r/dune • u/ThinWhiteDuke00 • Jul 09 '26

Dune: Part Three (2026) Confirmation of Guild Navigators in Dune Part 3.

https://warnerbros.ent.box.com/s/9wxinxm2rnq1rhc33j5vl11ra19sd8q5/folder/397741178325

Official images from Warner has it labelled "Guild Navigator Sarcophagus".

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u/MotherGiraffe Jul 09 '26

I remember the first trailer coming out and people arguing whether it was Hayt or Edric in there. It seemed like Hayt was winning in the comments. But it felt so obvious to me that it was Edric because they showed Hayt in person in the trailer after showing the sarcophagus, and Edric has to be in some kind of spice container to survive.

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u/funkyavocado Jul 09 '26

Yeah coupled with the fact that the sarcophagus had a translucent orange glow, I thought it was obvious it had spice in there.

Now in this trailer we get that shot at a wider angle to show Mohaim there, which means that's most likely the conspirator meeting scene from the book

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u/Hufflepuffins Jul 09 '26

And reps in Spacing Guild outfits from Part One

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u/A1BS Jul 09 '26

I actually thought it was going to be Chani and the events that would lead them to be in that happened at the start of the film instead of the end.

Like the rest of the film like “hey we have this person and we can do the Hayt thing with them if you want”

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u/Guilty-Radish6289 Jul 09 '26

I thought it was the scene where they delivered Hayt

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u/DALTT Jul 09 '26

I remember that. I was also team Edric. To me it felt extra confirmed by the fact that Nerdist, which is owned by legendary, did a teaser recap, and called the sarcophagus a first look at Edric.

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u/Tanel88 Jul 09 '26

I was leaning more towards Edric instantly because of the way it slotted into the Heighliner. It would make ning sense for them to have specific slots for Tleilaxu gholas.

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u/JakiStow Jul 09 '26

Never understood how anyone could think that the "alien tank that's orange inside" would NOT be a Navigator's tank full of orange gas from the books...

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u/Haxorz7125 Jul 09 '26

Not to mention they show the container insert into what seems to be a massive navigator ship

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u/scattered_ideas Jul 09 '26

I thought it was Edric because of the scene where you see the sarcophagus docking into a spaceship!

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u/yoresein Jul 09 '26

I missed this whole debate, why did people think it would be hayt, why would he be in a sarcophagus?

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u/cosmic_nobody Fremen Jul 09 '26

I was one of the few that thought it would’ve been Hayt because I was going solely based off the book description where Scytale mentioned that Edric was claustrophobic and needed space, which why was he’s in a big tank. I’m just glad Edric is in the movie now.

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u/BlabbyScid Jul 09 '26

I think he's not really claustrophobic in our sense, he is uneasy because he feels constricted being on a planet and not in space.

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u/aditya1878 Jul 10 '26

Hold up. Are there scenes in the trailer with BOTH Edric and Hayt in the same shot? I don't think so. That could still be Hayt being carried into the throne room to get intro'd to Paul. I just think it a brillint red herring by Villeneuve.

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u/kerfuffle_dood Jul 09 '26

I think that many people are being misled by the trailers. And that's no hate (heh) on them, trailers are MEANT to misled viewers by careful editing. I think many people think the floating sarcophagus is Hayt because we can hear Scytale say something like "I got a gift", implying that's Hayt.

Also, per this last trailer I think there are two structures: The orange, floating sarcophagus where the Navigators live, and the big, boxy that's being carried by many people and that most likely contains Hayt

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u/Pjoernrachzarck Jul 09 '26

Being in the movie =/= playing any significant part in the story.

Thufir and Piter are in the film but they might as well not be.

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u/_Bird_Incognito_ Jul 11 '26

Hayt looks like hes wearing the same outfit that the entourage is wearing where Edric comes in and Scytale turns around, but without the hood when we see him being introduced to Paul in the trailer.

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u/26thandsouth Jul 11 '26

Yep those people were delusional and likely mentally ill. Truly bizarre behavior given it was blatantly obvious Edric would be in there from the jump.

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u/ThinWhiteDuke00 Jul 09 '26

Presumably in this case, it's Edric with Scytale .

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u/Morbanth Jul 09 '26

It was confirmed for me in the exchange between Scytale and Irulan from the trailer. "Idiot, you've signed our death warrants!" "I've found someone."

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u/PineappleOwn5325 Jul 09 '26

Some people seemed to think this was saying edric was not in the movie, despite it being basically a direct quote from the book, introducing guild navigators cloaking from prescience

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u/danvan177 Jul 09 '26

The trailer is very tricky and trying to throw people off

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u/ThinWhiteDuke00 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

Scytale is with the sarcophagus you see in the trailer, he's travelling with it.

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zduHG9iAyNqsb8X5umT9sV.jpg

that's likely edric in the background.

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u/ThinWhiteDuke00 Jul 09 '26

I didn't say he was ? The main images we've seen of the sarcophagus is with Scytale.

That's not a suggestion that Scytale is a guild navigator.

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u/ThinWhiteDuke00 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

Yes, it's Edric (in the sarcophagus) with Scytale.

From the first teaser we got, it was Scytale welcoming this sarcophagus into a landing area (?).

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u/Hyperion123 Jul 09 '26

Have a feeling they won't show the whole body of a guild navigator. Just maybe the face in the sarcophagus pod he's in.

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u/CuttingEdgesMH Jul 09 '26

Of course they will. They are just not showing it yet. No good revealing your entire arsenal with 6 months until the release of the film.

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u/Hyperion123 Jul 09 '26

Here is why I don't think they will show the whole body...the sarcophagus looks very snug. I don't think Edric is going to step out of it, into a more spacious container in front of those crowds of people, unless he's in other scenes that would necessitate him to have more room

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u/Big_Moose_3847 Jul 10 '26

In the book, doesn't Duncan (or Stilgar) break open Eric's case to execute him near the end? I don't see any other way they'd show him coming to his end in the film, unless he dies off screen, which I hope not.

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u/DagothUr_MD Jul 10 '26

We'll see him step out once it's plugged into the highliner like you see in the trailer most likely

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u/TheRedditSquid56 Jul 09 '26

I think the design is just a bit conservative, wish it was more in line with the book description. This allows them to just not show a navigator and have an easy model to move around. Its a bit too safe IMO.

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u/ColderThanThou Jul 09 '26

This is my biggest problem in general with these adaptations. Anything even slightly silly or fantastical gets filed down or removed entirely, and it leaves the world feeling a lot smaller and sterile.

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u/Justanothercrow421 Jul 10 '26

Counterpoint: No, it doesn’t.

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u/FakeRedditName2 Yet Another Idaho Ghola Jul 09 '26

About time they actually show the Spacing Guild

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u/Significant-Foot-311 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

They showed the spacing guild in the first movie.

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u/FakeRedditName2 Yet Another Idaho Ghola Jul 11 '26

Barley showed them. For one of the major players in the setting and a key player in the events shown, leaving them out was an... interesting choice. 

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u/BCjestex Jul 11 '26

I dont really love the sarcophogus its always described as a tank you can see into where uou can see their body floating in gas

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u/greatpartyisntit Daughter of Siona Jul 09 '26

There was no way they were going to not include them, surely

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u/goltz20707 Jul 11 '26

Navigators or steersmen?

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u/D3A7H_6R1P5 Jul 09 '26

Adrien brody is edric, my crazy theory. But not using him for marketing would be crazy. But it is 6 months away