MCU’s Avengers Replacement Is The Only Way To Properly End Iron Man's Story
The very likely introduction of Marvel's Illuminati team — a legitimate replacement team for the Avengers — in Phase 4 sets up the only proper way to end Iron Man’s MCU story. While Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark bowed out after his death at the end of Avengers: Endgame, his legacy continues to overshadow the MCU. Spider-Man has only just managed to step out of his shadow, and the forthcoming Ironheart is already likely to emerge from his shadow too. Even Doctor Strange 2 has a major link to Iron Man with the re-emergence of his Iron Legion drones in the trailer.
It was always inevitable that the founding character of the MCU would continue to be important even after his retirement, and that his return would be almost perpetually rumored. Robert Downey Jr’s performance was so essential that his removal and his replacement are both unfathomable. Even with the delightful possibilities posed by the MCU multiverse and the arrival of an alternate version of Iron Man would see pushback from those who can’t see past his perfect casting. But without closure on his legacy, Tony Stark will continue to loom large.
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Part of the problem with Iron Man’s Endgame ending was that his death only answered part of his self-identified destiny. From the moment Captain America criticized him as selfish in The Avengers, Iron Man was destined to sacrifice himself, but as Thanos astutely observed, Stark’s curse of knowledge also formed the other part of his legacy. Stark told Bruce Banner that he saw a suit of armor around the world, the visualization of his dream not to expand his inventive need, but to feed his essential urge for protection. Though he died without really
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