Split star James McAvoy is set to host Saturday Night Live this weekend for the very first time, and to be completely honest, he’s kind of the perfect kind of actor for the show. He’s got elasticity when it comes to accents, always seems game to do crazy stuff just for the sake of promoting a movie, and, best of all, he has a long list of pop culture appearances the show can lampoon.

But while most people know McAvoy for staring deeply at Michael Fassbender’s Magneto in the newer X-Men movies or schtupping Keira Knightley against a bookcase in Atonement, the actor’s first big role was iconic in its own right. James McAvoy was Leto II Atreides in Syfy’s Children of Dune, and I say Saturday Night Live should write McAvoy a motherfucking Dune sketch.

It should go without saying at this point that Dune is one of the more niche sci-fan fandoms. Its complex universe of sandworms, spice melange, Bene Gesserit, and “navigators” is difficult to latch onto, but impossible not to obsess over. Back in 2000, Syfy (then still Sci-Fi) broadcast one of its more audacious specials to date, a lavish-for-them mini-series version of Frank Herbert’s Dune that wound up being a big hit for the cable network. So much so, that in 2003, they adapted the next two books in the series into a mini-series called Children of Dune.

While Children of Dune is nigh-on-impossible to find on streaming today, it did feature Susan Sarandon as the villainous Princess Wensicia and a young James McAvoy as hero Paul Atreides’s son Leto II. The series deals with the fallout of empire building, the tensions between generations, and Leto and his twin sister Ghanima’s journey to self-discovery. For Leto, this means going past where his super-human father dared to learn about “the Golden Path.” Part of this means that he physically gives himself up to some baby sandworms who become part of his flesh. This transformation gives Leto super strength, super speed, and god-like insight. Oh, and it also means that he’s destined to turn into a giant immortal sandworm.

Okay, so here’s the thing about that: it’s bonkers. I love Dune and its mind-bending universe, but this little plot development has always made me giggle a wee bit like a fifteen-year-old version of myself. (Which coincidentally is how old I was when I first read Dune.) Dune is awesome, layered, extraordinary, and full of pathos. It’s also kind of easy to make fun of if you’re not hip to its ways. And so, I would argue — as a Dune fan — that writing a Dune sketch for James McAvoy would be a bonkers slam dunk. Not to mention the fact that Dune might be on the cusp of being “cool,” thanks to Denis Villaneuve’s upcoming adaptation starring Hollywood’s favorite sweet, broken boy Timothee Chalamet as Paul.

Give us a Dune sketch, SNL! Do it, you cowards! What are you afraid of? Remember, fear is the mind-killer and you must face your fears and pass through them, aka MAKE FUN OF THEM.

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