The end of the trilogy
What we also know for certain is that Civil War will be the end of the Captain America trilogy – or, at least, the end of the Steve Rogers portion of the Captain America franchise. We have little doubt that Marvel is planning on transforming the former HYDRA assassin known as the Winter Soldier into the new Captain.
We say that we are certain because, one way or another, the Civil War is the perfect ending to Steve Rogers’ saga. The First Avenger saw him all in for the government and the powers that be. Back then, apparently, they shared the same ideology and, because of that, Steve underwent the enhancing procedure, became the poster-boy of the US army and, ultimately, (seemingly) defeated the Red Skull.
The Winter Soldier marked the beginning of doubt. Steve didn’t believe that instilling fear is the path to take – one cannot know who will end up being a villain because of the fear, or who will end up dead without any reasoning (other than some statistics). So he rebelled and this led to the fall of SHIELD, which (basically) represented those to whom Steve answered.
And now comes Civil War, in which the current Captain will take it to a whole other level. And it isn’t his paranoia that pushes him toward disregarding the Accords and going against Iron Man. If the UN supervises the heroes, who supervises the UN? As said, there is always the risk of corruption.
What better ending could there be to Steve Rogers’ story?
