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He looks out across the sea at the sun sinking below the
horizon. His last sunset in the land of his birth.
MATCH CUT TO:
24 EXT. ARRAKIS - DEEP DESERT - DAWN 24
SUPER: ARRAKIS
A bright star crosses the sky: a distant spacecraft.
A MAN crosses the dune sea -- walking strangely, in broken,
erratic strides. He wears a close-fitting STILLSUIT to
protect him from this lethal landscape.
He is walking toward a massive rock formation that looks like
the back of some gigantic elephant.
In the rock’s shadows, THREE SILHOUETTES are waiting for him:
FREMEN in stillsuits.
The man throws off the mask of his stillsuit, revealing a
fierce dark beard. This is STILGAR, 45, master of the desert
and a leader among the Fremen.
High above, he sees the Guild Heighliner in orbit -- pale in
the dark blue sky, like another moon. As he watches, the
ships of the Atreides fleet begin to emerge.
STILGAR
So. He has come.
25 EXT. ARRAKEEN LANDING - DAY 25
A sprawling spaceport: miles of concrete landing pads and
cavernous hangars. There are spaceships large and small, and
ORNITHOPTERS: aircraft that beat their wings like insects.
The Atreides flagship touches down. The largest ship in view.
On the perimeter of the field, Arrakeen natives have turned
out to watch the Atreides arrive: thousands of people outside
the barricades, huddling in the shade of the fences.
26 INT. ATREIDES FLAGSHIP - BOARDING RAMP 26
Flanked by bodyguards in combat armor, Leto, Jessica, Paul,
and Gurney stand in darkness in the ship’s landing bay.
Waiting for the gangway to open. An ATREIDES OFFICER,
LANVILLE, gives an order to the guards.
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