ETERNALS: Ego Was Created to Defeat Galactus | Marvel Theory Explained 

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I sit by the theory that Ego was what happened when a Celestial failed to mature because of a lack of life on a planet, but still awoke, and ended up bonding with the planet to survive.

MCU will definitely switch it up for the big screen and I think that’s acceptable. There were a lot of weird decisions in comics over the last few decades and the MCU wants to make it a little more feasible. I’m on board with it. They did a fantastic job with avengers

I think the only reason Peter's celestial powers worked and the others didn't is because Ego received the others before they had finished their version of what we call puberty, and since Yondu kept Peter, he was allowed to fully mature which would also allow his Celestial abilities to appear whereas Ego's other Hybrid kids were probably taken around the same age as Peter, either before the Maturing process or near the beginning and since they hadn't completed it like Peter did, they never gained access to their Celestial side

They should also include that Knull is coming as well. Erishem said it himself, before the Celestials and them creating light, the universe was a dark reflection of itself, a void. In the comics, this was a void that Knull ruled over.

Are we forgetting Ego's own explanation of his history? He didn't start out as a planet. He was a brain floating in space. Seems like he could have just been a celestial that was defeated in some kind of battle and left for dead. At some point, his brain healed enough to awaken but with his memory lost.

Totally hinges on Ego being a reliable narrator. Quill may still indeed have some power. (flashes to Odin- “What are you, the god of hammers?”)

Is it not possible that Ego is like Agent Smith in The Matrix? An anomaly among the Celestials. That ended up deciding he didn't want to just be what the Celestials wanted him to be. And in taking over every planet in existence, he's fighting against the Celestials by removing them and stopping them from ever being born.

My theory is that you're half right: I think Ego being created by Celestials tracks. They may have even led him to believe that he *is* a Celestial. I believe he's just another creation given greater power than the Deviants or Eternals. Honestly, it might even be that he was their FIRST creation. I don't believe that Ego sleeping around and making offspring is a new way of Celestials being born. After all, he's only creating half-breeds. I feel like the Celestials are too arrogant to consider a half-breed one of their own. *However* If the explanation of how Celestials are born tracks from Eternals, it could mean that Ego was created to have his plan succeed. The sudden burst of energy from his terraforming might have been designed to generate enough power to hatch all the Celestials at once, without Ego even knowing.

Moving forward until told otherwise: 1) Thanos' knew killing half was enough to starve all the unhatched celestials. 2) Ego was planted into a planet that blew up, so he 'evolved' into something different. 3) Galactus will be a Celestial for simplicity, but he will as the video stated, consume other 'clelestial egg planets'

Do you know who else is a half-Celestial demigod? Mephisto.

I always felt like Peter had more potential, like his powers can’t be gone just like that ! He’s going to end up being insanely powerful I feel !

As far as i know EGO was a member of the Elders of the Universe like the Grandmaster , The Gardener, The Collector some of these member were the first keeper of the Infinity stones The Grandmaster ( Dwi Gast) had the mind stone

I like this theory a lot. I just think it’s too complex for a movie, but I can see these factors playing out similarly just in a simpler way.

Makes thanos plan make a whole lot more sense now seeing as in the mcu they revealed starfox makin thanos a half eternal half deviant(titan) in the mcu

The only problem would be Galactus may just figure things out and eventually just go after brains.

Not really in the mood to check all comments to see if this is said but, Ego won't be the only exception; Knowhere is on the MCU referred as "the severed head of a Celestial" and the first time i'ts shown to us, the dialogue says something like "they extract spinal fluid as well as gray matter from it", so Knowhere would be also an organic Celestial (remains).

You are assuming that Ego was telling the truth, and not claiming godhood in order to help win Peter over. Or that he even knows WHAT he is, and just claims he is a celestial to be a part of something, to avoid loneliness.

I mean... I see where you are going with this, however Galactus has also been known to feed not just on planets but other OP cosmic and magical beings, so a Celestial brain floating through the cosmos may easily be something worth devouring when the great hunger is upon him.

I absolutely love the way your editor throws in clips from Marvel movies, nice little touch

Good god you linked up the Death Star Death plan, clip/killing ego clip FLAWLESSLY 🤩

Interesting theory. I would add that, to me, Asgard is another, different, "line of research" for Celestial evolution. Instead of an organic Celestial that keeps on living and impregnates other planets (i.e. Ego), the Asgardian noble bloodline carries the "Celestial Esence" that is inherited by the Asgardian Ruler when his father dies. That's why Odin's, Hela's and Thor's great power is tied to the planet Asgard, much like Peter's power is tied to the planet Ego. So the asgardian's gods are really other way of reproducing celestials, and one that does not destroy the planet they inhabit.

Did Star Lard really lose his “ego-ness” when Ego’s brain was killed? Most of the 2nd 1/2 of this video blew far over my head and I’ll have to watch it a few more times. Could Galactus have any interest in Peter Quill? Don’t laugh. I know it’s probably a silly question. I’m not a comic reader. ✌️💚

That was great nput man I am now subscribing and looking forward to more of your content .

So without Ego the only hope in defeating Galactus is introducing the Fantastic 4?

I don't care what you guys in the comments say, I like Ryan's breakdowns and deep dives... and nametags

Whenever I watch your theory videos, I find myself thinking that they're actually foreshadowing of future movies.

I am super entertained! Great work!

Really great video. You gained a subscriber

Lol, I swear I heard Ryan ask if we were “gay or nay” about this theory. Hilarious!

I'm not convinced that ego even is a celestial. I think it's just as likely he heard the term and assumed he was one.

I used to run a movie rental shop back in the day and the vibe on your set is nostalgic to say the least

This was great, and I think an accurate thought to future events for the MCU.

In the heroes reborn saga, Ashema the listener revealed her true self - as an energy being, the armor is just the shell.

Galactus will be teased in a mid or end credits scene, most likely in Thor, Guardians, Adam Warlock, or Doctor Strange but won’t really come to the forefront until Fantastic Four (and Doctor Doom) are introduced first.

I like your Galactus Endgame Arc. It's pretty existential, they'd have to make it super simple, but I like it. And bring the Fantastic Four in of course

Fuck the negative reviews. I've seen it twice in Imax. This film was a beautiful piece of art. Also maybe ego is what Celestial looks like outside of armor

Absolutely love this theory! Thanks for all your efforts btw!

Your explanation REALLY makes sense.

This channel is top tier. Great theory!

Loved ego as a branch of the celestial and leading the way to galactus

What Ego does isn’t that different from what the Celestials themselves do. But given his failure rate (Peter’s the only success), he likely wasn’t that big of a threat to the Celestials. But more likely - as with the Mandarin - Ego simply considered himself one of the Celestials for lack of a better comparison.

My mind is blown now!wow!never thought of it like that,just went with the flow.🤘😊

This is such a great vid!

what if Galactus is a Celestial that against Arishem, and Eros is herald of Galactus, maybe the orb is a sign that someone is a herald, so that means Ajak is herald of Arishem to find planet that bear Celestial Seeds

Idk if I’m more excited about new Marvel movies or the Screen Crush videos that follow

my respect for thanos is increasing day by day

Celestials should remain a RARE event. Just like getting a legendary in Clash Royale.

How was Thanos able to effect Starlord with the snap if he was part celestial? Then there is the question of Thanos vs Galctus? Did MCU bite off more than they could chew? How did Thanos basically end up as an outcast? How are the Externals mixed up in this mess?

This makes sense. I've long thought Ego seemed angry at the celestials. The Frankenstein's monster of the celestials.

Given the size of this channel, I really hope either Kevin Feige or the Marvel writing teams are aware of it and ponder all these questions. You guys have a lot of good ideas.

Very well done!

I recall not being a fan of Earth X (and it's sequels), but now I feel the need to reread them and give them a second chance. Thanks Ryan!

I really like this theory. I would love to see one version of Kang team up with the Avengers to step into a battle of Celestials vs Galactus. Also, this theory makes me really interested in seeing how Gorr the God Butcher is used. It feels like he'd be on Team Galactus.

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Great analysis!

Check out the song about Galactus by Johnny Void, "The Hunger". Awesome tune!

Dude, this is great. It makes sense and just feels like a good development of the story. Ego saying he's a Celestial while not resembling what we understand to be Celestials confused me, but I have genuinely just brushed it off as an inconsistency that should have been caught. But I am often clueless while Marvel is often brilliant. Your theory is quite brilliant too. So it made me start wondering about things I'd left completely unconsidered until now. Thank you for the inspiration! [And so I wrote a book...] So Ego started alone and lonely, then "wanted to experience what it truly meant to be human," which led to disappointment, which led to the desire "to fulfill life's one true purpose; to grow and spread, covering all that exists until everything is" him..... so that what, he can feel accomplished but ultimately lonely again??? Though I will say that would be poetically fitting for a character designed to reflect self-importance, ambition, and conquest; it's a flawed purpose considering what he expressed was loneliness and desire to escape it. So... What if Ego's Expansion wouldn't nullify an emergence, but instead it would effectively boost the sentience of each planet immediately to a Celestial emergence? So maybe Ego was designed by Celestials to do precisely what he did, to spread and seed all planets populated by sentient life, but like an Eternal, he was created without knowledge of the deeper truth in his design; that he was designed by Celestials to complete a task, nothing more. Like the Eternals have the purpose of protecting/guiding life so that it can flourish...only to let it die in a Celestial emergence. All their work is wiped away for the deeper purpose. So the "unceasing impulse to find life" within Ego was part of their design. And upon fulfilling his mission and completing The Expansion, every Celestial seed would hatch in unison so then Celestials would overwhelm Galactus and all existence. So maybe Ego was designed to turbo-incubate the seeds of Celestials into a mass hatching. So then Ego's Expansion would still be in-line with the will and design of the Celestials. ON THE OTHER HAND... I started thinking, how did Ego just become a brain that perceives himself as a Celestial? I know this is crazy, but what if Ego is the disembodied brain of a Celestial that somehow rebooted / regained consciousness? And that's why he has the impulse to spread his seed to every planet... because it's the same programming running in his brain to do what Celestials do; but he's doing it unknowingly because he's disconnected from his body/soul and therefore disconnected from some Celestial collective consciousness / mothership / hivemind / clique / discord / whatever because well...he's dealing with some head trauma. Like, what if Knowhere was Ego's Celestial head? Like, I know that somewhere in comics, Knull decapitates a Celestial with the All-Black. And Knull took the body and soul of the Celestial to the Realm Between. And I know he left the head behind and it became the mining station, Knowhere. And I know _some_ brain tissues were mined from Knowhere, but I don't know that the _entire_ brain was there or not. So then I found myself wondering, could a Celestial eject its own brain for self-preservation? Or did Knull just yeet the brain? Listen, I know this is crazy... I'm about 99.999% sure that Ego has nothing to do with Knowhere, but I can't stop thinking about this now; I love it. I especially love your theory of Ego being the next evolution of Celestial. It reminds me of the way Skynet would upgrade its Terminators in revolutionary ways to stay ahead. Really cool stuff. You craft such great theories, Ryan. Thank you. And thanks to anyone who read this pile. You get a big heart. 💜

I can understand your point and you make some good one that will have e thinking and rewatching your bideos

The theory is pretty good. Love the dog!!!

THIS is why I loved Eternals! The layers on layers! If all this comes to pass ETERNALS will be the best post-Endgame MCU movie.

Can't wait for the fantastic four movie and to see Galactus in the mcu

Great breakdown 🤙

That's actually an awesome theory! 👌

They will wait to return to Tiamat and him walking up till the X-men are established so they can use Kitty Pride to phase him out of the planet. All the while a fistfight between Galactus and Arishem the judge goes on in the background, and once Tiamat is out Galactus can no longer feed.

I love this. Please write for the MCU

This is so interesting I can't wait

This video was mind blowing and makes complete sense.

Interesting, I always assumed Ego was just lying and boosting his image. Cause you know, he’s got a massive ego.

James Gunn is gonna love this

New here and I like your channel very much.

Great Video

I'll come back and watch this once I've seen Eternals... love your content dude!

Ego might originally be the decapitated Celestial that is now Knowhere.

I like the thought of Galactus being introduced as the devourer specifically of Celestial-seeded worlds. And I can buy the theory that Ego was an experimental step in the Celestials' evolution, enacted as an answer to Galactus. I actually think that would sync well in line with the lowkey running theme the Guardians films have explored regarding the pitfalls of forced evolution (1. Rocket as the most scared of all within the group (according to his counterpart, Yondu) because he's been engineered into a new, uncertain state of personhood by way of what experimentation was done to him, 2. Peter turning down the choice to receive cosmic insight and bond with the light in full because doing so would've only deprived him of the greater connection to those he loved - a connection with which he identifies on a very human, non-godly level, 3. the impending trouble wrought by the inevitably premature development of Adam, set to appear in the third film). The part I have an issue reconciling is the theory that Ego was actually unwittingly doing the Celestials' bidding by "double-seeding" their planets of choice. It just feels clunky. Like there are too many overlapping variables that need to line up in a row to make the same buns come out of the same ovens. I get the sense Ego will be explained as an intentional creation exactly as posited in this video, but then that's when I think random chance takes over, as it often does in actual evolution. I think somehow, someway, Ego was abandoned by the Celestials after being deemed insufficient as a viable "next step" for them. I imagine they would've been disinclined to kill a being which is technically one of their own. So in classic Celestial grand-scale-calculus fashion, they decided it wasn't worth it to nurture a perceived failure but also opted to let him live and make his own way (continuing, though not quite mirroring, the inadvertent orphan theme shared with his son). But perhaps they didn't anticipate his evolving the ability to seed other planets via organic extensions of himself, just as they did not anticipate the evolution of their own deviants. So Ego goes off the rails, showing up on thousands of planets and doing the only thing life has taught him to do thus far: create more life. I think his ends ran oppositional to the Celestials' plan, though. And I think Quill and Co. taking out Ego was actually doing Arishem a favor. Just a guess though.

This theory was so great I have no idea what I just watched but I loved it

And about Galactus, we'll probabely see him first in another universe where he would have already visited or something, or see him devour planets in other galaxies on the travels of Thor, Guardians, Eternals, Captain Marvel, etc...

I'm fine with the theory, although considering what happened with the deviants AND the eternals, I'd say that yes, the Celestials are that dumb, likely because they have literally all of the time in the universe, so they don't see failures as significant issues in their masterplan, failures are just new data, much like the eternal's boss guy pretty much said so at the end of the movie

You sir made my brain very happy today.

I know it's just speculation at this point but, brilliant...just brilliant...I hope your right sir...in fact it's so good if Kevin F. Gets wind of this I'm sure they'll adapt it...👍👍

Who else could be a celestial demigod?

I want to see the Phoenix brought in as well.

Man, I wish your theories were the thing. They sound amazing.

This video is so informative and good should be watched by every mcu an comic fan

There’s a theory that he is actually a member of the hoard seeking to feed on the energy of the celestials, which is why he wanted to infect every single planet to feed on as much energy as possible

What if ego was designed to accelerate the growth of hybernating celestials? With Ego taking over inhabited planets, perhaps it would provide the necessary cosmic energy to awaken sleeping celestials. Galactus found out about this and beheaded Ego. But, Ego was unique in his ability to regenerate. He floated around w/o his memories, but with an instinctual desire to carry out his purpose.

I always describe Ego as a Psuedo-Celestial. Either a half/half or a lesser being but still in that god tier.

This is so awesome

If you go by the comics, Ego isn't a celestial, he's one of the elders of the universe

Perhaps Thanos' real plan was to not only take half the life in the universe but also half the celestials to preserve the universe.

This is a great fun theory!

Fascinating. 🤔 It is a most intriguing theory. 🧐 It should be entertaining to watch!!

Drax is so common sense. I love it.

I really love this theory about Ego and how he’s just another Celestial experiment that could very well be a total success in the expansion of their Godly race. Transforming the current metallic and bio-mechanical Celestial race into organic bodies that can procreate with living organisms like Ego, than he also have to explain the other side of their race. Meaning, what about the other Celestials!? The Aspirants. They were the first group of Celestials that Did Not Rebel against the First Firmament who created both races of Celestials. The second group of Celestials are the multicolored armored looking ones we saw in the Eternals movie who created the Eternals and Deviants as well as manipulating the human race. If Marvel Studios is going to introduce the multicolored Celestials which we saw in the Eternals movie, than we’re more than likely going to have to see the Aspirant’s if they’re going to truly expand the Cosmic side of the MCU. Introducing the Aspirants will really help in diving into the entire creation of the known universe within the MCU proper.

I actually really like this theory, I usually don’t follow MCU theories, but THIS is good

I love these sponsor transitions.

I guess Galactus will be introduced in Secret wars, just like Thanos was introduced to the MCU

Man I like eternals the story opened up so much!! Disney just take my money 💵

Great theory🤯 I wonder if Kevin Fiege has seen this?

2:32 absolutely gold.