Paul Atreides was forced to make a difficult decision. His family, dead, and his rule thwarted by the Atreides rival House Harkonnen, Paul decided to embrace the Fremen myths concerning himself and his mother, in order to gain an army strong enough to destroy his rivals and their alliance to the Emperor, Shaddam Corrino IV.
I LOVE DUNE... the book, I mean. With so much visual coolness to draw from and such a rich story, it baffles me how cinema has missed the mark. Clearly, with a book, there is room for interpretation, and I have always interpreted Dune as a story about the making of a terrorist leader. The worms were always an interesting element. Paul Muad'Dib used the Fremen myths about Shai-hulud (the maker) and the prophesies about Lisan Al Gaib (the voice from the outer world) as a means to build an army and exact his revenge. This drawing is my take on the sandworms.
