In a scene in David Lynch's Dune, Duke Leto and Paul take an aircraft to observe a spice harvester in action. When a sandworm is en-route to attack the harvester, Duke Leto takes his aircraft down to evacuate the harvester, as the carryall which dropped it off in the first place is nowhere around- what happened to keep the carryall away when the sandworm showed up?
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1Not enough info in the books. The Carry-all was simply 'missing'. Likely 'taken' by the Fremen.– MöozCommented Jul 7, 2021 at 4:26
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@Mooz - Nope. There were Fremen helping the spice harvesters. Why would they try to kill their own men?– ValorumCommented Jul 7, 2021 at 6:01
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@Valorum except that they wouldn't be killing them - the Fremen were able to leave the harvester and escape across the sand without worrying about the worm.– Daniel RosemanCommented Jul 7, 2021 at 7:49
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1@DanielRoseman - Well, they had enough time because Leto told them to land and decamp.– ValorumCommented Jul 7, 2021 at 13:43
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In the source novel, the mystery of the missing carryall was solved later.
“You’ll all be delighted to know,” she said, “that our Duke sends his reassurances. The matter which called him away has been settled. The missing carryall has been found. A Harkonnen agent in the crew overpowered the others and flew the machine to a smugglers’ base, hoping to sell it there. Both man and machine were turned over to our forces.” She nodded to Tuek.
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1I think Harkonnen treachery was implied in the movie and is what I thought when watching it. From the script: "Someone is going to pay for this... I promise." - Duke Leto Commented Jul 7, 2021 at 16:33
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1@JasonGoemaat - That being said, they did also make a point of mentioning that the carryalls were in a sorry state– ValorumCommented Jul 7, 2021 at 17:16
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1@V.Sim - He does, admittedly, also talk about the possibility of Sardaukar in Harkonnen livery, so he's not clueless about the possibility of an invasion, merely surprised by its scope.– ValorumCommented Jul 8, 2021 at 22:32