Like the Dune book ending

Spoilers ahead for the Dune franchise and books.

A classic sci-fi epic, Frank Herbert's 1965 Don Roman launched a beloved multimedia franchise, but how Don end? Recently, the original book was adapted into a two-part film saga by Denis Villeneuve. With the filmmakers Dunn: Part One And Dunn: Part Two Chronicling Paul Atreides' (Timothée Chalamet) rise to power, the upcoming Dunn: Three parts Aims to show the newly minted Emperor's fall. Set 12 years after the end of Doon 2, The third Don Movie will adapt Herbert's sequel, Don Christ.

2024 was the year of Don For other reasons. In addition to the $711.8 million blockbuster Dunn: Part TwoThe franchise is releasing a prequel series, Dunn: Prophecy. Set approximately 10,000 years before the events of Paul's story, the prequel spin-off will depict the formation of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood as well as the early days of the long-reigning Corrino Empire and the feud of Atreides and Harkonnen. While Dunn: Prophecy will answer many questions about Herbert's universe, Viewers will still be wondering how the original author's six Don Book end.

The Rise of the Atreides

The first 3 books of Frank Herbert: Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune

Frank Herbert wrote six Don novels before he passed away. The first three— Don, Don ChristAnd Children of Dune - are probably the most well-known projects, especially since they were adapted into films and TV series. However, after Herbert's death, his son, Brian Herbert, and bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson teamed up to write many more canonical Don Stories. Thanks to the duo's contributions, The Don The series has a remarkable 23 novels in totalAs well as a vast number of short stories, comic-book spin-offs, and video game, movie, and television adaptations.

In the first novel, the reader is introduced DonThe plot of Quisot's room. For centuries, the Bene Gesserit's carefully planned breeding program has spoiled critical genetic material, which the Order hopes will result in the birth of a Messiah—a male Bene Gesserit with access to genetic memory and the ability to bridge space and time with prescience. Ability. One of the Bene Gesserit agents, Lady Jessica, goes against the order's wishes. Instead of having a daughter with Leto Atreides, Jessica uses her Bene Gesserit abilities to bear Leto a son, Paul.

The move ended centuries of careful planning, as the Bene Gesserit had planned for Leto and Jessica's would-be daughter to marry Feyd-Routha Harkonnen. In addition to uniting two of Dons most powerful houses, the marriage would produce the predicted quizzes room. Due to Lady Jessica's deviation from the plan, The quiz room came a generation early. Although Paul spends much of Don Trying to avoid his fate, he eventually becomes not only the wise man - he imbibes the water of life - but the strange Messiah as well.

at the end of DonPaul leads the Fremen in freeing Arrakis from the stranglehold of the Harkonns and the Corrino Empire. While Paul's prescient visions indicate that he is taking the best path for humanity's sake, he also knows that in stepping into the role of Quasat Hader, he is prompting the Fremen to unleash a galaxy-wide holy war in his name. Between Don And Don Christ, 12 years pass, and the aliens kill up to 60 billion people in Paul's name.

Don Christ

In addition to being the ultimate leader, Paul is Emperor of the Known Universe, trying his best to lead humanity on a path that will not end in total stagnation or destruction. throughout Don ChristThe Bene Gesserit, Spacing Guild, and Tleilaxu conspire to dethrone Paul. One of the guild members, Edric, uses his own prescience to foil Paul's conspiracy. Meanwhile, Paul wants to conceive a child with Princess Irulan Corrino, who, in turn, thwarts Paul and Chani's attempts to have a child. Knowing that the birth of his heir will kill Chani, Paul does not press the issue.

Hoping to exploit Paul's love for his late mentor, Duncan Idaho, Edric gifts the Emperor with a Ghola (a Tleilaxu-made doppelgänger). Soon after, a Tleilaksu atomic weapon, a stone burner, blinds Paul. Instead of wandering in the wilderness, Paul proves that he can still "See"Thanks to his oracular abilities. By the end of Dun Christ, Hani dies after giving birth to twins, Leto II and Ghanima, who both have access to ancestral memories. With Alia Atreides, Paul's sister, acting as regent for the twins, Paul goes into the desert - an act he believes will undermine his god-like status.

Children of Dune

A power-hungry Alia Atreides rules the universe as regent while the Fremen capture Leto II and Ghanima, both of whom have prescient visions. Even though Paul is gone, the Bene Gesserit, Tlailaxu, Spacing Guild continue their alliance in order to seize control of spice production and Paul's powerful heirs. Lady Jessica realizes that her daughter, Alia, has been possessed by one of her ancestors: Her grandfather, Baron Harkunn. Meanwhile, Leto undergoes a spice trance, allowing him to see many possible futures for humanity.

According to Leto's spice-induced visions, humans become extinct in almost every possible future - except one. This one, which Leto dubs the golden path, is something that Paul steers clear of. To save humanity, Leto physically fuses with a sandworm larva, giving him superhuman strength and invulnerability. After meeting a desert-wandering preacher (aka Paul), Leto decides to save his sister from the possessed Alia, who is arranging Ghanima's marriage to the Corrino heir.

When Paul returns, Alias ​​agents kill him. Horrified and unable to get hold of Baron Harkonnen's possessions, Aliya throws herself off a high balcony. In the aftermath, Leto becomes emperor, leads the Fremen, and marries Ganima. It becomes clear that The sandworm skin and genetics will allow Leto II to live for thousands of yearsSet him up to become God Emperor.

The reign and fall of the God Emperor

Frank Herbert's God Emperor of Dune

While Frank Herbert's first three novels form a kind of trilogy, God Emperor of Dun Delves into the weird Don storylines. Now a human-sandworm hybrid, Paul's son, Leto II Atreides, has ruled the known Universe as God Emperor for a staggering 3,500 years. With complete control over the spice, the universe is completely under the command of the tyrant Leto II. With interstellar travel inaccessible to most people, humanity has stagnated like any technological development. Leto believes that progress will prevent humanity from self-destructing.

Not to mention, his rule led to the death of all Arrakis sandworms; While the desert planet has become lush, it's not necessarily a good thing. Like his father before him, Leto II's decisions have turned him into a deity of sorts. Plus, the seemingly immortal Leto II is also physically transformed into a worm, retaining only his human face and arms. Ghanima's bloodline, including Moneo Atreides, Leto's confidant, and Moneo's daughter, Siona, are also key figures. While Siona plans a rebellion against Leto, she is eventually convinced of the importance of the Golden Path.

Although Leto II was killed at the end of God Emperor of DunHe reveals to Siona that she is the result of centuries of carefully plotted breeding. Siona is the first of a line of humans who will be undetected by prescient visionWhich means humanity will no longer be ruled by oracles or subject to the whims of one man. Although Siona (and the remaining Duncan Ghola) lead the late Leto's empire, the death of the God Emperor results in the scattering - the spread of humans throughout the universe - as well as a new era relying on navigation computers.

The fallout of Frank Herbert's dispersion, explained

Frank Herbert's Final Book: Heretics of Dune & Chapterhouse: Dune

The final arc in the Frank Herbert-written Don Books centers on the scattering. Placed approximately 1,500 years later God Emperor of Dun, Heretics of Dun Sees humanity still on the path established by Leto IIWhich, theoretically, will ensure their survival. Although Leto II dismantled the universe's reliance on the Spice and Arrakis, the desert planet's sandworms return in Hereticsresulting in the renewed flow of the spice. The dispersion also introduced new threats, including the honorable Matros, a matriarchy that is even more brutal than the Ben Gesrit.

The Bene Gesserit enlist the help of Mentat Miles Teg to oversee the protection of yet another Duncan Idaho ghola, though the order also discovers Sheeana, a girl who can control Arrakis' sandworms. Hoping to manipulate Sheeana into their new religious propositions, Reverend Mother Odrad trains Sheeana in the Bene Gesserit ways. Eventually, Teg goads the Honored Matrix to burn Arrakis and kill the sandworms. at the end of Heretics, Odrade and Sheeana escape with one Sandworm to the hidden Bene Gesserit planet of Chapterhouse.

Chapter House: Dun

In the sixth novel, and the last written by Frank Herbert, the very existence of the "Bnei Gesserit" order is threatened by their even darker opponents, the honor maters. On Chapterhouse, Mother Superior Odrade and Shiana breed giant sandworms in the wake of Arrakis' destruction. Meanwhile, a former venerable master, Murbla, is being trained in the ways of Ben Gesrit. Eventually this backfires, with Murbella learning the Bene Gesserit's most prized secrets. The novel ends with Murbella becoming the leader of the Honored Matrix, Odrade dying, and Sheeana and Duncan escaping Chapterhouse.

Hunters of Dune & Sandworms of Dune

Frank Herbert's Dune 7, explained

Although Chapter House: Dun Ending on a cliffhanger, Frank Herbert died before he could write the epic conclusion. However, the author's son, Brian Herbert, and novelist Kevin J. Anderson finished the saga using Frank's Doon 7 Spelling. in Hunters of DuneDuncan Idaho, Teg (also an exile), Sheeana, and a ship of refugees escape from the Murbella, the leader of both the Honored Matres and Bene Gesserit. While the characters, whose ship is carrying Arrakis' last surviving sandworms, search for the new Dune, Ghouls of classic characters, including Paul, Baron Harkonnen and Leto II, were created.

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Hunters of Dune Set the stage for the arrival of a mysterious enemy that is so powerful that even the honored matres fear them. Ultimately, the looming threat is revealed to be the thinking machines of Omnius, the machine overlord who was destroyed in the Butlerian Jihad (the computer-destroying conflict that unfolds just before Dunn: Prophecy). split Doon 7 In two books, Herbert and Anderson resolve the epic story in Sandworms of Dune. While Murbella prepares to stand against Omnius' armada, Gholas of Dons original letters settle their unfinished business.

at the end of Sandworms of Dune, Paul's Ghola reveals that Duncan is the final Quisat Haderach. A constant presence in all these Don novels, Duncan's constant Ghola rebirth has perfected him. Duncan merges minds with the robot Erasmus, and becomes the bridge between the human and machine worlds. Sheeana, leader of a new sisterhood, vows to never cultivate a Christ figure again. On Caladan, Lady Jessica's Gola settles down with a Gola of Leto I. On Arrakis, Golas of Paul and Chani restore the planet to what it once was in Don.

What aspects of Dune are most and least likely to be adapted

Denis Villeneuve said that he wants to make a Don trilogy and received the green light to finish the trilogy with Dunn: Christ. In addition, the original series about Ben Gesrit is called Dunn: The sisterwhich is a prequel and not based on any of the books in the series. With that in mind, most people expect the franchise to end with the second book, Don Christ. This also means it's likely that the movie will end when Paul's story mostly endsAnd he leaves to become a hermit.

Even if the franchise moves on with future movies after this, there is little chance that the weirder moments will happen in the films. The film with Paul Kinder after Chaney dies is unlikely to be possible. The franchise has popular characters, and the decade ahead for a new movie with Paul's kids and none of the cast from the first three movies isn't likely a possibility. The most striking things from the books, including Paul's son becoming a worm-like creature, are almost impossible to happen on the big screen.

The franchise is probably ending with Paul and his sister Alia's story, but expect changes to happen for the big screen adaptation of Don Christ. What fans should expect is the theme of the books showing Paul, who is shown as a hero through the first two movies, ends up in over his head and corrupted by the power, something he realizes and sets out to stop by finishing his own legacy. The whole plot of Don is about Paul's downfall as the Great White Savior, and that's sure to happen in the third movie.