When Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced at D23 in 2019 that Wyatt Russell was joining the cast of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” as John Walker, this plotline was always in play. It’s not immediately clear who is under the helmet because of, well, the helmet, but it’s also not too hard to figure it out. He tells those watching that “The United States of America has a new hero” and asks the crowd to help him welcome “Your new Captain America.” At that moment, the doors behind him open and out walks a man fully garbed in Captain America’s outfit – helmet included – and carrying the shield Wilson had given away. The first episode of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” – the newest streaming series from Marvel to come to Disney Plus – was a fairly straightforward look at how Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) are faring since Thanos was defeated, but it did end on an interesting note.Īfter receiving Captain America’s iconic vibranium shield from Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) at the end of “Avengers: Endgame,” Wilson chooses not to take up the mantle in the early moments of “New World Order,” the debut episode of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” Instead, he donates the shield to the Smithsonian Museum and is thanked by a government official for “coming forward” with the shield and that “it was the right decision.” Although Wilson clearly feels that only Rogers is worthy of being Captain America, the government doesn’t agree.Īs Wilson watches on TV in the final scene of the episode, the same government official who thanked him at the Smithsonian is standing in front of a crowd at a press conference. John Walker's debut appearance on "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier."
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