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Agents Of SHIELD May Bring The Kree Back In Season 5

What with the Kree’s role in the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe ramping up, it sounds like that […]

What with the Kree’s role in the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe ramping up, it sounds like that role could extend to the small screen once again.

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Big things are happening in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Phase Three heads toward next year’s epic crossover event, Avengers: Infinity War. However, after the first installment of Infinity War comes the much-anticipated Captain Marvel movie, which will introduce a much bigger storyline to the MCU, in the form of the Kree-Skrull War.

Marvel fans have been buzzing about what it means to have the full Kree vs. Skrull history of Marvel Comics in the MCU, and now we may see some early lead-ins to that conflict being laid out, as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. looks like it will be bringing back the Kree for a Season Five storyline.

Check out how AoS star Chloe Bennet may have accidentally, revealed the Kree’s return to the show:

The Kree Return

As you can see in Bennet’s Tumblr post above, there seems to be an actor donningย Kree makeup for a scene in the upcoming season. Agents of SHIELDย has been the main avenue of exploring theย Kree alien race in the MCU, as samples of Kreeย DNA were responsible for helping resurrectย Phil Coulson, and eventually led to the revelation of the descendants of Kree experimentation, the Inhumans, living on Earth.ย 

Withย Captain Marvelย about to open up the MCUย cosmic side to the epic history of the Kreeย and Skrullย empires’ war with one another, it makes sense thatย AoSย would bring the Kreeย back into focus, as they are also the main players in the origin story of how Air Force pilot Carol Danversย (Brie Larson) will become the hero Captain Marvel.

What Is The Kree-Skrull War?

Captain Marvel What Is The Kree Skrull War

In Marvel Comics, The Kree-Skrullย war is a story arc from the early 1970s, in which The Avengers get embroiled with Kreeย hero Mar-Vell, who is an agent of the Kreeย fighting in their war against the shape-shiftingย Skrulls.ย Marv-Vellย winds up being a central figure in the ongoing war between the Kreeย and Skrullย empires, due to his knowledge of the “Omni-Wave Projector,” a weapon of deadly power.

The war ends when Mar-Vellย is taken to the heart of the Skrullย Empire to build the weapon, and variousย Marvel heroes (like the Avengers) show up to save the day. In the end, with help from the Kreeย Supreme Intelligence, Marvel sidekick Rick Jones has the all-powerful “Destiny Force” released in him, and uses that power to end the war.

Presumably,ย Captain Marvelย will tell the story of how Carolย Danversย comes into contact with theย Kreeย (maybe through their operative on Earth, Mar-Vell?) andย gains her cosmic power. That power will presumably make her a pivotal player in theย Kree-Skrullย War, and a keyย factor in changing its tide.ย 

The actions wrought by Captain Marvel in theย Kree-Skrullย War may indeed set up the next great threat that the Marvel Cinematic Universe heroes have to face.

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