History Film / DunePartTwo

--->'''Gurney''': "''...and I'll serve Arakeen for desert''"

* OurGeniesAreDifferent: Discussed trope. Stilgar warns Paul to be wary of djinns, as they are considered demons of the night in the Fremen culture who try to distract him from his trial of surviving alone in the dessert for one night. It all turns out to be (mostly) a joke, though.

* MirroringFactions: The Harkonnen and the Fremen are shown as being foils to each other in this movie, both being creations of their environments. For instance, both people are societies made of {{Blood Knight}}s, the Fremen kill quickly to use the bodily fluids of their victims, while the Harkonnen kill to incite subservient fear. Other things they have in common are conspiring to install one of their own as the new emperor, and how fundamentalist they are at their core, the Harkonnen believing in their right to rule over others and launching a war of terror on the natives of Arrakis, while the native Fremen [[spoiler:end up starting a holy war under [[DarkMessiah Paul Atreides]].]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The FinalBattle is one for both what remains of the Atreides after the massacre of the latter House by the Harkonnens and Sardaukar and the Fremen who suffered oppression and genocide by from the Harkonnens.

* OpeningScroll: The Sardaukar Priest throat-sings the line at the start of the page and the translation is flashed on black before the opening logo. The line was divided as follows: "Power over spice..." followed by "is power over all". Most streaming providers did not follow through, combining the sections into one instead.

* OpeningScroll: The Sardaukar Priest throat-sings the line at the start of the page and the translation is flashed on black before the opening logo. The line was divided as follows: "Power over spice..." followed by "is power over all". Streaming providers did not follow through, combining the sections into one instead.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Feyd-Rautha very much likes it when a WorthyOpponent presents himself to him and doesn't resort to dirty tricks in combat, which is the case against Paul/Muad'Dib at the end. Earlier, during the Harkonnen GladiatorGames he's participating in for his birthday, he's pleased to find out that the final Atreides prisoner who's pitted against him is not drugged and thus presents something of a challenge. He even deactivates his own DeflectorShields for that fight.

* LuredIntoATrap: Paul/Muad'Dib lures the Emperor and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen on Arrakis so he can annihilate their armies with the combination of Atreides nuclear missiles, {{sand worm}}s and the sheer numbers and ferocity of his Fedaykins, kill the Baron and depose the Emperor, [[{{Revenge}} for a similar thing what they did to his family]].

* KilledOffscreen: After Paul's army breaks down the door to the imperial throne room, a battle line of Sardaukar march into the dust with swords drawn. Paul and company emerge from the dust moments later, having slaughtered the Sardaukar off screen.

** The conclusion of the battle outside the [[spoiler:Emperor's throne room]] is not seen. Instead, the camera cuts to the huddled courtiers inside listening as the sounds of battle get louder and closer.
** When Paul and several Fedaykin breach the [[spoiler:Emperor's throne room]], several [[spoiler:Sardaukar]] walk into the dust cloud to confront the enemy. Nothing is even heard of their deaths, but Paul and his followers walk in moments later, blood upon their blades.

** They duck and cover to avoid boulders thrown at them by the atomic attack that ''blows a mountain off the map'', then recover - only to see three sandworms and two armies charging them. You bet the Sardaukar will run for their lives.

* WorthyOpponent: Feyd compliments Lanville for putting up a good fight after stabbing him in the arena. At the end of the film [[spoiler: he gives Paul [[MeaningfulEcho the same compliment]] after Paul bests him]].

* HourglassPlot: [[spoiler:First movie ended with the victory of house Harkonnen and house Corrino over house Atreides. This movie ended with House Atreides being the winner as Paul ascends as the new Emperor.]]

* BigBadassBattleSequence: The second battle for the liberation of Arrakis involves [[spoiler:bombing the surrounding mountain ranges with the Atreides' atomic arsenal, massive explosions, the Fremen arriving on the battlefield by riding sand worms, brutal hand-to-hand combat erupting as the Fremen and the Sardaukar soldiers clash, more massive explosions, Gurney killing Rabban, and Zimmer providing a spectacular soundtrack heightening the intensity of the battle, amplifying the chaos on display.]]

** Thufir offered his resignation after the failed assassination attempt on Paul in "Part One". Duke Leto doesn't accept it, not wanting to lose a close advisor when they're vulnerable. When Paul speaks to the Fremen, Stilgar offers to have Paul kill him to take his place as tribe leader. Paul calls them foolish for wanting to sacrifice one of their leaders. Both conversations escalate into SuddenlyShouting.

* DudeNotFunny: Shishakli shouts to Paul to not "embarrass us; call a big one" to which every Fremen reacts to by laughing, except [[DeathGlare Chani]], who's worried sick that Paul might die in the process.

* LaResistance: In the first movie, the Harkonnen ruthlessly occupy Arrakis/Dune to harvest the Spice, killing or enslaving the native Fremen, and the film opens with the Fremen launching a surprise attack on a Harkonnen convoy. In this movie, Paul starts leading the Fremen to accomplish his revenge against the conspirators.

* GenocideBackfire: [[spoiler:After wiping House Atreides off the face of the galaxy in the previous film, the fallout blows up in the faces of all its Imperial, Bene Gesserit and Harkonnen conspirators here. Their actions set off a chain of events that ultimately leads to the survivors of House Atreides turning the already formidable Fremen into an implacable war machine and successfully wiping out House Harkonnen and the Sardaukar legions in kind, denying the Bene Gesserit a Kwisatz Haderach under their control, and ending House Corrino's 10,000 year rule over the Imperium.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The FinalBattle is one for both what remains of the Atreides after the massacre of the latter House by the Harkonnens and Sardaukar and the Fremen who suffered Harkonnen oppression.