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Others have answered partially his purpose, but the Baron's plan was for Raban to exploit and crush Arrakis as much as possible to recover the funds spent on the invasion, then the na-Baron comes in as a benevolent saviour for the people. The Harkonnens get a bunch of money, control of the spice, and a cushy job for the Baron's favourite
How would a complete psychopath who has been waging war against a people come in as its savior? That doesn't make sense to me.
It's different in the books shrug
I think the first time Feud-Rautha comes to Arrakis in the book is with the emperor and Baron and those guys right at the end. No-one on the planet knows of him yet
Interesting, I feel that didn't come through in the movie at all. Also, didn't the Harkonnens already have control of the spice after the betrayal in Part One?
No, I don't think it was in the film at all either. The Harkonnens do have control one again by the end of part one but they are feared and hated. The plan was to play on this reputation with "The Beast" Raban whilst making as much money as possible. After a few years, the population are "liberated" by Feud-Rautha who will be a much kinder ruler and so the people will love him. Of course, they will still be under Harkonnen rule and still giving them spice and money, but probably too stupid or relieved to notice this. (part of the motif of the media is that Harkonnens rule through fear and don't really understand people very well, in the way that the Atredies do)
Ah cool, that makes a lot of sense now. Without going into all that detail however, I agree with the original comment that they shouldn't have spent so much time introducing Feyd-Rautha, or should have introduced him in the first movie. As is, it was a lot of screentime that never pays off, except for being cool looking I guess.
I mean he impregnated a witch. I think thats going to be significant later.
While a serviceable film, part two was a much looser interpretation of the book. If you're interested I'd highly recommend reading it.