Baron Harkonnen: And so it begins. The trap is set. The prey approaches. A glorious winter is about to descend on House Atreides and all its heirs, and very soon, the years of humiliation visited upon my family will finally be avenged.
Baron Harkonnen: I want him to know that I, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen am the instrument of his family's demise.
Stilgar: Sometimes it's better to miss an opportunity than to invite disaster.
Chani: I believe that sometimes it is necessary to share the one you love with things greater than the both of you.
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen: Never become more popular than the boss, unless you intend to sack him.
Answer: There could be a number of reasons: introducing non-native species can be devastating to an environment; the sandworms may only be able to survive in certain conditions that other planets lack; they may be unable to reproduce once introduced to a different environment; moving the number of worms needed to produce an adequate supply may be cost-prohibitive; it may be decades before the worms are old enough to produce the spice, the new environment might change the quality and chemical composition of the spice that is produced; political conflicts, and so on.
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