‘Dune: Part Three’ Is About the ‘Idea of a Divorce’

All relationships face challenges, but there’s definitely a particular anguish tied into the couple at the heart of the Dune series. After falling in love across Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune: Part Two, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya) parted ways on decidedly bad terms at the end, not least of which was his decision to marry someone else as part of his messianic power grab: Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh).

Even without the future of the galaxy at stake, that would…