"Dune 2" continues the first plot, telling the legendary journey of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) after he was exterminated by the joint efforts of Emperor Padisha and the Harkonns, and after he met the Fremen female soldier Chani (Zendaya) on the planet of Arrakis and joined the Fremen. Paul goes to war with the conspirators who destroyed his family, while facing a dilemma between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe.