"If Jessica has a slightly bigger role in Dune 3 than she did in the book - in which she's mostly on Caladan living with Gurney - then it's possible the next film could bring her back to Arrakis, which is actually something that happens in the third book, Children of Dune. In that story, following Paul's apparent exile and demise, Jessica returns to Arrakis to check in on the twin children, Ghanima and Leto II, as well as her own daughter, Alia. In Dune: Part Two, Alia was played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a flash-forward vision of the future. Because Alia is just a teenager in the book Dune Messiah, the idea of Dune 3 using elements of Children of Dune makes a lot of sense, because Alia is an adult in that book."
"In fact, because Children of Dune fully completes the story of Paul Atreides, it makes sense for Villeneuve to end his Dune trilogy with some of the events from that book, including the idea that Paul's son, Leto II, will eventually fuse his body with a sandworm and become the God Emperor of Dune. (Of note, the 2003 miniseries Children of Dune also combined elements of Messiah with Children to create a more unified story.)"
""I don't have a big part in this one, [she's] just barely in the book," Ferguson said in an interview with IndieWire. "I'm not sure I was supposed to be in it, and Denis had a little idea.""
Rebecca Ferguson confirmed that Lady Jessica will return in the third Denis Villeneuve-directed Dune film. Lady Jessica had limited presence in the previous installment's source storyline, but Villeneuve expanded her role. The next film may merge plotlines from the second and third saga entries to justify Jessica's return to Arrakis and interactions with Gurney, Alia, Ghanima, and Leto II. The merged narrative could set up Leto II's eventual fusion with a sandworm and his transformation into the God Emperor. Earlier screen adaptations have also combined these plotlines to create a more unified story.
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