History Characters / DuneDenisVilleneuveFremen

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: The first film makes him much more stoic and blunt than his novel version. ''Part Two'' then goes on the opposite route and emphasizes his passionate devotion to Paul/Muad'Dib to a comical degree. It's also notable than in the books Stilgar only became a Muad'dib hardliner after a long time fighting and living together, while in the film he's instantly in love with the legend from the first moment.

* AdaptationalContextChange: As mentioned under AdaptationPersonalityChange, Stilgar isn't particularly more religious than most Fremen, and the moment where he suddenly shows himself to become fanatical about Paul actually deeply upsets Paul, as he sees what the prophecy is doing and how it diminishes a man he considers a friend and a mentor to him.

* AdaptationalBadass: Book Chani is a Sayyadina, a Fremen priestess who assists and is a candidate to replace the Reverent Mother. In the film she's a Fedaykin, one of the Fremen's warriors. Book Chani does get into (offscreen fights), but those tend to be dueling other Fremen who seek to challenge or duel Paul for leadership. She doesn't really take part in raids on the Harkonnens, as her job is assisting the Reverend Mother, and Book Chani is also a mother for a section of the book so she has a child to raise.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: The film version of her is far more cynical than she was in the books; notably, she doesn't buy into the prophecy of the "Lisan al-Gaib" coming to save her people, which in the novels she had no trouble with unless it affected their personal lives, and is concerned by Paul's growing acceptance of that role. At the end of the film when Paul [[spoiler:agrees to Irulan's hand in marriage in order to become Emperor, Chani ''doesn't'' accept the situation as she did in the book, but is furious, doesn't wait for Paul to explain his reasons to her, and storms out of the Residency to return to the desert]].

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: She is last seen with Feyd-Rautha pointing a flamethrower at her, with the scene [[GoryDescretionShot cutting away just before he pulls the trigger]].]]

* UnwittingPawn: Chani rejects the prophecy. [[spoiler:However, she was a part of it according to Jessica, who [[KickTheDog used the voice]] to force her to provide a "desert spring tear" to Paul to revive him]].

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the book, Chani and Jessica are quite close. Jessica regards Chani as a daughter, and it is Jessica's assurance to Chani that Paul's marriage to Irulan is a marriage in name only with Chani being Paul's de facto wife that allows Chani to accept the whole deal. Here because Chani is far more hostile to the prophecy, and Jessica is far more manipulative than her book counterpart, the two are at odds, culminating when Paul almost dies taking the waters of life. [[spoiler:Jessica does attempt to talk to Chani before the final battle, but Chani has none of it after seeing Paul having taken the waters of life]].

* MoodWhiplash: First checking if Paul is ok after he recovers from the Water of Life, then slapping him and walking off.

* NoPlaceForMeThere: In a sense, [[spoiler: as this version of Chani is actively against Paul's actions as Lisan al-Gaib, she decides to return to the desert when her people Fremen chooses to join Paul in the Holy War.]]