Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is the secondary antagonist of Dune: Part Two.
He is an ambitious yet sadistic descendant of House Harkonnen and the younger brother of the brutal "Beast" Rabban, thus serving as the youngest nephew of the insidious Vladimir Harkonnen himself.
History[]
Feyd-Rautha is the nephew of Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard) and younger brother of Rabban (Dave Bautista). Despite being the youngest, he is the one who will inherit Giedi Prime, the Harkonnen home planet. At some time he was said to have murdered his mother.
The character, like Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), comes from a lineage carefully planned by the Bene Gesserit, who wanted to create their own Kwisatz Haderach. However, their plan ends up not being consolidated, as it consisted of marrying the Atreides' daughter to Feyd-Rautha. After Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) gives Leto (Oscar Isaac) a son, the women's plan is put on hold.
Without an Atreides, Feyd-Rautha must then marry Princess Irulan of Corrino. But because of the turbulent relationship between Houses Atreides and Harkonnen, the risk of one or both of the young men being killed, destroying thousands of years of genetic engineering, was so great that the Bene Gesserit sent an emissary, Margot Fenring (Lady Margot), to seduce Feyd and conceive a child, saving her genetic material to be used to make a Kwisatz Haderach should Paul fail.
Personality[]
Feyd is similar to his brother Rabban, but at the same time very different; Like Rabban, Feyd is a sadist and experienced killer, feared within House Harkonnen, who has little regard for human life. But at the same time, he is more cautious than his older brother, more intelligent and, in some ways, more dangerous.
This combination of traits makes Feyd his uncle Vladimir's favorite, and the male's chosen heir to be his successor.
According to Margot Feyd, he is a psychopath, cruel, highly intelligent, extremely motivated by honor, and has sadomasochistic tendencies. Margot also describes Feyd as vulnerable, sexually speaking.
Quotes[]
- Mohiam: "Paul is not our only prospect. The Baron's youngest nephew, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, will inherit Arrakis. He may be the answer."
- Irulan: "Feyd-Rautha? He's psychotic."
- Mohiam: "That is irrelevant. The question is: can we control him? And I intend to find out."
- — The Bene Gesserit discuss Paul & Feyd[src]
- Paul: "I'm happy to finally meet you... cousin."
- Feyd: "Cousin? Is that right? Well, you won't be the first family member I've killed."
- Paul: "May thy knife chip and shatter."
- Feyd: "...may THY knife chip and shatter!"
- — The Harkonnen duel[src]
"You fought well, Atreides..." - Last words
Trivia[]
The character was played by three actors in different versions. The first, directed by David Lynch in 1984, Sting gave life to a more cyberpunk version of the character with blazing orange hair. The second was by Matt Keeslar in the 2000 miniseries. The third, directed by Denis Villeneuve, is handled by Elvis actor Austin Butler.
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