Marvel’s Echo
Summary
Ever sinceAvengers : Endgamepropelled theMarvel Cinematic Universefive days into the future , the franchise ’s timeline has been a mess , and the release ofEchoproves Marvel is n’t doing enough to clear things up . Prior toEndgame , the MCU typically stuck to a real - metre timeline , meaning the movies have place in the age they free . However , Endgamewas released in 2019 and the legal age of the moving-picture show take place five years ahead , putting it in 2024 .
Since then , Marvel Studios ' movies and shows have for the most part stayed aside from establish when exactly they take place in theMCU timeline , creating a lot of confusion among viewers , specially considering the number of releases in Phases 4 and 5 . In recent 2023 , an official MCU timeline record book was released , but only included movies and express that had debut up to that pointedness . Now the firstMCU dismission of 2024is here , andEchois record that , despite Marvel ’s official timeline , the MCU is still as puzzling as it ’s been sinceEndgame .
Marvel ’s Echo confirms when precisely Maya Lopez ’s first solo statute title take office within the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s chronological timeline .
Echo’s Confusing First Episode Shows Marvel’s Refusal To Fix The MCU Timeline
The first episode ofEchoshows viewers the bulk of Maya Lopez ’s backstory , commence in 2007 when her female parent dies . However , the episode , and the show as a whole , is discrepant in its use of schoolbook on screen to prove when picture take place . Much of theEchoepisode 1 tale jumps around in time , but aside from 2007 , it never establish in what year anything takes place . The most it does is establish is thatEchois rig five months afterHawkeye . Later in the time of year , Echodepicts flashbacks to 2008 and 2021 , but Marvel does n’t bring out when the other events take place - and most of them are post - Endgame .
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Cast
Alaqua Cox returns as the anti - hero Maya Lopez in Marvel ’s Echo , one of the street - level MCU ’s Disney+ serial publication that take place during the Multiverse Saga . After her face-off with Clint Barton and Kate Bishop in Phase 4 ’s Hawkeye , the titular Echo reelect to her hometown and reconnects with her Native American inheritance .
It ’s the inconsistency of some prospect being established firmly in the timeline versus those that are left for the witness to guess that makesEcho’stimeline so much more of a puzzling mickle . The fact that Marvel releasedEchowith such an unclear timeline seems to indicate they are n’t necessarily concerned with audiences understanding when it takes place in the larger MCU . However , if Marvel keep releasing its movies and shows with so lilliputian respect for the MCU timeline , it creates a major trouble when they want to bring zep together for a crossover .
Why Marvel Seriously Needs To Fix The MCU Timeline
MCU Phases 4 and 5 have n’t had much crossover between its many disparate storyline and characters , but Marvel Studios is still building toward two massive event movies withAvengers : The Kang DynastyandAvengers : Secret Wars . The timeline will want to make common sense of when the heroes unite , or elseMarvel risks creating massive plot jam in its various sub - franchises , which will cark viewers from the level the studio apartment is trying to tell . Certainly , sinceEchois a Marvel Spotlight release , it is n’t as concerned with connecting to the enceinte MCU , but it ’s still part of the enfranchisement and establish a messy manipulation of the canon that , if go on , will create larger problems for their big movies and shows in the future .
All five episodes ofEchoare now well out on Disney+ and Hulu .
Alaqua Cox returns as the anti-hero Maya Lopez in Marvel’s Echo, one of the street-level MCU’s Disney+ series that take place during the Multiverse Saga. After her confrontation with Clint Barton and Kate Bishop in Phase 4’s Hawkeye, the titular Echo returns to her hometown and reconnects with her Native American heritage.
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