Who betrayed the Atreides?

More specifically, the Emperor's relationship with the House Atreides, and his betrayal of Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) in the book/film. Dune Part One slowly paints a tragic portrait of what is to become of House Atreides, who have now taken up residence on the planet Arrakis per the Emperor's decree.
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Who was the traitor in House Atreides?

Yueh, a member of the Atreides house, betrays them. The Harkonnens arrive and wipe most of the Atreides out by using Sardaukar, the super-soldiers of the emperor, who is secretly helping the Harkonnens. The traitor, Dr. Yueh, hands Duke Leto over to the baron, but in his guilt he helps Jessica and Paul escape.
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Who betrayed Leto Atreides?

During the invasion Leto was betrayed by his private Suk Doctor, Wellington Yueh, and turned over to the Harkonnens. Though Yueh had given Leto the chance to kill the Baron Harkonnen using a poisoned tooth embedded in the Duke's mouth, the scheme failed.
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Why did the Emperor betray Atreides?

In the film, the answer is vague. But, much later in the original novel, Thufir Hawat puts it like this: “The Padishah Emperor turned against House Atreides because the Duke's Warmasters Gurney Hallek and Duncan Idaho had trained a fighting force — a small fighting force — to within a hair as good as the Sardaukar.
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Who betrays them in dune?

Duke Leto Atreides knows for a fact that there are not one, but two traitors within his royal household. The suspects are Lady Jessica, Dr. Wellington Yueh, Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho.
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Is Jessica pregnant in Dune?

Jessica undergoes the ritual of spice agony and replaces the dying Fremen Reverend Mother. But Jessica is pregnant during the ordeal, exposing the fetus to the same awakening of ancestral ego-memories.
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Did Thufir Hawat betray Atreides?

Unfortunately, though he knew that there was a traitor in the Atreides household, Hawat mistakenly believed it to be the Lady Jessica. Even after the successful Harkonnen/Corrino attack on Arrakis, which saw House Atreides defeated, Hawat still believed that Jessica had been the one who betrayed them, instead of Dr.
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Who killed Paul Atreides?

Back in Arrakeen, Paul (as the Preacher) speaks out against Alia to the crowd outside Alia's Temple; his words and the actions of Leto cause a riot. Reacting to his blasphemy, Alia's priests rush forward and stab Paul to death, as Alia and the remaining Atreides watch from above.
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Is the Emperor in Dune a worm?

Leto II Atreides, the God Emperor, has ruled the universe as a tyrant for 3,500 years after becoming a hybrid of human and giant sandworm in Children of Dune.
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Is Leto Atreides II evil?

Villain Protagonist: Leto II. Interesting in that he is only evil so that he can preserve humanity. This really comes out when you see how Siona and the novel's main Duncan feel about him, as they are virtually the only people who don't worship or beg of him.
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Is Paul Atreides the villain?

Paul Atreides is pitched as the hero of Dune, but there are several hints throughout the film that he could become the villain later on. The storyline of Frank Herbert's Dune novels is a sweeping epic that spans thousands of years, twisting the traditional hero's journey narrative in some interesting ways.
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What does Baron Harkonnen do to the boy?

In the scene from Dune I just referenced, a young slave boy is murdered by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, a large, boil-covered monstrosity who wears a harness that allows him to float like a lethal balloon.
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Is Dr Yueh a traitor?

They're as silent as ever, but just before a brawl breaks out, Leto realizes his guards have been killed. He's quickly shot by a poisoned dart, with the traitor found to be Dr. Yueh, the head physician.
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What happened to Dr Yueh wife Dune?

Yueh died by the hand of de Vries, stabbed in the back by the twisted Mentat who had come to the logical conclusion that the traitor had outlived his usefulness. He died with the knowledge that his wife had in fact been dead for years, slain by the Harkonnens and kept a secret, so that he could do their bidding.
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Why did Chani stab Paul Dune?

Obviously, Paul isn't stabbed by Chani, but because Chani gives him the crysknife to fight Jamis, this “destroys” the old Paul Atreides. So, Paul's vision of Chani stabbing him is a metaphor. The same goes for the sweet visions of Paul becoming friends with Jamis.
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Who kills Leto in Dune?

Duke Leto dies after being captured by the Harkonnens.

Yueh, his personal physician who was secretly working with the Harkonnens. But before Yueh hands him over, he replaces one of Leto's teeth with a poison gas capsule, telling Leto to bite down hard in order to release the deadly gas.
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Does Paul Atreides turn into a worm?

During an assassination attempt, he appears to transform into a small sandworm and defends himself before reverting to an innocent one-year-old. Genetically, he is noted to be very unusual; as he grows older, he displays an uncanny intelligence, but is very withdrawn.
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Who is the real villain in Dune?

Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is the main antagonist of the original Dune Saga, serving as the main antagonist of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune (and its many adaptations) and the posthumous overarching antagonist in its 1969 sequel, Dune: Messiah and the 1976 novel, Children of Dune.
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Why is the baron so fat?

It's implied that the Baron's weight was simply the result of his unchecked gluttony, but in the Expanded Dune universe, it's attributed to the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam purposely infecting him with a degenerative disease when he raped her.
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What was Vladimir bathing in Dune?

2 Answers. Show activity on this post. A cast and crew interview with the film's director indicates that it's 'a healing mud bath'. During one of the most striking visual scenes, the wounded Harkonnen rises ominously from a healing mud bath, a vision that came from the depths of Villeneuve's subconscious.
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Why did Thufir Hawat betray?

Due to Duke Leto's assassination attempt on Baron Harkonnen killing all of the Baron's associates, including his previous Mentat Piter De Vries, Thufir Hawat is forced to take over this advisory role to the Baron. This included poisoning Hawat to make him abide by the Baron's commands.
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Why is Lady Jessica a concubine?

Concubines were often taken by ruling members of Great Houses for companionship. This was considered an ideal practice when one wished for other Great Houses to think they were available for alliance through marriage. Duke Leto Atreides took the Lady Jessica as his concubine.
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Is Kynes a Fremen?

Dr. Liet Kynes (portrayed by Max von Sydow) was a minor character in the sci-fi film Dune. He was an imperial planetologist in service to Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, though he was also secretly a Fremen leader.
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Is Duncan Idaho a traitor?

During the long training of his final incarnation in the Bene Gesserit Keep on Gammu, Duncan had many Bene Gesserit teachers, but he despised none above the Reverend Mother Schwangyu, who was a member of the faction who opposed Mother Superior Tararza and also became a traitor to the Sisterhood for the Bene Tleilax.
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