Twelve reasons why a ‘Star Wars’-Avengers crossover will happen
Stan Lee, the Henry Ford of comic book mythologies, said that a “Star Wars”-Avengers crossover could happen.
There are enough signs that it (unfortunately) will.
“Obviously, the people who produce these (films) are looking to be as successful as possible,” Lee said. “I created the Avengers by taking many of our characters and making a team out of them. We can have as many characters join the Avengers as we want to for our future movies.”
Those are definitely a couple of reasons, which I don’t understand how they could be disputed since they came from the god of the whole deal on one of the two sides.
Here are others:
- The desire to be true to the comics…
2. …but preserve the properties begs for “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”
The film “Avengers: Infinity War” will see the superhero team take on the archvillain Thanos. The story will be loosely based on the comic book series “The Infinity Gauntlet.” In it, Thanos kills Avengers.
You must think that Marvel Studios (owned by Disney) will want to please fans by being true to the comic book. But, in the spirit of Lee’s assessment, they will want to please new fans by continuing the story of the popular characters. They may also want to preserve Thanos’ villain for sequels — if he promises to be one of the greatest villains on screen, why limit him to one film?
