This article contains spoilers for
WandaVision.
The show-within-a-show approach of
WandaVision
is taking the internet by storm week after week, leaving everyone to speculate on what’s really going on in the town of Westview. After spending
enough time in the sitcom fantasy world of Wanda
during the first few weeks, the inaugural MCU project finally delivered concrete answers in the last two episodes by introducing
the sentient organization known as S.W.O.R.D
.
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Created by
Captain Marvel'
s Maria Rambeau
, the agency has been revealed to have already existed for years before the events of
WandaVision
. The whereabouts of S.W.O.R.D. during major events of the MCU hasn’t been addressed yet, but it’s reasonable to assume that this plot point will be addressed soon.
Still, a good amount of tidbits about the MCU’s S.W.O.R.D. were provided by
WandaVision
, and one of the takeaways is the organization’s name change. As pointed out by Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau, the agency
transitioned into the ‘Sentient Weapon Observation Response Division’
during the five-year gap between
Avengers: Infinity War
and
Avengers: Endgame
.
Plot details about the name change are still being kept under wraps, but a new clue from the latest episode of
WandaVision
may offer clues about the matter.
ANOTHER TONY STARK REFERENCE
“Episode 5”
of
WandaVision
included another Easter egg that has ties to Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man.
After Wanda violently returned the drone that S.W.O.R.D. sent into Westview, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it reference to Tony Stark was shown.
In the image below, the drone can be seen with a Stark Industries label attached to it.
DID TONY STARK GIVE S.W.O.R.D. ADDITIONAL WEAPONS?
The history of MCU’s S.W.O.R.D. hasn’t been thoroughly explored yet, but this latest evidence suggests that Tony Stark helped the organization in some form after the events of
Infinity War
. Given SHIELD’s absence and Nick Fury’s off-planet travels, it makes narrative sense for Stark to aid the only agency that is tasked to keep the world in check.
The exact role of Stark Industries in S.W.O.R.D.’s resurgence is unclear, but it’s safe to say that Stark is aware that this newfound organization is using his technology. Even if Stark didn’t proactively approve this, it’s possible that Pepper Potts went ahead and donated it anyway, considering the state of the world after The Blip.
So far, part of the fun of
WandaVision
is making everyone speculate on what’s happening in Wanda’s sitcom world, and this latest Easter egg will no doubt add to the lingering mysteries that have yet to be unraveled.