Dune - Cut Scene - Paul takes Irulan as his wife

Paul (Kyle MacLachlan) takes Irulan (Virginia Madsen) as his wife, but in name only. This scene appears to have been completed, and includes music. It also appears on the old Fleer trading cards, and so was likely cut from the film at the last minute.

See scene 283 of the Seventh Draft of Dune.
The full 7th draft script of Dune is available from www.duneinfo.com

283. INT. GREAT HALL - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY

... PAUL
Now, I will tell you how it will be.
Irulan shall be my wife, opening the way
for an Atreides to take the throne. EMPEROR
I sit on the throne!! PAUL
You will sit on a throne on Selusa
Secundus, your prison planet. Either that
or you will die.

The Emperor is still. Paul moves to Chani. PAUL (CONT'D)
(to Chani)
The Princess shall have no more of me than
my name... no child of mine or touch the
softness of glance... nor instant of
desire.... This is my promise to you...
(whispering)
...my love.

Paul turns back to the others.

Jessica turns to Chani and whispers to her. JESSICA
Think on it Chani... We who carry the name
of concubine... history will call us
wives.

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[saracafferey]

Man they should have kept that scene in there.

[SapphireCrusader1988]

What a beautiful scene!

[MrHardcoreBro]

@dmeiske1 If you read the books, it details that polygamy in the far future is still very illegal. So, most of royalty uses concubines instead, and everyone is pretty much ok with it.

[dmeiske1]

I want both, he didn't have to add that part in the end - what he should have said is I want to marry both of you and I'll try not to lavish my affection on her as I will on you.

[SirGunishment]

"I want that Princess.. she smokin' hot.

..dont worry darling its only for sex.." LOL

[TechyElizsha]

@PatriotCondor I would buy that, I've always wanted to see the full long version, I've only seen the shorter versions so far.

[darkjediMIK]

@AlanMolstad I know its not in the book, it applies to the movie though at least with this detail. In the book, he did have physical and mental superiority over others regardless.

[ladycplum]

Check out how the special effects stop after Jessica talks with Chani, their eyes go from Dust Blue to normal old brown in a split second.

[MrReded69]

@saracafferey Remember they made this movie in 1984 and were shooting for big Star Wars mass general audience appeal.The whole bigamy thing was just too much for the studio execs who were probably afraid of right wing conservative protests.

[AlanMolstad]

@darkjediMIK Im not sure he did that.

He is seen in the knife fight, and that agrees with the book.

But the shout after his kills the guy and the split flooring is not in the book as I remember.

His word brings death it is said.

But that context is about his new authority I think, not in any special powers.

[darkjediMIK]

@AlanMolstad Also, he can kill with a word apparently as the previous scene showed.

[darkjediMIK]

@AlanMolstad I feel like he could have easily fudged that w/o anyone noticing, they don't really explain all of the prophecies about him or whether everyone even knows all of them, or said that this law is his mandate or something.