Does Maverick Retire At The End Of Top Gun 2?
Warning: SPOILERS for Top Gun: Maverick
After his heroic performance in Top Gun: Maverick, does Captain Pete «Maverick» Mitchell (Tom Cruise) retire from the U.S. Navy? Directed by Joseph Kosinski,Top Gun: Maverick puts the titular fighter jock back in the cockpit 36 years after the events of Top Gun. This time, Maverick has to train a new team of Top Gun graduates to find out who is «the best of the best.» Maverick also leads the ace pilots, including Rooster (Miles Teller), the son of his late partner Goose (Anthony Edwards), on a dangerous mission to destroy a secret underground uranium plant.
Top Gun: Maverick gives a lot of exposition as to the state of Captain Mitchell's Navy career in the three decades since the original Top Gun ended. When Top Gun: Maverick begins, Maverick is a test pilot for the Darkstar scramjet program, and he becomes «the fastest man alive» by achieving an unheard-of Mach 10.4 velocity. But his stunt nearly gets him kicked out of the Navy before his «guardian angel,» Admiral Tom «Iceman» Kazansky (Val Kilmer) saves Maverick by sending him to instruct at Top Gun. We learn that Maverick's previous stint as a teacher at Top Gun in the 1980s lasted only 2 months before he was kicked out. Maverick's insistence on following his instincts and remaining a pilot prevented him from being promoted above the rank of Captain. His heroics in a cockpit aside, Maverick's repeated insubordination — such as taking his girlfriend, Penny Benjamin (Jennifer Connelly) on a joyride in an F-18 - would have gotten him court marshaled were it not for Iceman rescuing him each time.
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