• zarkony@lemmy.zip
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    8 months ago

    I think they’re rationalizing it by saying that’s a juvenile sandworm. The larger one with the round mouth is fully grown.

    They probably just wanted a design difference between a smaller human scale threat and the massive ones that eat entire structures like spice harvesters.

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      8 months ago

      Spoiler warning for those who haven’t seen Part 2 yet.

      reveal spoiler

      The juvenile worms in the latest film have round mouths.