Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Half Two has assembled a formidable forged because it continues to deliver Frank Herbert’s science fiction epic to life in an awe-inspiring means, nevertheless it’s unclear if Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho will return for the sequel. One of many extra widespread characters in Dune on account of his laid-back appeal, Duncan Idaho is an adventurous and expert fighter who serves Home Atreides as a swordmaster. Whereas Timothée Chalamet is an effective match as protagonist Paul Atreides, Jason Momoa completely embodies Duncan Idaho, endearing himself to viewers. Whether or not he seems in Dune‘s delayed sequel will certainly have an effect on its tone.
Herbert’s first Dune novel has been cut up up into two motion pictures, along with his second e book Dune: Messiah capping off a deliberate trilogy. The primary Dune ends with protagonist Paul and his mom, Girl Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), marooned within the harsh, worm-infested desert of Arrakis after Paul’s father, Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac), is captured. After Paul proves himself, although, he’s allowed to cover out with the Fremen, together with the mysterious Chani (Zendaya). Dune: Half Two will proceed Paul’s story and preserve a lot of the primary film’s forged ― however not each character survives to make the reduce.
Jason Momoa is unlikely to return in Dune: Half Two for one important purpose: his character, Duncan Idaho, died within the first film. Duncan is launched early in Dune, with the warrior despatched to Arrakis forward of Home Atreides’ takeover. Duncan’s mission is to scope out the arid planet and look into its Indigenous Fremen inhabitants. Heroic to the tip, Duncan is killed defending Paul, Girl Jessica, and Kynes (Sharon Duncan-Brewster) from Sardaukar warriors in a formidable struggle scene. It’s an essential sacrifice, because it signifies that not like Leto, Paul and his mom can escape and in the end conceal within the desert among the many Fremen.
It’s no shock that Momoa hasn’t been confirmed among the many Dune: Half Two forged, which incorporates returnees comparable to Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson, in addition to newcomers, comparable to Florence Pugh as Irulan. Momoa, in the meantime, has been in New Zealand filming the TV sequence Chief of Warfare and is ready to start filming the Minecraft film. Whereas it’s a disgrace Momoa didn’t get the prospect to do extra with Duncan Idaho, his demise was wanted for the plot to remain devoted to Frank Herbert’s novel.
On the planet of Dune, demise doesn’t all the time imply the tip of a personality. After his grisly demise, Duncan Idaho really pops up once more in Frank Herbert’s sequel e book Dune Messiah, which Denis Villeneuve hopes to adapt because the third Dune movie. Within the Dune Messiah novel, a clone of Duncan is created to behave as an murderer. Named Hayt, he lacks Duncan’s reminiscences however rapidly grows near Paul’s sister Alia. Which means if Villeneuve will get to make Dune 3 and sticks to the plot, it will make sense for Jason Momoa to return again within the function after sitting out the second film.
Frank Herbert really resurrects the warrior a number of occasions in his books. In God Emperor of Dune, Paul’s son Leto is a monstrous, half-worm, near-immortal ruler. For his private safety ― in addition to his amusement ― Leto Jnr makes use of cloning expertise to make increasingly more Duncans, typically finally executing them after they attempt to assassinate their grasp. Being caught in a horrifying demise loop is a grim destiny, however that’s what might await Duncan if Villeneuve continues deeper into the universe of the novels previous Dune: Half Two ― a tough process, since Dune solely will get weirder with every sequel.