The new Dune 2 trailer may very well be the best trailer for a movie I've ever seen

[Fat Elvis]

I really liked the first installment, and the previous trailers for Dune 2 were good, but my jaw hit the floor watching this one....

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeah, they've written themselves into a bit of a corner with Chani.

I really don't know how they get her back to being the mother of Paul's children now that she's peaced out as he's gone off to his Jihad.

They'll have some 'splaining to do there, to be sure. Because much of Pauls decision-making throughout Messiah is dependent on his relationship with Chani. His ultimate decision at the end of Messiah is about his children as much as it is the Golden Path.

That's why I say they've fundamentally undermined the story by Girl Bossing her. That relationship is massively critical to Paul and the choices he makes even as Muad'dib.

(and why I maintain that she's more important as written than you're giving her credit for. Though I'll concede that the character as filmed actually takes on diminished importance due to the choices Villeneuve made in trying to make her MORE central. That was just such a bad choice)

Maybe they won't have any time pass at all, or make it minimal. Keep Alia as a creepy fetus or creepy newborn that only Jessica can communicate with. IIRC he won't be adapting the third book, where she is one of the central characters, so developing her won't matter anyway. And also, it would distract from the Chaniverse, and God knows we can't have that.