Maverick Can Set Up Top Gun 3 - But Has To Fully End One Story
Top Gun: Maverick could set up Top Gun 3, but shouldn’t without first resolving one of the franchise’s biggest stories. Though Tom Cruise is approaching 60 years old, there’s no proof as of yet that the highly anticipated sequel will bring his story to a close. It’s entirely plausible that Paramount Pictures plans to make a third movie, especially if Top Gun 2 performs well at the box office.
The franchise’s uncertain future has created a number of questions surrounding how the movie’s story will end. Even Maverick’s survival is in doubt at this point, as many are under the impression that the movie’s mission may call for Tom Cruise’s character to make the ultimate sacrifice in Top Gun 2’s ending. The mystery regarding Maverick’s fate makes it hard to predict whether or not the sequel is where the story ends for good. There’s also the possibility of the studio giving the leading role to a different actor in the future.
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Regardless of where the movie leaves Maverick, it should be possible for the franchise to be expanded with Top Gun 3. If he lives, the movie could see him give up his wings and deepen his role as a mentor to the younger pilots, or perhaps it might even find a way to keep him around as a pilot (despite his advancing age). Or, he could die and pass on the baton completely. Either way, though, it’s important that if Top Gun 3 is made, the franchise needs to have already moved beyond Goose’s death. Not only did it define Maverick’s story in the original 1986 movie, but the trailers prove that he’s also casting a long shadow on Top Gun 2 as well.
Goose’s significance to Top Gun 2 is made evident by the inclusion of the Rooster character, who is
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