Moon Knight Producer Defends Evil Jake Lockley Twist
Moon Knight head writer Jeremy Slater defends the Jake Lockley twist against accusations of relying on the evil alter trope. Marvel's latest Disney+ series premiered March 30 and aired its finale episode on May 4, just in time for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to hit theaters. Introducing a lesser-known hero to the MCU canon, Moon Knight received praise from critics across its six-episode run, and fans are eager to learn what comes next for the titular character.
Much of the show focused on the relationship between Marc Spector and Steven Grant, two alters who share the same body due to Marc's dissociative identity disorder, something the filmmakers have said they were very invested in portraying with respect and sensitivity. In the Moon Knight finale end-credits scene, however, a third alter named Jake Lockley was revealed to be still working with the mercurial moon god Khonshu, despite Marc and Steven having triumphantly cut ties with him after defeating Arthur Harrow. Jake is portrayed as the most deadly of the three, and in his one scene, he calmly executes Harrow at Khonshu's behest, resulting in some backlash that Marvel was falling into the harmful evil DID personality trope.
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Now, Slater defends Moon Knight's Jake Lockley twist in an interview with The Direct, arguing that fans might be jumping to conclusions. With his plan always having been to focus on Marc and Steven and introduce Jake in a teaser at the end, the writer and producer notes that viewers don't know much about the third alter yet, and believes any future appearance should dig into why he would continue working with Khonshu. However, he does admit that
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