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# Parables of power
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/dune-part-two-trailer-watch/
- Published: 2023-06-29T18:02:37.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-29T18:02:37.000Z
- Description: Watch the latest trailer for Dune: Part Two
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: Dune, Science Fiction, Film

Warner Bros. released a new trailer for *Dune: Part Two* this afternoon, a little over a month after it [dropped the first one](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dune-part-2-trailer-watch/). It's suitably epic, and shows off a bit of the conflict to expect in the second half of the story. 

There's a neat thing here that I'm eager to see on screen, because it's a big part of the book and of Frank Herbert's work in the series: 

"All my visions lead to horror," Paul Atreides tells Gurney Halleck.   
Gurney: "Because you lose control?"  
Paul: "Because I gain it."

This to me is one of the most interesting things about the *Dune* saga: author Herbert was interested in exploring the power of the human mind (in this universe, human intelligence – with its potential unlocked due to spice from Arrakis – allows humans to accomplish travel through space and enormous calculations, etc.) and what impact that had on people. 

There's a quote from Herbert that you might have heard: "Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible." Paul's placed \[spoilers\] in a position of enormous power by the end of *Dune*, something that has devastating consequences down the road as Herbert plays out the events of the series. 

It's a fascinating lesson, and one that we see pop up in other places: one notable example that comes to mind is Rian Johnson's *The Last Jedi*, when Luke Skywalker turns from the Jedi Order to go into a self-imposed exile, something I've wondered if it has some influence from Herbert's books...