The Art and Soul of Dune: Part Two

If you enjoyed the movie and are interested in any way about how it was made, you'll like this book. It's not a full "making of" book, as it is heavily focused on design elements - set, costumes, pre-production artwork, etc. Elements of post production - editing, music, sound, visual effects are not covered. However, there is still a significant amount of interesting "how did they do that" material here which breaks down filming the sand worm sequences, the spice crawlers, and other key set pieces. It's also beautifully designed and printed, looking great on your shelf afterwards. Worth the money. I'll be adding Tonya Lapointe's other books to my list.

I enjoyed The Art and Soul of Dune Part One book a bit more, 5 vs 4 for this one. I was really hoping to see scenes that hit the cutting room floor in this book similarly to how we saw in the Part One book, but unfortunately not. If you are looking for deleted scenes with Thufir or Count Fenring you will be disappointed as they aren't included. It seems Tanya only wanted to cover scenes that made the final cut in this book, which are still very interesting to learn about.