Hechtel, Sibylle (2008). "The Biology of the Sandworm". In Grazier, Kevin R. (ed.). The Science of Dune: An Unauthorized Exploration into the Real Science Behind Frank Herbert's Fictional Universe. Psychology of Popular Culture. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books. pp. 29–47. ISBN 978-1-933771-28-1. The sandworms have been called "iconic" to the franchise, [11] [27] [59] and "synonymous with the Dune series", having appeared in nearly every novel, on several book covers, and in all of the television, film, and video game adaptations. [32] Hoai-Tran Bui of /Film noted that they are an "essential to the narrative of the story", [32] and Lindsey Romain of Nerdist deemed the creatures "extremely important to the plot and the very fiber of the Dune universe." [11] Bella Ross of Screen Rant called the sandworms "the embodiment of the perils of colonization." [6]

Gradually over the next 3,500 years, Leto not only survives, but also is transformed into a hybrid of human and giant sandworm. By the time of God Emperor of Dune (1981), he has exterminated all other sandworms, and his own transformation has modified his component sandtrout. When Leto allows himself to be assassinated, the sandtrout release themselves to begin the sandworm lifecycle anew; subsequent offspring are tougher and more adaptable than their predecessors, allowing them to ultimately be more easily settled on other worlds, thus ensuring the survival of the sandworm species. Each one, according to Leto, carries in it a tiny pearl of his consciousness, trapped forever in an unending prescient dream. [23] Kynes' "water stealers" die "by the millions in each spice blow" and may be killed by even a "five-degree change in temperature". [16] He notes that "the few survivors entered a semidormant cyst-hibernation to emerge in six years as small (about three meters long) sandworms". [16] A small number of these then emerge into maturity as giant sandworms, to whom water is poisonous. [11] [12] [16] A "stunted worm" is a "primitive form ... that reaches a length of only about nine meters". Their drowning by the Fremen makes them expel the awareness-spectrum narcotic known as the Water of Life. [16] a b c Snyder, Daniel D. (March 14, 2014). "The Messy, Misunderstood Glory of David Lynch's Dune". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014 . Retrieved May 22, 2020. Sandworms of Arrakis". MonsterLegacy.net. April 28, 2014. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017 . Retrieved July 9, 2017. a b c d e f Romain, Lindsey (May 21, 2020). "What You Need to Know About Dune 's Sandworms". Nerdist. Archived from the original on May 30, 2020 . Retrieved May 22, 2020.In Children of Dune, Leto II consumes massive amounts of spice and allows many sandtrout to cover his body, the concentration of spice in his blood fooling them. This layer gives Leto tremendous strength, speed, and protection from mature sandworms, which mistake his sandtrout-covered body for a lethal mass of water. [18] He calls it a "living, self-repairing stillsuit of a sandtrout membrane", and soon notes that he is "no longer human". [18] Fremen also use the sharp teeth of dead sandworms to produce the sacred knives they call crysknives. Approximately 20 centimetres (7.9in) long, these hand-to-hand weapons are either "fixed" or "unfixed". An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's electrical field to prevent its eventual disintegration, while fixed knives are treated for storage. [22] Fremen tradition dictates that once a crysknife is drawn, it must not be sheathed until it has drawn blood. [3] Storylines [ edit ] Original series [ edit ] Press release: Dune 2000". Westwood Studios. January 15, 1998. Archived from the original on September 30, 2000 . Retrieved May 23, 2020– via Westwood.com. After six weeks of analysis, iSight was ready to go public with its findings: It had discovered what appeared to be a vast, highly sophisticated espionage campaign with every indication of being a Russian government operation targeting NATO and Ukraine.

Bernstein, Paula (November 19, 1999). "Sci-Fi doing Dune mini". Variety. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021 . Retrieved February 21, 2019. Emperor: Battle for Dune for Windows (2001)". MobyGames. Archived from the original on May 16, 2020 . Retrieved May 24, 2020. A sandworm is a fictional extraterrestrial creature that appears in the Dune novels written by Frank Herbert, first introduced in Dune (1965).a b Touponce, William F. (1988). " Dune: Herbert's Polyphonic Novel". Frank Herbert. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers imprint, G. K. Hall & Co. pp.18–19. ISBN 0-8057-7514-5. A credible, breathless account…[Greenberg] effectively captures the disturbing nature of this new global threat.” Brian Herbert (2003). Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. Macmillan. ISBN 9781429958448. Watercutter, Angela (October 25, 2021). "How the Dune VFX and Sound Teams Made Sandworms From Scratch". Wired. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021 . Retrieved November 12, 2021.

Nominees/Winners (Outstanding Special Visual Effects)". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021 . Retrieved February 1, 2019. Nominees/Winners (Outstanding Special Visual Effects)". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021 . Retrieved February 1, 2019. Asher-Perrin, Emmet (May 9, 2017). "Syfy's Dune Miniseries is the Most Okay Adaptation of the Book to Date". Tor.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019 . Retrieved February 20, 2019. Aggressive, territorial and destructive, attracted by rhythmic sounds, and driven into a killing frenzy by Holtzman shields Sandworms are giant creatures found only on the desert planet Arrakis. They are worshipped as agents of God by the Fremen, who consider their actions a form of divine intervention. [6] [11] The Fremen also refer to the sandworms as "Makers" or "Shai-Hulud".a b Berger, Warren (March 16, 2003). "Cover Story: Where Spice of Life Is the Vital Variety". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019 . Retrieved January 26, 2010. But the code was also highly modular. The protocols could just as easily be swapped out for others—including those used in the United States. "I salute the author of this malware, because it will work anywhere," as Krotofil would later put it. "The beauty of this is that you can launch it in any country, in any substation." The notion that Sandworm was using Ukraine to test out techniques that it might someday repeat in western Europe or the United States was now more than an abstract theory: It had been borne out in the actual mechanics of the tool the researchers had uncovered. IGN Staff (June 14, 2001). " Emperor: Battle for Dune: Westwood makes the jump to 3D with generally pleasing results". IGN. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019 . Retrieved May 24, 2020. The sandtrout are described as "flat and leathery" in Children of Dune, with Leto II noting that they are "roughly diamond-shaped" with "no head, no extremities, no eyes" and "coarse interlacings of extruded cilia". [18] They can find water unerringly, and squeezing the sandtrout yields a "sweet green syrup". [18] When water is flooded into the sandtrout's excretions, a pre-spice mass is formed; at this "stage of fungusoid wild growth", gases are produced which result in "a characteristic 'blow', exchanging the material from deep underground for the matter on the surface above it". [11] [19] After exposure to sun and air, this mass becomes melange. [19] [11] a b Frank Herbert (1977). "Sandworms of Dune". In Tim O'Reilly (ed.). The Maker of Dune: Thoughts of a Science Fiction Master.