Is Chani black?

Though portrayed by Sean Young, a white woman, in Lynch's version, Herbert's text describes Chani as dark skinned. She's portrayed by Zendaya in Villeneuve's version, who—as we see in the photos from Vanity Fair—has the character's trademark blue eyes, which indicates melange usage, a symbol of pride for the Fremen.
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What race is Chani?

In the novel, Dune and (presumably) the upcoming film adaptation, Chani is a Fremen, a native of Arrakis.
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What is Chani supposed to look like?

Physical appearance. Chani was described as skinny with an elfin face and had pure, dark blue eyes with no white in them. She had long tawny-red hair.
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What is Paul Atreides supposed to look like?

Paul Atreides

Paul is the main protagonist of Dune and the heir of House Atreides. He receives a fair amount of detailed description beginning in the first chapter of the novel, and is described as having a small build, with black hair, "an oval face", "long lashes", "thin nose", and a strong bone structure.
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Is Leto Atreides black?

Leto I – tall, dark olive skin, angular face, gray eyes. Of Greek descent. “The Duke was tall, olive-skinned. His thin face held harsh angles warmed only by deep gray eyes.” From chapter 1 of Dune.
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Is stilgar black?

Appearance. Stilgar was a thin man, with darkly veined hands a thin nose and a full-lipped mouth in a glistening black beard.
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What color is Paul Atreides?

Appearance. In his youth, Paul was a small boy with an oval face, with tousled coal-colored hair and green eyes.
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Why do eyes turn blue in Dune?

Herbert's novel states that blue eyes are a result of being addicted to spice. Perhaps not wanting to imply that an entire race is addicted to drugs, Villeneuve includes a scene explaining that the Fremen's eyes have turned blue simply because of their constant exposure to spice in the sands of Arrakis.
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What is in their nose in Dune?

A nose plug worn to collect moisture from exhaled air.

From Dune, by Frank Herbert. Here are a couple of additional quotes: "In the open desert, you wear this filter across your face, this tube in the nostrils with these plugs to insure a tight fit.
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Is Paul Atreides a Harkonnen?

However, the Harkonnen bloodline continued to exist through Bene Gesserit breeding programs for more than 1500 years thereafter, and ultimately through the mingling with the Atreides bloodline, with Paul Atreides being the grandson of Vladimir Harkonnen.
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Why does Paul see Chani?

Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica, encounter Arakkis's native people, the Fremen, as they're escaping the Harkonnens plot to kill them and seize control of Arrakis. That's when Paul finally meets Chani. She is the Fremen woman put in charge of guiding Paul, teaching him the way of the Fremen.
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Did Paul Atreides love Chani?

As the novel closes, Paul reaffirms his love for Chani, telling her he has loved her for five thousand years.
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How much of Dune is Zendaya in?

The Los Angeles Times calculated that Zendaya appears for only seven minutes of Dune's two-and-a-half-hour runtime, despite being credited as one of the main stars of its A-list ensemble and appearing alongside lead Timothée Chalamet at virtually every interview and premiere for the sci-fi epic.
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Is Chani a Bene Gesserit?

Sure to be a major feature of the sequel, the Weirding Way is the Fremen term for the Bene Gesserit martial art known as prana-bindu. Already a skilled warrior among the Fremen, Chani becomes even more powerful after being trained in the Weirding Way by Paul and Lady Jessica.
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Does Chani kiss Paul?

The trailer for the highly anticipated feature film Dune was released on Thursday. In the clip shared by Warner Bros, Timothee Chalamet's Paul Atreides and Zendaya's Chani share a kiss. The romance blossoms during a frightening war on her desert planet Arrakis which is mined for precious resources.
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Can you pee in a stillsuit?

Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads. In the open desert, you wear this filter across your face, this tube in the nostrils with these plugs to ensure a tight fit. Breathe in through the mouth filter, out through the nose tube.
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Who has blue eyes in Dune?

Ever since the first Dune trailer debuted, moviegoers unfamiliar with Frank Herbert's acclaimed science-fiction novel Dune may have been confused as to why, in Denis Villeneuve's Dune, Zendaya's eyes are blue. She's not alone, of course.
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Is a real stillsuit possible?

How feasible are actual Stillsuits for future astronauts on Mars? Fortunately, we've been doing something similar to Dune's Stillsuits for a while now on the International Space Station. "There is an entire closed-loop system onboard the [International Space Station] dedicated to water," NASA says.
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Why are there no guns in Dune?

Also some knives, like the Fremen's crysknife, is a sacred object. Crysknives are taked from the teeth of the great sandworm, giving them an extra oomph of honor and religious prestige. So that's why there are “no” guns in Dune. It's because it's smarter, and objectively cooler, to fight in close quarters.
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Is Paul Atreides allergic to spice?

Chani can smell spice on Paul and wonders if it is an allergy, but Jessica says those tests were negative. Chani asks if they have makers with them, and Jessica confirms it, saying that each battle needs a blessing. Chani knows that Paul does not partake of the spice drug, and asks for the unchanged Water from a maker.
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Why are computers banned in Dune?

In the Dune universe, AI was banned as a result of the Butlerian Jihad, which occurred 10,000 years before the events of the story. The Jihad was a Luddite crusade on a galactic scale, and its chief commandment was: “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind.”
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Is Dune whitewashed?

Lynch's version was whitewashed from top to bottom, but at least its script included both “Zensunni” and “jihad” to tie the Fremen to the ethnic and religious foundations of Herbert's books. So too did the three-part miniseries that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2000.
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Is Paul Atreides Greek?

Paul and his noble family are descendants of Atreus, specifically Agamemnon — Atreus' most notable son— and thus are known as Atreides, an ancient Greek name for those who come from Atreus' direct line.
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How did they make the eyes blue in Dune 2021?

Rather than a traditional blue or green, we actually covered it in sand color. So that was our screen, the idea being that because this was generally going to be Arrakis or it was going to be the desert, it was going to be that color.
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How are Chani and Stilgar related?

Stilgar is Chani's Great Uncle on her Paternal side, according to the "Prelude to Dune" series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Stilgar's sister Frieth married Pardot Kynes and bore Chani's father Liet Kynes.
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