Although Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga explained how Mad Max the franchise's heroine ended up working for Immortan Joe, the prequel didn't show her turning against him. THE Mad Max the films already had a rather complicated chronology before 2024 Fury Road prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. 1979 Mad Max takes place after society has begun to collapse but before the franchise's off-screen apocalypse, the 1981 sequel The road warrior takes place after the end of the world, and 1985 Beyond the Thunderdome happens even later. Apparently 2015 Fury Road occurs last.
However, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga complicated this. The prequel begins decades after the apocalypse, when Furiosa is still a girl. Somehow, Furiosa is just a little younger than Max in Fury Road when, according to Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Mad Max, he's supposed to be about 60 years older than her. The mystery surrounding the Mad MaxfLeaving aside the ranchise timeline, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was a critically acclaimed addition to the series. That said, director George Miller's prequel didn't delve into any major questions about its title character's backstory.
Furiosa looks like she will work for Immortan Joe indefinitely in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Furiosa's rivalry with Immortan Joe is still a long way off in Furiosa: The Finale of a Mad Max Saga
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga does not address Furiosa's rivalry with Immortan Joewith whom she is still allied at the end of the prequel. Miller's film makes it abundantly clear that Immortan Joe is as monstrous and amoral a warlord as he was in Fury Roadbut it's convenient for Furiosa to align herself with him to survive. When she is first captured, Furiosa is held alongside Immortan Joe's female captives and narrowly escapes. She becomes one of Immortan Joe's War Boys and rises through the ranks of his militia, forming a relationship with Praetorian Jack.
Furiosa forms an uneasy alliance with the warlord in order to survive in the Citadel.
Although Praetorian Jack dies in Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaAt the end of, Furiosa finally gets her revenge on Chis Hemsworth's Dementus when the War Boys defeat her Horde. Since Furiosa has no immediate plans to meet the Many Mothers again, and she lost the star map of her home when she was forced to cut off her arm, there is still no impetus for her to start a battle with Immortan Joe. At least temporarily, Furiosa forms an uneasy alliance with the warlord in order to survive on the Citadel. This apparently lasts until the events of Fury Road.
It's unclear how much time passed between Furiosa and Fury Road
Fury Road Proves Furiosa Eventually Rejected Her Former Collaborator
Since viewers don't know how much time has passed between Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagais ending and Fury Roadis starting, Furiosa can have Immortan Joe with him very quickly. She may have decided that the warlord's inhumane regime wasn't worth defending just months or years after she began helping his War Boys, and the only way to judge is by looking at the character's appearance. Charlize Theron Fury Road Furiosa's version isn't much older than Anya Taylor-Joy's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga incarnation of the character.
Characters don't age normally in Wasteland, so it's impossible to gauge how much time passes between Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
However, even this doesn't give much of a clue, thanks to the slippery nature of aging in Mad Max universe. As noted above, the Mad Max The franchise's invisible apocalypse occurred more than four decades before Furiosa was a child. As Max was in his early twenties before the off-screen event took place, Tom Hardy's character in Fury Road he should theoretically be at least in his early sixties. This proves that characters don't age normally in the Wasteland, so it's impossible to gauge how much time passes between Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
Furiosa decides to flee the citadel after meeting the wives
Immortan Joe's mistreatment of captive women changed Furiosa's mind
The Lachy Hulme suit Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga version of Immortan Joe looks almost identical to Hugh Keyays-Byrne's version of the character in Fury Road It doesn't make things clearer. Furious Fury Road The companion comic offers a backstory that explains his motivation for betraying Immortan Joe, but this is partially retconned into Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. In "Mad Max Fury Road: Furiosa", the second issue of a comic released along with Fury RoadFuriosa becomes a bodyguard for Immortan Joe's five female captives. Witnessing his mistreatment of them leads her to plan her escape.
However, this is contradicted in Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagawhere Furiosa initially learns about “Wives” when she is trapped in her vault when first captured by the War Boys. She meets the captives again at the end of the prequel, but the initial introduction depicted in the comics is retconned through this twist. In any case, Learning about Immortan Joe's abuse of his captives leads Furiosa to betray him and free them. The question of when she makes this choice remains a question. Mad Max mystery of the franchise even after Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagathe story.