Four years ago, despite the pandemic we witnessed an emerging epic in the remake of Dune and this year, it climaxed with Dune part 2’s release. Frank Herbert all those decades back created a scifi masterpiece that is still making headlines till this day. So here in this video we will dive and discuss the 10 Aircrafts and Starships that were showcased and featured in the 2020 Dune remake and 2024 Dune 2 movie.
Also commonly referred to as just 'thopters, they were the most common small transport vessels of the Imperium.
In the beginning scenes of Dune part one, whilst on Caladan, the homeworld of the Atreides, we are treated with a delightful scene of a highly maneuverable, supersonic, probably hypersonic capable aircraft that is now commonly termed as the Atreides fighter jet.
The Harkonnen variants are seen to be shaped like light brown PS4 joysticks with two bulbous wings. They can transport upto 300 soldiers and have the ability to deploy balloons for assisted landing and levitation.
The Harkonnen gunship, a formidable combat vessel utilized by the Harkonnen armed forces, possesses great firepower with its combination of missiles and lasers.
A Frigate, also referred to as a Space Frigate is a class of Starship. It was the largest spacefaring vessel that could successfully land and take off from a planet's surface in one piece.
A Heighliner was a colossal starship operated by the Spacing Guild to transport people and equipment throughout the known universe. These immense vessels could easily accommodate thousands of passengers, entire fleets of smaller ships, and vast quantities of planetary goods.