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The fact that the Atreides-Harkonnen feud has persisted from the time of Dune: Prophecy to Dune suggests that the rivalry is essential to Herbert's universe. Yet the origins of the rift go largely ...
In the final moments of Dune: Part Two, Paul Atreides does two shocking things: he says he’ll marry Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh), and then, he sends his Fremen troops out into the universe to ...
She, along with the Tleilaxu Face Dancer Scytale, the Spacing Guild Navigator Edric, and Paul's embittered consort (and Shaddam's daughter) Princess Irulan of House Corrino, plot to insinuate the Tleilaxu ghola Hayt into the court to weaken Paul's confidence in his prescience and thereby ruin him. [4]
Any hope Irulan has of bearing a new Atreides-Corrino royal bloodline with Paul—and retaining the Imperial House Corrino's influence in some form—has been lost. She is also under pressure from the Bene Gesserit, who seek to preserve the Atreides bloodline, if not subvert Paul's rule entirely. [ 5 ]
Paul has refused to father a child with Irulan, but he and his Fremen concubine Chani have also failed to produce an heir, causing tension within his monarchy. Desperate both to secure her place in the Atreides dynasty and to preserve the bloodline for the Bene Gesserit breeding program , Irulan has secretly been giving contraceptives to Chani.
Paul challenges the Emperor for the throne, announces his intent to wed Princess Irulan, and threatens to bomb Arrakis’ spice fields should the other galactic houses get in the way.
Twelve years later in Dune Messiah, Mohiam joins a conspiracy to topple the rule of Paul Atreides that includes the Tleilaxu Face Dancer Scytale, the Spacing Guild Navigator Edric, and even Paul's embittered consort Princess Irulan, Shaddam's daughter. Paul has sworn that only his Fremen concubine, Chani, will bear his children.
Paul himself is an eventual villain of sorts, but the whole point of Feyd-Rautha is that at least in this vacuum, Paul is the lesser of two evils. And Butler's demeanor makes that distinction very ...