Dune: Part One (2021) - Sardaukar battle preparations on Salusa Secundus [HD]

Sardaukar chant & mobilization scene
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[@epicgangnamstyle8783]

Three Italians, as agreed

[@kontraksionista]

pizza is the mind killer

[@Luna_illus]

The emperor a-commands it. It’s-a done.

[@epicgangnamstyle8783]

@@Luna_illus Atreides' pizzas are the finest in the imperium; made with fresh ingredients, and for affordable prices

[@jaredmcgovern8222]

@@epicgangnamstyle8783 We are the Sardoughkar, the Emperor's Baker's. Thouse who buy from us feast!

[@mattk4093]

Maaargaraayydeeee!

[@mexicanpanda84]

Parent: "my son loves his lego" My lego lore:

[@sabotabo7476]

"look honey, he put his lego men in a square! isn't that cute?" meanwhile in my head:

[@CyRider]

So true 😂 I had some crazy stories going on as a kid

[@gruffigummi1917]

Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment

[@crsc3095]

Did you just create a machine in the likeness of man? Execution time.

[@thundercockjackson]

not a thinking machine in sight

[@alterego6873]

cell phone was overthrown by the great jihad

[@terraincognita3749]

Thanks, you made me laugh!

[@gruffigummi1917]

@@thundercockjackson lol yeah that's actually better:D

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

"Women speak with a higher pitch when they like someone." Women when they talk to me: 0:04

[@ManOfCinema-]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ian_m167]

😂

[@johndeleon992]

Underrated comment! 💀💀💀

[@vaenkhar7236]

- Hey there, do you mind taking a drink with me? - *HUUM BALADIMM BELID BULADIM BULAD...*

[@thatkidflossy2792]

@@vaenkhar7236😂

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Introducing a complete new culture in barely a minute, with a lasting impression. This director really is a genius, with a genius team.

[@resonanceofambition]

It's really something else. You can almost taste the merciless air.

[@MalrickEQ2]

he do be genius tho...

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@Clive well, you can always watch the teletubbies of course

[@spacenomad4477]

@Clive Go watch some marvel then. You'll get a dumb joke every two seconds to undercut all mood and seriousness. There's also a lot of bright colors, shiny effects and people punching each other, sounds perfect for you.

[@resonanceofambition]

@@spacenomad4477 lmao now he complains the whole thing wasn't shot in one picture.

[@zsedcftglkjh]

That part when he sings, "mm bedlbodlbeedle bunnnn," really speaks to me.

[@mrpantsrainbowsixsiege4571]

Lol this is the first throat singing subtitles I've seen

[@fightmilk8613]

It reminds me of the opening song in Dumb and Dumber

[@RozzDarkly]

Me too bro

[@angelic4741]

Thanks for the lyrics

[@alexadamson9959]

“So, what shall we do for this battle preparation scene.” “How about we have the warriors kneeling stoically in the rain while priestesses adorn them with blood taken from the sacrificial blood pond, while some dude dose some epic throat singing.” “YES.”

[@imperator_caligula3754]

Yes.

[@rigajykra3159]

Setting the tone for the emperor. If people as scary and fanatic, and almost demonic are obedient to the emperor he must be one scary person himself.

[@Suiseisexy]

I get it, you're supposed to be an experienced Dune reader and assume this ritual is to control troop behavior and that the spiritual mysteries of it are entirely false and do not matter to any important/named characters.

[@__Baron_Harkonnen__]

I will have Europe back for myself! He who controls Europe controls the universe, and what Hitler did not tell you is we have control of someone who is very close, very close, to the Zionists! This person, this traitor, will be worth more to us than ten legions of Special Forces! European Natives! I place you in charge of the EU. It's yours to squeeze, as I promised. I want you to squeeze, and squeeze, and squeeze! Give me patriots! Drive them. Drive them into utter submission! Do not show the slightest pity or mercy! Never stop. Go. Go! Show no mercy! The “woke” leaders will die before these eyes and they’ll know, they’ll know, that it is I, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, who encompasses their doom! ! !

[@krieger8825]

Just shows you how the Sardau tribes treat their prisoners

[@thecynicaloptimist1884]

Some little nice touches I enjoyed in this scene: - Contrasting Salusa Secundus with Arrakis. Arrakis gets no rain, while Secundus seemingly gets no sun. - Lingering on that one Sardaukar soldier who is being anointed with the blood. It conveys to us that the Sardaukar are still human, but they're also to be feared. Why? Because this guy looks to be in his 40s, maybe older. You don't get to that age without being a viciously fierce warrior. The interplay between the two is also great. The Sardaukar Commander tries to belittle the Harkonnens. "Why do you need us, if you guys are so great?" kind of thing. Piter neatly turns this around by saying "The Atreides legions are the finest in the Imperium" - i.e., "the Atreides legions are better than everyone. Including you". This inflames his pride, and he turns bites back in defence; "we are Sardaukar. Those who stand against us fall" - i.e., "nobody is better than us". Piter is letting him feel in charge. He follows up with "just so, three battalions, as agreed" - i.e., "ok, prove it then". But, the Sardaukar Commander gets the last word; "the Emperor commands it. It is done". In other words "ok, but not because _you_ asked, but because the _Emperor_ has told us to do it. Never forget who is _really_ in charge here". All that conveyed in just a few lines.

[@mst3KGf]

Precisely. Especially that shit-talking part, because the Sardaukar commander is genuinely irked that the Harokonnens can't take care of the matter themselves, as would be true to their warrior culture. He's implying, "You've got more soldiers, true, but they must be pretty shitty soldiers if you need us to actually do the job." And of course, he gets the last word, as you said, by stating, "The Emperor told us to do it, so we'll obey. But you're a bunch of weak-ass losers who need our help. Never forget that."

[@aguysomewhere8277]

Excellent breakdown! 👍

[@Marcara081]

It's the subtle art of old storycraft. I'm glad a big production has gotten back to our roots.

[@centurymemes1208]

hopefully anime can learn from this instead of spoonfeed with inner thoughts

[@Shoegazebasedgenre0.]

​@@centurymemes1208 Anime Writers: 👨‍🦯

[@immortallvulture]

This scene is a visual masterpiece that tells you all you need to know about the sardaukar: -they are incredibly disciplined -their culture is unimaginably brutal -they are fanatically loyal to the emperor

[@michaellee2331]

So no Millennials allowed in then?

[@paulaarmstrong8431]

One last bullet point: they are religiously fanatical.

[@nico7674]

@@michaellee2331 you are a funny guy michael tell me

[@davecrupel2817]

@@michaellee2331 contrary. Mellinials make for the most apt recruits! Nobody more fanatical than them alive today.

[@theblackestvoid]

@@michaellee2331 OK boomer

[@seangillanders5580]

Sometimes I like to kneel in the shower with this playing and pretend I'm a Sardaukar

[@hochfeldjessie85]

have to try this tomorrow morning....

[@FrostekFerenczy]

This seems crazy... and yet...

[@Hawkgoulet]

Best comment I've read on this video and I've been going through the whole thread.

[@Father303]

Don't give me ideas

[@bobsagetsconcubine2866]

Same

[@Anomikon]

I think, Villeneuve is one of a few, who can produce a god-tier Warhammer series.

[@Espuma9848]

I think the same.

[@sonofjack6286]

If GW managed to do that, I'd email GW personally to do an adaptation of Gaunt's Ghosts.

[@Schwedeballz]

I’m not seeing this warhammer connection with this scene yet I’ve seen a lot of comments about it.

[@slimehound1934]

​@@Schwedeballz The greatest soldiers in the Corrino Imperium (the Sardaukar) are fanatically loyal to the Padishah Emperor and are brutal warriors - the finest warriors in the Imperium of Man (the Space Marines) are fanatically loyal to the God-Emperor of Mankind and are brutal warriors.

[@pyromaniac2104]

Oh for god sake I now REALLY want a series or movie about the Death Korps of Krieg from Denis Villeneuve

[@Rizal96able]

"The _Emperor_ commands it. It is done." Basically another way of saying "I don't care what the agreement with the Baron is. The Emperor wants this. We will serve."

[@JimboSlice-cg5ky]

Masterful scene to introduce the Sardakaur 🎉🎉🎉

[@Batchall_Accepted]

I like when exposition is done like this. In just 3 sentences we learn most of the important information we need to know about them. -They answer directly to the emperor -They answer ONLY to the emperor -They are not humble about their skills and accolades -They have rarely, if ever failed You are now ready to watch them in action later with no need for clunky exposition.

[@unwantedvoid1678]

The idea of this scene is also to show, that from his point of view - even to the fact that he didn't want to or can dispute it - the deal made between Emperor and Baron is bad and wrong. That he is sceptical, looking at the oblivious balance of power between Houses where Sardaukar troops are simply unnecessary, and is clearly seeing that this is some kind of a setup. But he can't disagree with the order, or decline the terms or do something else about it. So he, personally and specifically, wanted to articulate and to demonstrate to the Baron ambassador that he isn't trust him, or his words, or even his planing. And will do only what Emperor demands and not a single step more or further. Just like he will not tolerate any kind of command or leadership from a Harkonnen.

[@rickyrahma3611]

I like how the Sardaukar physical appearance resembles vikings, the culture resembles of mongolians while their battle stances resembles of samurais. Truly powerful potrayal of the terror troops

[@andersgeye4375]

It’s like they’ve taken fighting styles from across time and assembled them into the perfect fighting style

[@jdwoods5790]

@@andersgeye4375 yup and it shows that every culture in the dune universe has atleast 10 cultures mixed together

[@darrynmurphy2038]

The chanter is also perched on an Islamic style Minaret and vaguely resembles a Muezzin

[@windmillrespector]

Let’s not forget Marine and Australian influence.

[@YungM.D.]

Not to mention the throat singing like indigenous tribes (and Mongolians)

[@SuperNovaJinckUFO]

Anyone else love how they made Selusa Secundus a wasteland in the exact opposite way to Arrakis? Arrakis is a desert that gets no rain and forces people to fight over water, while Selusa Secundus is a destroyed environment that gets no sun

[@weldonwin]

Salusa Secundus is also supposed to be extremely cold, with widespread radioactive contamination and deadly animals and plants. In fact, one of the most abundant plants on the planet, is called Shiggawire and its basically living metal, like organic barded wire, which the Sardaukar use to tie up their hair and to garrotte victims with when deployed as assassins.

[@Mr.Wednesday.]

I hadn’t made the connection until you stated it but it seems obvious now

[@robwalsh9843]

This is one aspect from Dune that Warhammer 40K went with heavily: Horrifyingly brutal living conditions breeding superior warriors.

[@sethleoric2598]

Explains why the Fremen are such a match for them, both of them live in such shit environments lol.

[@cthrekgoru]

And these kind of environments always breed nicest of people XD

[@andrewofarkansas2121]

It's a small detail but I love how, in their language, the phrase "We are the Sardaukar. The Emperor's Blades. Those who stand against us fall" has a definite rhythm and it rhymes, pointing to it being a common credo/prayer/etc in their culture, the equivalent of quoting scripture

[@chrishauser1188]

Wow that's an amazing observation that just blew my mind.

[@Ovenman940]

Also, it seems like the 'ukar' in Sardaukar means 'emperor'

[@SuperRobertoClemente]

He has something like numbers on his forehead, suggesting he is machine- or clone-like in some way

[@Dawnrunner42]

@@SuperRobertoClemente nah, Salusa Secundus is a prison planet. They tattoo the prisoner ID numbers on everyone and then just leave them on the planet, where the strongest and cruellest rise to the top and are then selected to see if they're good enough to be Sardaukar.

[@reaktorleak89]

Nice catch!

[@wunkskorks2623]

The shortest and most impactful scene in the movie. The director made it abundantly clear the fanaticism and lethalness of these warriors in such a short time.

[@TheCoolCucumber]

Absolutely. And it sure does stick with you as a result.

[@mst3KGf]

As mentioned, the fact that the Sardaukar we see are older guys in their 40s at least also is a testament to their deadly nature. A soldier who makes it that long is one dangerous individual. And they have a whole army of them.

[@jameszheng4455]

lethality, not lethalness

[@wunkskorks2623]

@@jameszheng4455 Thank god for you. I could sense something was off in my life and that was it.

[@jameszheng4455]

@@wunkskorks2623 It has been my honor to help you.

[@GarlicPudding]

"Those who stand against us fall." That wasn't a boast. It's a statement.

[@Pellaeon4587]

To the Fremen, it’s a joke.

[@miriamemanueleforneris3701]

​@@Pellaeon4587 not totally, in a fight Is a 50/50 between the sardaukar and the fremen

[@Pellaeon4587]

@@miriamemanueleforneris3701 it’s not. The Fremen were so skilled in battle they couldn’t just defeat Sardaukar, but *capture* them - up until that point, such a feat was unthinkable. It absolutely astonished Hawat, who was with a bunch of Fremen at the time.

[@mbbsboi7248]

​@@miriamemanueleforneris3701not really, Fremen are definitely the most skilled warriors in the imperium

[@stephenkenney8290]

​@@mbbsboi7248Yup, about the only thing I could think of that could contest the Fremen at that stage would be thinking machines.

[@Grimmtombobulus]

One of the most haunting scenes in the movie. I really hope we get to see more of the culture and world of the villains in Part 2.

[@sebastianwillows]

Fremen tradition states that they were slaves here for several generations, so I imagine this will be on their list of targets...

[@roberthudson6284]

I wouldn't hold my breath. Denise Vilenerve doesn't want to exert himself too much between meals.

[@avengemarvel1355]

We’ll probably see more of Geidi Prime at least, since the sequel will have to cover the Baron grooming Feyd Rautha to take over

[@williamroth7527]

@@avengemarvel1355 I wonder how they will portray the atreides POW being used as a gladiator against the Na-Baron

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

I hope not, I just want a faithful book adaptation but there's so much in the book and so little time in the film that there's no room to go on tangents.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

"why does the baron need us, you guys outnumber the atreides" "atreides are shit hot yo" "WE'RE shit hot" "yes, that's... that's *why* the baron needs you, you fucking idiot"

[@attiepollard7847]

When he heard the name the emperor wanted it that's when he got into action. If the emperor commands it then it will be done

[@KonstantineMortis13]

Perhaps I'm reading into this scene too much, but Piter seems super uncomfortable, maybe since he's used to Harkonnen sadism and hedonism and is now suddenly thrust into a place where none of that matters. The Sardaukar can't be bought, sold, reasoned with, threatened, hurt in any meaningful way, and respond to neither fear nor intimidation nor the desires of the flesh. He's used to people who kill for pleasure, but those who kill simply because the Emperor wills it? Disconcerting, perhaps.

[@finnfeaver1196]

absolutely bang on imo

[@RabbitShirak]

I'm sure almost anyone in the Dune universe would feel concerned were they on a planet full of Sardaukar.

[@MrGunwitch]

It's masterful acting by Dastmalchian. Piter's uncomfortable and reserved, then baits a response from the Bashar with his comment about the Atreides being the finest warriors in the Imperium. After the Bashar responds (as anticipated) Piter immediately shifts to confidently presenting the deal of 3 battalions whilst still retaining that slight air of uneasiness.

[@cedriceric9730]

​@@RabbitShirakindeed 😂, hes on the freaking emperor's death planet . He could die on a whim and has to watch literally every letter that comes out of his mouth

[@Mayakran]

@@RabbitShirakyeah I mean these are guys who were so damned ruthless and brutal that their allies called off the war they’d commissioned them to fight in JUST to get them to stop 😂

[@ammanbansal2265]

2002: There will be no dawn for men. 2021: The Emperor commands it. It is done! Two of the most epic moments!

[@josenathanieltendencia245]

I noticed the similarities, man. Love this comment. 😁

[@thomaspostma2329]

A new power is rising!

[@Bladeki]

I gotta like this comment, _the Emperor commands it. It is done!_

[@YouTubeShoutout2]

4K quality of this scene is now re-uploaded here kzbin.info/door/Y9ExuSC6Xj1_SOqJTvDmBAvideos The previous channel were deleted. You´re welcome. Next Gen Scenes.

[@TheCoolCucumber]

I just read another comment which theorized a Dune trilogy/series, with Villenueve at the helm, could surpass the cinematic masterpiece of Lord of the Rings. And honestly, yeah... I could see it.

[@nimblehuman]

I read the Dune books back in the 1980s when I was a teenager, and have never seen any depiction of the Sardaukar or Salusa Secundus that does justice to the nightmarish brutality of their homeworld and their training like this brief scene does. The discordant chanting, mass human sacrifices complete with channels for collecting anointing blood, the sheer bleakness and despair of the whole scene, are truly haunting. Most memorable thing I have seen anywhere in a long, long time.

[@AnalogOpher]

Absolutely. Best scene in the whole movie.

[@elyastoohey6621]

@@TheCoolCucumber Paul becomes emperor, marries the emperors daughter Irulan and makes chani his concubine. Pauls abomination sister Alia kills Baron Harkonnen with a Gom Jabbar. Baron Harkonnen is Jessica's father

[@snaphaan5049]

And that's about it. The Sardaukar was pretty lame throughout the movie. Duncan was like some power fanatasy character when fighting them. Borign as hell. No tension.

[@kevinquinn7645]

It only took 76 seconds to establish the Sardaukar as the most elite troops in the galaxy and worthy opponents of the Fremen.

[@elyastoohey6621]

@@kevinquinn7645 Wait until you meet the fedaykin

[@maleitch]

If you did not experience this scene in a movie theatre then you are only getting half the experience. The low, guttural chanting over big speakers was an intimidating experience to go along with the brutal visuals. One of the better movies to come out in a long time.

[@xyaeiounn]

I found the movie's sound to be overwhelming. There are no moments of rest interrupted by danger, every second is part of some building array of torment. The technical prowess to be able to do this without shading into foolishness is incredible. The viewer is forced to feel like they are dealing with a highly energetic, complex and dangerous setting at all times. Even the quiet moments show astounding enclosed spaces as an expression of power.

[@LiteralmenteUmaMulher]

KZbin asked me to review your comment. I'm not a reviewer, I do not work or have any association with KZbin. They just shown a dialogue box underneath this comment asking for a rating (from very bad to excellent). I wonder what was that for? This comment got reported several times now they're asking the users for their opinion on it??

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

They better re-release this in IMAX just before Dune 2 gets released in theaters

[@nigelperry1686]

@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 Yes.

[@adamnesico]

To be honest, i i saw this movie twice, both in cinema and big tv, and I totally firgot about the singing and didn’t even noticed the sacrificed people.

[@MrAlexkyra]

They look like Vikings, throat sing like Mongols, have Spartan military discipline and dispose of the weak like Spartans, fight like Samurai and engage in bloody human sacrifice like the Aztecs

[@Tarnatos14]

Spartans where not diciplined in that way you think of or is shown in that scene. Dicipline there is by the word "modern", meaning a synchron moving of ppl as a body of an unit, deeply rooted in european parade culture. This kind of "dicipline of moving as a unit" dosent existed in spartan military. Especially not in any parade way. We can argue that the macedons forged something like that for there big phalanxes and sarrisas, but even then it was more used for battle itself, as for parade.

[@LandersWorkshop]

Mongols weren't the only ones who throat sang, Tacitus writes that the Germanics did it as well.

[@joeld5338]

​@LandersWorkshop yes but the most famous and well known are the Mongolians but for some reason in recent culture people think viking also had throat singing when they never had them

[@LandersWorkshop]

@@joeld5338 It's more people re-discovering that it was literal historically accurate that throat singing was a European thing AS WELL AS an Asian thing. Do you want proof? Well look no further than Tactitus' (Roman historian) account of Germans throat singing circa 100AD. You're welcome.

[@ashokkumartripathi9098]

​@@LandersWorkshopMany cultures in world had throat singing imo. But it were the Mongols that made it famous so people associates it with them.

[@nimblehuman]

Look how many people they murdered in cold blood just to put stripes on the deploying troopers. This scene beautifully captures the horrors of Salusa Secundus and of the brutal Sardaukar culture better than any depiction I've ever seen. The use of savagely-truncated English as their language is next level yet.

[@hunterspride18]

I believe those slaughtered bodies are from trainees that failed to meet the expectations set by the Sarduakar.

[@heiniknallkopp9688]

@@hunterspride18 Yes. These guys failed at training and died.

[@trebleking1641]

@@hunterspride18 Yes, recruits who've died in training. The Sardauker are Anointed with the blood of the Fallen.

[@trebleking1641]

It's not a shortened version of English. It's Imperial Galach they're speaking. They probably use a battle language when in combat, but not when talking to outsiders.

[@argokarrus2731]

So those aren't people they killed. Those are failed trainees.

[@yokgor4675]

Keep in mind, the Sardaukar during this time has already past their prime, so these dudes were even scarier during the early days of House Corrino.

[@johntitor1256]

Supposedly as skilled as a 10th-level Ginaz Swordmaster and as cunning in hand-to-hand as a Bene Gesserit adept. Scarier indeed.

[@Soyuz2578]

Wow...

[@jackmcfarlane7173]

Yeah, the Sardaukar by the time Dune takes place have been coasting on their reputation for a long time. Because no Sardaukar have ever been captured, they speak their own battle language, and no one really knows where they came from (besides Leto and Thufir Hawat), they have a terrifying mystique about them. But because of this, they basically expected the fremen to just roll over and surrender as soon as the Sardaukar showed up--they weren't expecting these desert hooligans to put up a real fight, so they end up getting stomped.

[@mbbsboi7248]

​@@jackmcfarlane7173I am from the future, having watched Dune 2, and your description is true

[@fadthetic]

​@@mbbsboi7248😂

[@thedoruk6324]

Notice that the Sarduakar leader doesnt give a slightest notice nor nod to Harkonnen mentat or about their so called deal he only repeats the conduct has been approved by the Emperor himself as that is the literally *only* thing that matters to any Sarduakar the Emperors approval or disapproval

[@ataarono]

the mentat got him by the balls when he implied that he is really impressed by the atreidis warriors, any sarduakar will carry a deep desire for martial recognition within them from their traumatic childhood :)

[@mathewharvey7726]

You have to give this Sardaukar actor credit. He makes this language sounds so good. And the amazing detail when he says something close to "Sadookah" and not "Sardaukar" like we would say it. I find in most languages they pronounce what they call themselves so different from what we would pronounce as outsiders.

[@EbenezerEibenhardt]

Err, I don't think he actually said any of his lines in this scene. If you read his lips they are much closer to the subtitles than the exotic augmented jumblespeak Denis dubbed in over it.

[@OlamRii]

They originated from a tribe called the Sardau pronounced the same way he says it

[@drewharry88]

@@EbenezerEibenhardtAgree.. Definitely ADR done by a voice actor. The actor in the scene is for sure just saying the lines in regular English.

[@valance10]

I met the actor irl, he said he just spoke english and it got dubbed over

[@tommysoliz3064]

Yeah I like how they edited him, and his look is great

[@imabott7053]

finally the Sardaukar are cinematically terrifying

[@Corellian]

One can only imagine the brutality and combat prowess of the Sardaukar commander speaking with Piter. That man has killed his fair share to reach his rank, that's for sure.

[@theblackestvoid]

The casting of this dude who is in it for less than a minute and his performance was beyond perfect.

[@SynesiosAventuresTV]

Bashar, is so scary.. And a real fanatic

[@costco_pizza]

@@SynesiosAventuresTV I really want the Bashar to make a return in Part 2. Perhaps an epic fight between him and Stilgar after he downs several Fremen with ease.

[@jamesricker3997]

He is not too happy about having to fight a battle the Harkonnens are too weak to fight

[@costco_pizza]

@@jamesricker3997 Yes I love his frustration. “Do we really have to do all the work for you?”

[@BlazerK1914]

Piter: "Atreides has the finest in the imperium, led by Thanos and Aquaman." Sardaukar Commander: "We are the Sardaukar. Those who stand against us fall."

[@perun5984]

You made my day 😂

[@user-sm6gn3nl6o]

You forgot Poe Dameron and discount Anakin Skywalker!

[@Wurzelknecht]

Pieter isn't too shabby himself. He can throw polkadots at people.

[@BlazerK1914]

@@Wurzelknecht So true😄

[@tylerm6453]

@@Wurzelknechtwho’s discount Anakin skywalker?

[@ReedyJRsup]

Hearing this in the cinema was something else

[@TheCoolCucumber]

I will always regret missing the chance to see this in IMAX

[@saiien2]

In IMAX it was epic as fu..

[@martinlatour9311]

@@TheCoolCucumber It'll come back. I'm sure they will do reruns before part2 comes out. Maybe even 2 movie combo. WIll def happen when trilogy is complete.

[@GhostHand]

The Atredies brought 6 brigades to Dune and based on the Harkonnen spice/monetary reserves they expected the Harkonnens could field 6 brigades to retake Dune. Duncan let a raid to Geidi Prime that destroyed much of the Harkonnen spice reserves to get them into this even playing field. The Atredies plan was then to gain 6 brigades of Fremen allies to fight the Harkonnens 2 to 1. They got wiped out because they didn't get the Fremen on their side fast enough and the Harkonnens went into debt to field 6 LEGIONS of Sardukar, 10 times what they were expecting (not 3 brigades as stated in this scene). Plus, no one expected the emperor to send Sardukar. Atredies troops are more than a match for Harkonnens, but Sardukar are another matter.

[@ganii1804]

ive always thought its a bit too overkill to send like almost 200 thousand fucken sardaukar when the atreides are already suffering as is in arrakis. but i guess vladimir or piter had thought that leto would try to get some fremen in his numbers so it became necessary to make such measures.

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

See I’m looking at it as If the Harkonnen’s are really that bad.. and they were left to garrison Arrakis alongside the Harkonnen’s they would make easy work further weakenining House Harkonnen

[@adomalyon1]

Thats not exactly right, there is a scene in the book where Leto and Gurney are talking and it is said by oone of them 'they'll be in here the first chance they get with Sardaukar in Harkonnen uniforms'. They knew how it would go down. Cant remember offhand who said it but its definitely there.

[@YouTubeShoutout2]

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[@joker_j1268]

Not entirely right. In the book the Duke and the Mentat Thufir miscalculated a few factors: 1. They thought the Emperor will only initiate the assault with the excuse of their poor spice production, which will be within 6 months, but the Harkonnen attacked just within *12 days* . 2. They overlooked the revenue that the House Harkonnen generated from Dune in the past 80 years. The Harkonnen literally used the power of money to the extreme during the assault on the Atredies, spending their 50 years of revenue on it such as battleships. 3. They did not know there is a traitor among them (Dr. Yueh). Disabling the shield and jamming the coms from the inside out really screwed them up and served as the final nail on their coffin.

[@jcs1025]

I don’t know that it was ever implicitly stated in the movie, but in the novel the Sardaukar were to be in Harkonnen battle gear to hide the emperor’s involvement. To the other Great Houses of the Landsraad this needed to look like the culmination of the centuries old feud between House Atreides and House Harkonnen, with the emperor staying neutral as is custom.

[@cocomaan]

They solved it in this one by making Liet reluctant to report back fairly as judge of the change during the course of the first half (harvester failure etc). The Harkonnens probably figured she wouldn’t make it out from the invasion anyway, which she didn’t.

[@costco_pizza]

@DoubleBack How terrifying to even think about. No one is a match for the Sardaukar!!!

[@davevd9944]

Wouldn't make much of a difference. Sardaukar were absolute monsters and the most brutal forces in the empire. Harkonnens are quite frankly golden shit able to pay for a large force but all wheat for the scythe. No way the Atreides wouldn't instantly recognize them

[@davevd9944]

@@costco_pizza Except Fremen. It's warrior culture vs warrior culture. Accourding to the books the Emperor sends 5 entire legions to beat Paul and the Fremen resistance....That's 150.000 of these monsters. I can't wait for that epic battle scene :D

[@RahulReddy-eq5zy]

I'll note that it is not just custom dictating that the Emperor stay neutral but by being shown to directly intervene and destroy House Atreides, he breaks the compact and privileges of the Landsraad with the Imperial household and they mention in the first novel that all the forces of the Landsraad would prove a match for all of the Emperor's Sardukar Seeing an English Civil War type situation between the Landsraad and the Emperor would have been hype as fuck

[@ChrisLMills]

A culture so brutal that it balances being alive and dead to the point of the transition being irrelevant, thus bearing the ultimate warriors.

[@shaneomahony4426]

That is a beautiful sentence, thank you for that.

[@orionion]

Subtitles for the Sardaukar who've lost their hearing in combat: "Na! Šadukə, ki ukabāde. Sakusə akista fāde. Ta abula kamanzi. At sa da." (Provided by the Imperial Veteran's Association)

[@whatever3132]

I think the linguist they had for the movie basically said that in order to move faster in battle, they essentially have removed several syllables from English to make it more efficient. They are speaking English, just with parts of the word removed. "No! We are the Sardaukar!" becomes "N. th Sardaukar!" which when spoken fast sounds like "Nah! Sardaukar!" “Those who stand against us fall!” becomes “ se-who st- gai-st u- falla “ which said fast sounds like “suh-oost-ageesta-fallah” or as you have written "Sekuse akista fade"

[@VolkovVelikan]

This is the biggest Sardaukar language flex

[@orionion]

@@whatever3132 The spelling I used for the joke I copied off some article detailing the language. I know from Russian transliteration that Š is like the English S but sounds more like Sh or a snake hissing. Not sure what that line above "fāde" means. A double vowel?

[@whatever3132]

@@orionion The line over a vowel is called a macron (no relation to the French president). It means it's a long vowel. When that is there, the letter is pronounced how the letter sounds in the alphabet. So ā would be pronounced like the letter itself: aye. It's in this word to indicate that while "a" is pronounced like the letter, it is separate from the "e" at the end, so you would still pronounce the "e," hence the need for the line to tell you. So the word would be pronounced feydeh, and not feyd.

[@bertojr8987]

​@orionion does that article have the first part of Bashar's dialogue?

[@ghandi90]

This is perfect film making, the perfect example of less is more. No exposition. Just visuals with a bit of dialogue to show how formidable and impressive the Sardaukar are. Amazing scene, amazing introduction!

[@MSUParker]

I remember in theaters how LOUD this scene was. Excited to see the sequel.

[@costco_pizza]

Just be ready for the scene with the Sardaukar. They are absolutely TERRIFYING in Part Two!! 😱

[@praetor9822]

They have served the dark will of Corrino Emperors for millennia. Eyes as dark as night, teeth filed to fangs. Soulless. The personal guard to Emperor Shaddam IV himself, the Corrino warrior elite. The deadliest fighting force in the Known Universe. The Sardaukar.

[@marza339]

300

[@renatovicenziofrancesconis4476]

Eso es la descripción que se hace de los Inmortales, la guardia personal de Jerjes, en 300.-

[@squamish4244]

I like how these are not young men - the one guy could have been in his 50s. Elite warriors who have had a long time to get really good at what they do. Roman centurions were allowed to serve indefinitely, as long as their skills held up, such was their value - although these men were allowed the luxury of riding horseback beside their trudging legionnaires, and better food and lodgings. Two centurions were recorded as serving until the ages of 75 and 80, which is theoretically possible with great genetics, great luck and great ability.

[@borodatborodat6511]

young yellowmouths don't make any sense in a real fight

[@greatmightypanda]

Remember as well, Salusa Secundus is a prison planet as far as anyone else is concerned. These are people who would have already committed crimes, been forced to serve a sentence surviving on a hellscape and only then be incorporated as a military force. So 40+ is defo reasonable

[@ST0AT]

@@greatmightypanda Sardaukar start training at the age of 6. I don't think there's a lot of hardened 6 year-old criminals out there, even like 20k years into the future. It's likely they are children of the actual convicts, taken away and indoctrinated as soon as they learned to walk.

[@squamish4244]

@@ST0AT I got the impression that House Corrino spread the story that Salusa Secundus was only a prison planet, and not a place where many generations of people were intentionally kept in order to produce supersoldiers. Not even the Baron seemed aware of this until Hawat pointed it out to him.

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

​@@greatmightypandaThat's how they started out but by the time of Dune they've become a proper society.

[@Era-Core]

The World Building in this scene was amazing. It's practically pouring with water, and yet people are sacrificed, blood flows freely, and their blood used as warpaint, a planet plentiful in water, almost drowning in it even. But Arrakis? Water might as well be a myth to that place, one's own spit, sweat, hell, even our shit and piss are a treasure two people dying of thirst would literally kill each other just to get moisture.

[@TheCoolCucumber]

Unless you're a special tree. Then you get a whole bunch of free water every day. Must be nice to be a tree.

[@muaddibsbro9429]

Even crying for loved ones is looked down upon on Arrakis due to the loss of water.

[@johntitor1256]

​@@TheCoolCucumber They hated those trees in the book, mainly because they consume about five times of a man's daily water needs. They were only planted in Arrakeen by the previous occupants as a statement: "Look at all the water I can waste on these stupid trees while you die of thirst. Glory to the Baron or somesuch."

[@johntitor1256]

​@@muaddibsbro9429 "Giving water to the dead" is one of the most profound things a Fremen can do for the dead in the book. When Paul shed a tear for Jamis during his funeral, the Fremen in attendance were absolutely touched by the gesture.

[@anticom6099]

This also foreshadows the downfall of the Sardaukar. As tough as they are, as inhospitable their planet may be in other ways, they are not accustomed to doing battle under the even-harsher conditions that the Fremen had been thriving in for millennia on Arrakis.

[@nimblehuman]

Watching the movie again with subtitles, the first 3 words of this chant (approximately "ha'mm-bat-bagiww") are translated as "Dreams are messages from the deep" in the very first 5 seconds of the movie. Amazing voice.

[@peybak]

Oh yeah. Good catch. The chant starts with the same words that start the movie. I wonder what the rest of the lyrics say.

[@lagrangepoint9386]

@@peybak Aggressive throat clearing.

[@blueshit199]

does any part of the chant in this scene correlate with the opening of part 2?

[@Patrick-pv9pe]

@@peybak "May the Schwartz be with you!"

[@thecornseller]

As a history nerd, I love how the Sardaukar culture is inspired by so many militaristic cultures and empires, like the Aztecs, Mongols, Vikings, shogunate Japan, and maybe even the Ottomans

[@Jattmafia313]

They are also putting a tika on there foreheads like Hindus

[@mentatemre]

I always visualized them in my head as a mixture of German-Ottoman style, WW1 style.

[@harveyspecter1855]

@@Jattmafia313 yeah like before going on a war....

[@latriciabattles113]

This scene reminded me of the Mayans sacrificing in Apocalypto. It was deep and dark and I’ve watched this scene so many times.

[@Marcara081]

They took all the cool bits from Age of Empires 2 and transformed it into a single civilization.

[@moviebad109]

Seeing this in theaters, with the rumbling sound system was such an experience. Denis, the cast, and crew did phenomenal work selling the brutal discipline of the imperial legions.

[@costco_pizza]

As far as I’m concerned anyone who streamed this movie at home needs to be arrested. I am glad Part 2 won’t allow anyone to do that.

[@FerreusVir]

I love that they did the Sardaukar so well in this movie, truly badass without actually showing it. Now, the hype for the Fedaykin is so high for me! Knowing that there's a force that simply eclipses the Sardaukar in combat prowess and fanaticism is something I can't wait to see.

[@cbass7283]

Considering that fremen children are better at killing than sardaukar

[@costco_pizza]

I didn’t like how he made the Sardaukar such bumbling fodder for Duncan though. I understand he is a better fighter, but they could have at least had him struggle a bit with them instead of just mowing through them all.

[@adamnesico]

They won’t show the fedaykin, they don’t want to do any association of the fremen with jihad.

[@valance10]

​@@adamnesicoWhich is fucking stupid, Dune has masses of Islamic themes and they're refusing to touch on them

[@lowellcalavera6045]

@@costco_pizzaThat was the character. Idaho was well k own as a fighter far superior to most others, a natural born killer, and arguably the best sword man in the Imperium.

[@eff_gee321]

The way he uses that unexplainable singing to inspire some weird feeling in you. This is literal telepathy.

[@molegrip3860]

One of the most memorable scenes of any movie in the last few decades. Dune is nothing short of a masterpiece.

[@juju-nl9te]

you definitely haven't seen Barbie with ryan gosling and margot robbie please educate yourself before making such statement.

[@renatoigmed]

@@juju-nl9te 😂

[@synchc]

I love the little mentat thing Piter does at the end of the conversation. A quick calculation or memorization? Awesome detail and facial acting, easily missed.

[@TheBigCastle9]

I am asking myself the same question

[@nano65114]

I totally missed that! Thanks.

[@lufasumafalu5069]

the original Piter from the book wont be as docile like this movie piter.. what a farce

[@thomascollette6322]

@@lufasumafalu5069 He isn't docile at all in this scene. He manipulates the Sardaukar commander quite adeptly. Pay attention to the dialog.

[@lufasumafalu5069]

@@thomascollette6322 he looked like scared cat.. and sardaukar commander practically ignored piter the whole time

[@theblackestvoid]

Best bad guys since the Uruk Hai.

[@NotoriousBroadcasts]

The way the Sarducar chief responds, to the mention of Duncan Idaho, it’s obvious they hate his guts.

[@hotelmario510]

This is one of the best scenes in the movie because it's just a bunch of Weird Space Shit that goes completely unexplained. It's fantastic. Exactly what you want from a _Dune_ movie.

[@Bergen98]

There were two scenes that took my breath away and that I wanted to be repeated, right then and there in the movie theatre. One - when Baron rises above his throne. Second one - this one. I kept postponing reading the book, but after this masterpiece I finally decided to read it myself. And what was told by Leto Atreides to Paul was actually pretty interesting. No one in the Imperium actually knows where do Sardaukar come from. People think that they are brought up from around the Empire and taught on Salusa Secundus. Truth is - they are made by the planet. That planet is so difficult to survive on - that kids from birth are basically forced to survive and be strong warriors. They are also forced to be extremely loyal to their Emperor and no one else - this is why nobody can't disobey him. Only Arrakis could compare with it - and that is why Leto Atreides wanted alliance with Freemen.

[@unsaletype1106]

It's a planet-prison, forbidden by the Emperor because it build the strongest soldiers. And the fact that untrained fremens are already superior to Sardaukars one on one is the reason the Emperor couldn't allow Leto to govern Arrakis. It was a one stone two birds situation: supress Leto and his influence on the Houses while making sure the Harkoddens (or whatever it's spelled) will remain under his control by making them rule illegally. I started reading the books after the movie too, you know it's a good movie when it pushes you to the source material.

[@JonCreates]

Herbert was a geologist, and wrote the book from that point of view, which is what makes it so deep and fascinating. He held that humans live symbiotically with the planet they live on. They shape the planet, and the planet shapes them. Harkonnens, Atreides, Fremen. I love how much detail he goes into about 'planetology'. I thought it very interesting he made a point of saying that only the toughest survive till their 7th birthday on Selusa, whereas you do well to survive 3 days on Arrakis. Such great positioning for the final battle.

[@ArchAngelWC]

@@JonCreates which makes people harder...living in a completely shit area full of rocks and death....or living in a completely shit area with sand and dehydration and mo death.....Find out in Dune II Alia lives.....also remember at this point the Sardukar haven't had a real fight in a millennia....which completely gobsmacks them when they encounter the Fremen and start getting shanked....so like Humans they and the Hark going with the same logic "If we are brutal enough they will break" forgetting the Planet itself fixes that....its brutal you cant live there if your going to break because it will break you long before anything else gets a chance

[@JonCreates]

@@ArchAngelWC Oh I've read the book, I'm aware.

[@snaphaan5049]

Pity the Sardaukar was pretty lame in fights. Duncan was like some power fanatasy character when fighting them. Boring as hell. No tension.

[@tokyodove]

To those people who aren't sure if DV is going to do Part 2 justice: don't forget that there is no scene describing the Sardaukar like this in the books- DV created it for the movie. We're in safe hands.

[@kneedropperr]

Yeah, but that was actually an important plot point that the movie skipped over.

[@nicolasfigueiredo6167]

@@kneedropperr What did he miss? I didn't see the movie

[@kneedropperr]

@@nicolasfigueiredo6167 There was no scene describing the Sardaukar in the books because no one knew anything about them. They were just an elite force that came in and wrecked everything without explanation. I don't think they even explicitly say the Sardaukar are aligned with the Emperor, people just kind of assumed (correctly) they served the Emperor. It's been a while since I've read the novel, but I remember it being important to the story that Leto (or maybe it was Thufir Hawat) figuring out where the Sardaukar came from, and that they must have gone through hellish training under equally horrible conditions to become the stuff of nightmares that they were. Atreides conscripts were well-trained, but Leto needed soldiers that lived through hell every day to take on the Sardaukar. That's where the Fremen come in.

[@thespiralgoeson]

This scene, and several other scenes in this film, demonstrate beautifully how a film adaptation doesn't need to just be slavishly loyal to the source material, but can even improve upon the source material by bringing something new to the table. For those who haven't read the novel, the throat-singing like chant is not in it at all, same with the mysterious blood ritual they seem to be performing. All of this totally original to the film, as are several other masterful touches- such as the Baron's freaky humanoid spider pet thing, Liet-Kynes's death scene, and the bizarre black sludge chemical bath that the Baron heals in after being poisoned. None of those things are in the novel, and yet they are totally faithful to the novel because they fit into the world of Dune so seamlessly. I'm sure if Frank Herbert were alive, he would love them (just like he actually liked the much-maligned weirding modules in David Lynch's film.)

[@VideoMask93]

Heck, even the Baron getting some of the poison isn't in the book-he just barely escapes without a scratch in the novel.

[@RollingSwarm]

I recently finished the first Dune book and was constantly enjoying new information from the novel itself and added details from VD's movie adaptation. You're spot on - loyal to the source material and world building without being constrained by it! I really hope VD relents and does release an extended cut of the first movie though - there's apparently so many scenes they shot that didn't make it into the final film - and I bet they're ALL epic.

[@kiwijedi6442]

Girl: "He's probably out cheating on me." The boys:

[@TooLateForIeago]

Poor Piter: "We are sardukar! The emprah's blades! Those who stand against us fall," the bashar shouts. "Just so," Piter says meekly, but inwardly thinks, "That's the point, you muscle-minded tank-brain! Figure it out."

[@qswe1387]

"Hamburger Cheeseburger Big mac Whopper"

[@daedra1175]

“And a side of FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSS.”

[@SilverSpoon_]

why must americans always make a joke about food.

[@VelvetCzar]

If Denis is smart, which he obviously is... if he were to continue Dune besides part 2 which is confirmed, he could possibly have one of the greatest movie series ever created. To rival Harry Potter and the LOTR. I PRAY that he doesn't stop, because if he keeps this up, this train could be amazing to the likes we've never seen before.

[@wtfhellas]

The emperor wills it.!

[@inventorking9124]

He’s confirmed that he wants to adapt Messiah into a movie.

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

@@inventorking9124 That's a good start.

[@MsDragonbal776]

The guys a master director. His main limitation on this series will be wether or not they allow him to see through the full completion of the saga.

[@spook407]

you did not just say harry potter

[@alexandermashin5515]

Eugene Prigozhin is recruiting inmates for PMC "Wagner".

[@davos6900]

Same though bro don’t know why😂

[@yoggz2024]

Probably the single most incredible piece of cinema I've ever seen.

[@Jaris84R]

1:08 when the sardaukar stand up as one, your heart skips a beat

[@Hotpocketmountiandew]

This is also how I get ready for work in the mornings.

[@t500010000]

There is huge similarities between Sardaukar and the desert people. Both raised in harsh conditions where few survive and those that do survive are amazing warriors.

[@MalrickEQ2]

I dunno why it's shown so harshly though - I'm reading the 3rd book now and it seems like Salusa Secundis is a pretty nice planet - green all over and stuff.

[@razorburn645]

@@MalrickEQ2 Are you being serious? Paul ordered the SS be improved so it was no longer a harsh training ground. Perhaps you need to read more carefully since that is a plot point.

[@razorburn645]

Leto II ended up bringing the newly retrained legion of Sardaukar into his army by the end of the third book.

[@MalrickEQ2]

@@razorburn645 Why would he reward his enemies lol?

[@razorburn645]

@@MalrickEQ2 So. They. Do. NOT, have a harsh world to train elite troops. It's not a reward. Paul was trying to de-claw his enemy. Maybe try something a bit closer to your reading level since you need someone to explain the basics of the plot for you three books in.

[@DocBryson]

I’ve watched this scene probably a dozen times or more and I just noticed the effect on Piter de Vries’ eyes at the very end. Similar to Thufir Hawat when he was calculating the cost of traveling with the Spacing Guild.

[@RahulReddy-eq5zy]

Yeah cause they're both Mentats

[@DS-gf3xb]

Vaxed to the max.

[@aliensinmyass7867]

I wish I could throat sing like that guy. Sounds so digital, every sound stops and starts instantly.

[@buck3336]

You can't truly appreciate the music and sounds in this movie unless you have an amazing surround system in your home or you watched it in a Great movie theater.

[@Malletdude31]

I like how subtle the whole thing is. The shot of the soldiers being drained of blood is maybe less than 2 total seconds. Combined with the rain, all you see is liquid in those little channels, and you can only tell it's blood for like, a millisecond when they scoop out more and it falls and you can see the red color. So much understated horror in this scene.

[@Slug99]

I actually like that the subtitles are just a little bit slower than normal, makes it clear that the mentat isn't working in real time translation.

[@vampyr75]

A fitting visual for this military force environment. Earie, creepy, chilling to the bone and the chant...wow...all of it combined is scary AF. Indescribable menacing feeling.

[@DiegoM265]

Official translation: A blood-black nothingness began to spin. A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem. And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played.

[@Jobe-13]

Whoah.

[@petaisajoke]

Coolest scene in the whole movie, feels very ‘far future of humanity’

[@finnickumgalbard597]

The Sardaukar held the Imperium for 10k years. The Fremen jihadis were backed, trained and enhanced by Mua'dib himself. Sardaukar. The Emperor's Blades.

[@Fireclaws10]

The Fremen weren’t trained by Mua’Dib. They were that powerful already, from surviving the desert.

[@timmyc3152]

@@Fireclaws10 they were trained also in the weirding way

[@bc3f4a]

Am I the only one who thought the Salusa Secundus is an ice planet? Something opposite of the Dune. But equally harsh.

[@chemlite4060]

I always pictured it like mordor lol

[@Armanelos]

I think there is an outline of Salusa Secundus's enviroment given by Herbert somewhere in the books. I always thought it's full of extremes, volcanic eruptions, frost and snow storms, hurricanes etc. My idea is based on the fact that the planet's recent climate is a result of years of weather and climate control, as it is a former imperial capital planet. They did it in order to inhibit natural disasterious events like storms, and after a bit, the climate just snapped.

[@romancing666]

Apparently, It's got London's weather.

[@thedragondemands5186]

it got nuked on a planetary scale thousands of years ago and never recovered. So it's sort of like a cold, nuclear wasteland, a blasted ruin.

[@BouncingTribbles]

I'd say this is a decent opposite to Dune. Not quiet a monsoon, but rain is something you'd never see on Dune

[@kummer45]

The famous Sardaukar are better exemplified here with a Nordic aura and Mongolian guttural singing. I can roll with this. Would be deeply interesting to know how these soldiers are formed and what are those dead bodies. This seems more elaborated than the previous representations.

[@christiandiaconu7315]

This might need some confirmation from canonical material, but as for the bodies, I've heard that they are trainees that died during Sardaukar training. Pretty messed up stuff lol

[@jacksonbehrens461]

@@christiandiaconu7315 Not dead yet! Only slowly bleeding out horrifyingly. Yes they are trainees, but also just the weakest members of their culture as most sardaukar are killers/in training since before they were teenagers. Dog eat dog prison planet.

[@kummer45]

@@jacksonbehrens461 I thought these where some sort of prisoners or detainees since the planet is like a penitentiary. We need more information on the sardaukar formation and their origins. That info is in the books but I want to see what the directors and actual writers pick up from the books.

[@thedragondemands5186]

the artbook said they envisioned them as having the ferocity of a Viking berserker crossed with the incredible discipline of a Samurai.

[@thedragondemands5186]

@@christiandiaconu7315 only the strongest survive on Salusa

[@AlephNeil]

Where this film really shines are exactly these "scene setting" montages. I'm in awe at how well this one is done - how little we actually see, yet how efficiently it tells us all we need to know. (There are many other, similar sequences throughout the film.)

[@muhlenberg2608]

"The Emperor commands it. It is done."

[@RichSmithson]

My god let this guy produce Warhammer 40k movies.

[@FellipeNavarro]

If Dune Part II doesn't have these Saradukar chants, I'm going to be really pissed!

[@lina.998]

this is still one of my personal favorite scenes. We don't even visit Salusa Secundus in the first Dune book yet this just so impressive and tells you everything you need to know about them

[@Hawkgoulet]

It's other worldly but also human. It's futuristic but also ancient. It's scary but also motivating. One of the best scenes I've ever scene in a movie.

[@Volvith]

Loyalty to beyond death. Brutality surpassing the barbaric. Disciplined to a blade's edge. And a dynastic, ritualistic fervor to shape the weapon that is the Sardaukar. In under a minute, you know exactly what drives them, what the fundamentals of their culture are, and what they are both willing and capable of accomplishing. Within mere moments, you know exactly what the Sardaukar are, and what it means to stand against them. This is cinematography _mastered_ in the utmost literal definition of the word. Audio-visual storytelling with surgical precision, to show you in moments what a chapter of writing could not convey. Denis Villeneuve, the director, is a cinematic genius. The man damn near turns directing, one of the most creative fields out there, into an exact science. I cannot understate how impressive it is to turn something as subjective as cinematography into something so objectively brilliant. Lighting, atmosphere, placement, order of presentation, scope, audio-visual coherence, the language, and all with a minimalist precision... Everything is intertwined, and it just clicks. In one word: Lasting. I for one, cannot wait to see this tale continued.

[@chevin0]

the downgrade of the Sardukar in Part 2 made me so sad, there was nothing brutal or terrifying about them. Part 1 they were terrifying and one of the best parts of the movie.

[@_ArsNova]

Yes. They are fighting an army of Fremen, the most skilled warriors in the known universe, on their home turf, while riding and army of sandworms and led by the Kwisatz Hadderach. They are supposed to get decimated.

[@chevin0]

@@_ArsNovaMy understanding is that the Sardukar and Fremen were close enough to peers, Sardukar would hunt Fremen for a real fight. I'm not talking about the worms or the ones who got nuked. I'm talking me about the ones who got the Dothraki treatment, running into battle and then just silence. And they didn't need to win, obviously they were never going to win, but the ones in 2 were cleaned up, more civilized, less fierce, they were like the Kingsguard, sort of just knights. In the first one, they felt like demons in human shape, with the blood sacrifice and the brutal language. Remembr the first one, how the Atriedes soldiers were never going to win, never supposed to win, but it was clear that they were still badasses? the badass spirit got taken out of the Sardukar in 2, totally sanitized.

[@PR_nick]

Amasing. Pure power of trained troopers in short conversation.

[@eros330762]

Dark Brandon after initiating his army of 87,000 IRS agents

[@101Phase]

00:45 he literally just said that the Atreides Legions are better than the Sardaukar to the commander's face, and that it's because they have superior training! He just insulted both the Sardaukar and the commander personally in one sentence! And the best part is, that's exactly what he needed to say to motivate the commander to go from not taking the mission seriously to proving him wrong. Nevermind Duncan or Gurney, Piter de Vries is the greatest badass in Dune!

[@Desmaad]

He certainly has a planet's load of nerve!

[@cammccarthy686]

He didn't need to motivate him, the emperor commanded it so it is done just like he said.

[@hammerfight5396]

I’ve watched this scene on this video one thousand eight hundred and fourth two times. I just watched it right now, and I am going to watch it again.

[@jdb9388]

There was an eerie ruthlessness about this race, like void of any humanity and unbridled violence

[@tonyc.4392]

I'm so ready for David Dastmalchian to blow up. He was a standout in this amazing movie and pretty much everything else he's in, so somebody give him lead roles already!

[@chrisstark2000]

Goes to show the sardurkar are always ready for any house to be destroyed. How they knew about the harkonen and atreides numbers. Forgive me if I've spelled anything wrong lol

[@Spiderfisch]

The greatest scene in cinema history

[@simonsaysssss]

whoever thought of this throat singing language is a GENIUS

[@WozzyWatkins]

Everyone should gather together just to recreate this scene in perfection

[@Jeff--vq4zb]

Chechenya getting ready.

[@perinmolitor2312]

Not the only one who thought that. Also got annihilated as well

[@user-mc1it9ct5j]

I love the way the Sardukar language sounds! It’s harsh and sounds like a hiss with an undertone of machinery.

[@PaulTaka123]

The guy at the beginning with the chant gives me the shivers every time and i have watched that part over a 100 times

[@louispeeters1151]

These kind of scenes and artistic explorations offer such an enrichment to the story. They really flesh out the very peculiar dune universe in ways the books often don't, since they are often more focussed on the intrigues between characters and their thoughts & plans. The descriptions of cultures, people, places outside of Arrakis, functionaries and technology are often somewhat made into abstracts or just kinda left aside to make space for the philosophy of the main characters in the later novels, so things like these really make the story more complete in my opinion. Not to throw shade on the books of course, love them, but there's just quite some space left to discover the dune universe and I think this movie and hopefully upcoming ones do exactly that.

[@MRide3000]

Never saw the original or read the books, but this scene was by far my favorite from this film. By far.

[@andrewsampson3236]

God I love this scene, gives me chills down my spine every time

[@benisaten]

Well done. So much is portrayed in these couple minutes alone. Brutal and disciplined.

[@shadowhawks795]

This is one of the deepest an one of the darkest movies I ever seen, this was a true masterpiece alot of the tattoos I got was when I was listening to the soundtrack at full blast, it's mind altering. The sound track alone is probably one of hans zimmer's most darkest yet.