Paul – undoubtedly leaving their other children to occupy the front of the stage in the next sequel “Dune: Messiah”, that Villeneuve is very impatient to do.
The chronology crunch has also changed the story of Alia
Alia (briefly played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a vision of “Dune: share Two”) is also a young person whose scenario is mutilated by the adjustments linked to the cinematographic adaptation. She remains in utero in the two films, and her mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), was shown to her by talking to her after the couple accidentally became mothers of Fremen together.
In addition to withdrawing Baby Leto II from the script, condensing the chronology made it impossible to progress the story fairly quickly to even get Alia out of the uterus. Unlike the less consecutive lateral history of Leto II, however, the impious evolution of Alia is one of the key elements of “dune” history and a major point where films deviate from Herbert’s books. In the written version, Alia is not only alive, but in the form of toddlers very frightening at the end of the first book. She even saw him sliding on the battlefield when Paul overthrows the Emperor Padishah and his small hand (infused with the experience of countless revered mothers before her) is the one who stabs and poisoned Baron Harkonnen – something that Paul does personally do in the cinematographic version.
Although Alia’s story is delayed by the chronology crisis, rest assured that it will appear in great shape in “dune: messiah”. Unfortunately, his nephew will not have this chance – although his twin brothers and sisters, Ghanima and Leto Atreids II (yes, a different Leto II) should have a good chance of cutting this time.
