Released on October 27, the nearly three-minute preview sees Timothée Chalamet ’s emperor grappling with a conspiracy against him, a fractured relationship with Zendaya ’s Chani and the damage caused by years of war. Warner Bros. unveiled the final trailer for Denis Villeneuve ’s Dune: Part Three , and Paul Atreides is in deeper trouble than ever. The film takes a darker turn as Paul confronts the consequences of his own rise to power, while Robert Pattinson enters the picture as a new threat to his rule.
The trailer begins with Paul using the Bene Gesserit Voice to question Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh) about a plot to kill him. His shaved head and stern expression hint at how much time has passed since Dune: Part Two. But the more power Paul gains, the further he seems to drift from the person he once was. The trailer’s biggest revelation is Chani seemingly turning against Paul. In Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah, she remains loyal to him despite the conspiracy surrounding his rule. The film appears to take a different direction, with Zendaya’s character fighting Paul’s forces and confronting him over their children’s future. She has never supported Paul’s transformation into the messianic figure the Fremen see him as. She has questioned his choices from the beginning, and the trailer hints that her resistance could now turn into direct opposition. As Den of Geek puts it, “Instead of a victim, a bit of collateral damage in the fight against Paul, Chani has become an antagonist. But is Chani really the one fighting Paul? Robert Pattinson’s Scytale is a Face Dancer, capable of taking on another person’s appearance. That leaves room for a twist, with the possibility that someone could be impersonating her as part of the conspiracy against the emperor. The trailer offers no clear answers, keeping viewers guessing about whether Chani has truly turned against Paul or whether there is more to her apparent betrayal than meets the eye. Robert Pattinson’s Scytale appears to be at the heart of the conspiracy against Paul. The trailer also offers a fleeting look at Paul and Chani’s twins, Leto II and Ghanima, played by Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, Jason Momoa’s son, and Ida Brooke. Their appearance suggests that the film will move through the story’s timeline differently from Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah, bringing the next generation of the Atreides family into the action as they grow older.
A voiceover by Reverend Mother Mohiam (Charlotte Rampling) offers a glimpse of the scale of his rule, as she says, “Muad’Dib has conquered a thousand worlds. “We found a way to neutralize the Emperor, and end this madness”, he declares in the trailer, hinting that Paul’s enemies may finally have found a way to bring him down.
