Aquila: What a follow up!  Dune: Part Two was an amazing movie.

Kasumi: It really made you feel for Paul Atreides and Chani.  Paul struggles to avoid becoming the greatest monster in history, and Chani has to watch him turn into the very thing he’s trying to avoid.

A: Poor Chani.

K: You can really see her heartbreak at the end as she walks away.

A: Well, rides away.  She’s on a sandworm.

K: And the movie ends with the start of the Jihad that will kill billions of people.

A: And it was all preventable in the end.

K: Well, sure, if the Great Houses had just accepted Paul’s victory I guess there wouldn’t have been a need for it.

A: Who’s talking about that?  I’m talking about the Fremen inability to see any of the business opportunities their planet provides.  They could be so wealthy!

K: Not sure I’m following you here.  Are you talking about the hallucinogenic glass again?

A: Not at all!  We saw an amazing business opportunity that would have made them the best in the galaxy – nobody would have been able to compete.

K: And what would that be?

A: You really didn’t see it?  Think about it, Kasumi – what did they encounter when they went to the south?

K: Dangerous religious fundamentalists?

A: A massive sandstorm!  And what is sand really good at?

K: Getting everywhere?

A: Cleaning things!  The Fremen have the best tool possible for stripping paint off any surface, and it’s just sitting there!  All they have to do is strap whatever they’re cleaning to the top of a sandworm, drive it though the storm, and it will be completely free of paint.  Their only overhead would be their time, the cost of a thumper, and straps.

K: So you’re suggesting that the Fremen should use the sandstorm protecting most of their population like a giant sandblaster.

A: I’m saying they should recognize the business opportunities it presents to them.  And it’s perfectly scalable!  Sandworms are huge, so you can strap just about anything to their backs, big or small.

K: While it’s moving.  Sandworms don’t stop to pick up passengers – the Fremen climb on board as it travels past.

A: If they can figure out how to carry a litter containing their Reverend Mother onto a sandworm, they can manage other things.  I have faith in their sandworm mounting abilities.

K: Right...

A: The Fremen have never been good at organizing, though.  Just look at how they start their jihad!

K: They looked pretty fearsome to me.

A: Fearsome, yes.  Smart, no.  They just hop into ships with whatever they’re carrying and leave.  That’s no way to start a war!

K: I think we’re supposed to assume that this was planned in advance.

A: Oh, come on, Kasumi!  We’re talking about the same Fremen who couldn’t figure out that people will pay you money to use sand to strip paint.  If they can’t figure that out, how can they figure out the complex logistics of an interstellar war?

K: You may be over-thinking this.

A: And consider how they have to travel to get anywhere other than Arrakis – they have to use the Guild Starliners.  And will they have things like passports?  I don’t think so.

K: Wait...are you suggesting that–

A: The entire jihad will get stopped at customs, yes.  It will be the shortest galactic war in history.

K: That...makes more sense than I thought it would.

A: I mean, really, when you think about it, what is a customs official going to do when somebody answers “Do you have anything to declare?” with “Jihad!”  They’re going to detain them or send them back!

K: Moving on, who’s your candidate for best girl?

A: Best girls.  The Atreides family atomics.

K: Um...why is that?

A: They’re a real blast.

K: ...and I walked right into that one.

A: Yes you did.

K: So, to sum up, we liked Dune: Part Two, and the Fremen apparently need to get more creative with sand...

A: Seriously, they have more of it than anybody else in the galaxy – think of the possibilities!