Thor (Chris Hemsworth) wasn't always supposed to get his center back during Avengers: Infinity War . Over the terminal 2 years, the god of thunder has gone through quite the transformation. Taika Waititi saved the Thor franchise by giving the character a much-needed overhaul inThor: Ragnarok, both in terms of his personality and appearance. His golden locks were shaved, Mjolnir destroyed, and — at the very terminate — his returned sister Hela cutting out his middle.

When Anthony and Joe Russo and then got ahold of Thor for Avengers: Infinity War, they kept most of this intact but made changes along the fashion. Without Mjolnir, they gave Thor his giant ax Stormbreaker and leaned further into the tragic arc that Thor has had in the MCU. But, they also went back on Thor's middle loss past having Rocket requite him a new one. The multi-colored optics for Thor has since get his standard look, withAvengers: Endgame continuing information technology while making changes to Thor'south advent of its own. But, giving Thor a new eye was non something Curiosity always planned to do.

In the recently releasedThe Art of Avengers: Endgame book, concept artist Wesley Burt revealed some early designs for Thor inAvengers: Endgame. The art shows Thor after he killed Thanos and retreated to New Asgard, where he put on a bit of weight. But, these images also withal describe Thor with his middle patch. As revealed by Burt, the reason for this was that moment was not inAvengers: Infinity State of war's script at that point in development.

He didn't have the cyborg center at this bespeak in the script that he gets in Infinity State of war, so I was still giving him heart patches or giving him the sunglasses with 1 dark lens."

Although a small moment, the centre patch was a clear and constant reminder of what Thor recently went through. His new heart may be a different colour than his real one, but it is easier to overlook. Thor having an eye patch was a visual representation of him following in his father's footsteps to be king of Asgard. Since he ultimately decides to give up that championship afterwards the tough few years post-obitInfinity Wars though, perchance it was decided that him getting a replacement eye better fit Thor's next arc.

Later onAvengers: Endgame, Thor is surprisingly the just original Avenger who still has a time to come in the MCU. Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) are off the lath. Black Widow's (Scarlett Johansson) solo film volition likely be her final appearance, since she (appears to have) died in the events ofEndgame. Eagle (Jeremy Renner) will laissez passer his bow and pointer to Kate Bishop on Disney+, and the future of Hulk (Marker Ruffalo) remains a mystery. Hemsworth, on the other hand, is returning to star as Thor inThor: Love and Thunder, making him the first character to accept four solo MCU films. Only, the movie will also see Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) return to the franchise and become Mighty Thor. If the MCU is going to have an eye-patched Thor in the future, it may need to exist Jane who loses an eye next afterward the reversal featured in Avengers: Infinity War .

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