In Secret Invasion's season finale, Gravik used "The Harvest" to imbue himself with the powers of everyone from Captain Marvel to Thor and The Hulk. However, little did he realise Gi'ah had disguised herself as Nick Fury, meaning she too received the upgrade!
The two Super-Skrulls proceeded to square off in New Skrullos, though it was Gi'ah who ultimately got the better of her former leader by blasting a hole through his chest that not even all those newly acquired abilities could heal.
Talking to Variety, Secret Invasion director Ali Selim credited Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige for creating the MCU's most powerful being in Gi'ah.
"Well, simply put, it comes from Kevin Feige, who says, 'It’s all fair game.' That’s best expressed in the moment when Gravik takes the vial from Nick Fury, puts it in the computer where it is analyzed, and we see all the pure superpowers ever. That’s like the moment where we’re like, 'OK, this is going to be something.'"
During a separate conversation with Entertainment Weekly, the filmmaker offers some insights into how and why Gi'ah was ultimately able to overpower Gravik.
"What's fun is you watch these powers reveal themselves not only to the audience, but to G'iah, who is a little bit unaware that she has all this power. She knew she had power, but not exactly how and when to use it — and why it works better for her, a strong powerful woman, rather than a deluded male. [Laughs]"
Selim went on to say that President Ritson declaring war on Earth's remaining Skrulls was a deliberate way of not ending Secret Invasion too neatly. "The choice was: Do we want a Pollyanna ending, or do we want an ending with some real guts to it?" he explains. "The idea is that this battle could go on. But Sonya and G'iah reconcile at the end, and maybe they're going to fix it."
"Maybe these two strong, beautiful women are going to come in and fix it."
They'll presumably be fixing it off-screen as more Secret Invasion is unlikely. As for Gi'ah's role as the MCU's Super-Skrull and its most powerful hero, we have to believe she'll take centre stage in a future story, though your guess is as good as ours when it comes to what that's going to be.
Phase 4 was, however, full of lingering plot threads and this Phase looks no different. Remember that marble Celestial in the Indian Ocean? Close to two years after Eternals was released and several movies and TV shows later, it's yet to be referenced in a meaningful fashion.
With that in mind, Gi'ah might be benched for the foreseeable future!