Avengers: Endgame featured a lot of amazing moments we'll be talking about for years to come but the sight of Thor standing tall with both Mjolnir (which he'd brought to the present from 2013) and Stormbreaker was truly iconic.
Ultimately, it would be Captain America who wielded Mjolnir against Thanos but this new Iron Studios 1/10 scale statue shows the God of Thunder leaping into battle with both weapons in his hands. It also offers a closer look at Thor's new look after he summoned the lightning to become a badass Viking.
After beheading the Mad Titan in the present day, Thor clearly relished the chance to once again do battle with Thanos in
Avengers: Endgame and he certainly slowed the villain in his tracks with these weapons and his Godly powers.
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For the vast majority of the final battle, it's Capain America who wields Mjolnir but there are some fantastic moments where both that and Stormbreaker are in the hands of the God of Thunder.
While concept art has shown that Marvel Studios considered a metal handle for Stormbreaker, the decision to use Groot wood was much smarter, especially as Thor is now joining the Guardians.
During that battle, Thanos is able to wield Stormbreaker which proves that you don't need to be worthy to use it and that it has some very different rules to the hammer the hero used to have.
There aren't many beings strong enough to lift Stormbreaker, of course, and it looked like Steve Rogers struggled a little due to its size so it probably won't be used against Thor by future enemies.
Regardless, Thor is now in the hands of James Gunn and it will be fascinating seeing what the filmmaker does with him, especially after Taika Waititi introduced humour to the character's world.
"It is one of the best moments ever when Thor lands in Wakanda with Stormbreaker, and with Groot and Rocket by his side, ready to kill Thanos," Avengers: Endgame executive producer Trinh Tran says. "He gets his chance but fails, and it really takes its toll on him. He is devastated."
"He feels like he’s failed his people," Trahn continues. "He failed himself, and he failed to really save the universe when he didn’t defeat Thanos." That obviously goes some way in explaining his transformation and the fact the God of Thunder now spends his days living with Korg and Miek.
"Thor: Ragnarok was Thor at his wackiest, Infinity War was Thor at his best and most heroic and Endgame is probably Thor at his worst," Chris Hemsworth explains in Disney's production notes.
"Mentally, emotionally, physically, every aspect of Thor is broken," the Australian actor continues. "He is lost and uncertain. So, it is a whole new journey, and it felt like I was playing a completely different character. I felt freer than I’ve ever felt before because there were no rules at this point."
"It was a real opportunity to just kind of swing for the fences, and if I had been given this character two or three years earlier, I think I would’ve dropped the ball in a big way. It sort of happened at a perfect time in terms of my development as a human being and as an actor. I was able to tap into some interesting things that I hadn’t looked at before. And that was great. I loved it."
"When we started thinking about Thor and how he would move forward into this film, we took into consideration that he has suffered tremendous loss," explains co director Joe Russo.
"More so than any other character in the sense that Asgard has been destroyed and now he has to suffer the loss to Thanos," the filmmaker continues.
"It inspired us to think about how a person like that, who has suffered two devastating losses, moves forward? He’s carrying more pain than anybody else is. And how would he process that? That tension and inner light that he still carries ends up growing throughout the film in a very rousing way and is perhaps the most entertaining part of the film."
It's interesting to get this insight from those involved with the movie as it's clear that a lot of thought was put into Thor's story arc and it wasn't simply about making fun of the fact he'd gained weight!
License: Avengers: Endgame
Scale: Art Scale 1/10
Features:
- Limited edition
- Based on original movie references
- Made in polystone
- Hand painted
- This statue is part of a battle diorama based on the Avengers: Endgame movie
Product dimensions: 10.6 in (H) x 5.9 in (W) x 8.7 in (L)
Product Weight: 2.64 lbs
UPC: 606529899677
MSRP: USD 109.99 (American US Dollars)
Release schedule: Fourth quarter of 2019
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