While Top Gun: MaverickIceman’s death was perfect, this makes everything even more important for the film’s sequel, Superior weapon 3to avoid a regrettable franchise trend. The enormous box office success of Top Gun: Maverick done Superior weapon 3A release is inevitable, and star Glen Powell confirmed in early 2024 that a production start date for the sequel was already being discussed. It’s very difficult to see how Superior weapon 3 will accompany Top Gun: MaverickThe perfect ending, but the original film also seemed to end conclusively and yet the story of its long-awaited sequel still succeeded.
That being said, Superior weapon 3 correspondence Top Gun: Maverick’Historic success will not be easy. Top Gun: Maverick introduced a number of likable new characters, like Powell’s Hangman, Monica Barbaro’s Phoenix, and Lewis Pullman’s BOB, but its sequel will now need to give them more screen time and character development. Superior weapon 3 he also won’t have a famous character to work with, thanks to his death midway through Top Gun: Maverick. Any attempt to bring them back from the dead should be avoided by the series, as, tempting as it may be, this trend rarely works for major blockbuster franchises.
Val Kilmer’s Iceman Wasn’t Supposed to Appear in Top Gun 3
Iceman’s Top Gun: Maverick’s exit was perfect
Superior weapon 3 shouldn’t bring back Val Kilmer’s Iceman after his perfect Top Gun: Maverick deathas any cameo by the character would inevitably devalue his final conversation with Maverick in the previous film. Iceman’s final scene in Top Gun: Maverick was the film’s highlight thanks to Cruise and Kilmer’s chemistry, culminating in the touching sight of the pair unknowingly sharing their final farewell. Although de-aging technology means that a younger version of Iceman can appear in flashbacks during Superior weapon 3For the story of, especially considering the film’s huge budget, this wouldn’t be a good idea.
There are countless examples of sequels that refused to let their fan-favorite characters die.
Recently seen as Alien: Romulus‘return of the late Ian Holms’ Foreigner character Ash, this trend dates back to the 2000s Scream 3. That horror sequence, written by Top Gun: Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger, introduced an unnecessary scene where Scream 2 victim Randy Meeks appeared via a narratively convenient videotape he recorded for his friends in the event of his death. The scene didn’t add much to the film other than nostalgia, but it started a trend that persisted in subsequent years.
Top Gun movies don’t need posthumous characters
Top Gun: Maverick was stronger in Goose’s absence
From Fast and Furious films for the Independence Day series for the X-Men franchise, there are countless examples of sequels that refused to let their fan-favorite characters die. What makes this frustrating is the fact that Iceman’s death could shape Superior weapon 3Kilmer’s backstory, even though Kilmer is not seen through flashbacks or video messages, and a similar shoehorned appearance of Superior weaponAnthony Edwards would not have improved Top Gun: Maverickplot. Although many other successful franchises bring back canonically deceased characters, Superior weapon 3 should resist the urge to revive Val Kilmer’s Iceman after Top Gun: MaverickIt’s the perfect way out.