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#How What If…? Season 2 Could Lead to the Trial of the Watcher

“How What If…? Season 2 Could Lead to the Trial of the Watcher”

What If…?, the Disney+ show about what could happen if just little things changed in the MCU, might be about more than just a fun little pondering of how the universe might change. What If…? could actually be Disney’s way of telling the story of Uatu, the famous Watcher of the Marvel Universe.

The Watchers have a long history in Marvel, and they are one of the most secret and powerful alien races in the universe. The fact that they are not often seen in the main Marvel storyline is mostly because of their ancient oath to never interfere in the goings-on of any race of sentient beings.

Despite this oath, one Watcher has been notoriously meddlesome, both in the comics and the MCU. He is the Watcher Uatu, the star of the What If…? series and the most prominent Watcher in the comics. In the narrative, Uatu creates by watching a series of specific events, he not only involves himself but eventually becomes the protagonist of his own story. Eventually, his interference in the universe grows to occur so frequently that the others of his race are forced to put him on trial for breaking their code of ethics. The show What If…? may not be some simple experiment, but actually telling the story of Uatu and his inevitable trial.

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Who Are Marvel’s The Watchers?

The Watchers are an immortal race of super-powerful beings. While most of the time, the term refers only to Uatu, since he is the only Watcher that does anything besides watch, he is actually part of an entire species of aliens that have long since removed themselves from the happenings of the universe. They are among the very first sentient species ever to exist, and despite their lack of active involvement, they are among some of the most powerful individuals in the universe. They can manipulate cosmic energy, teleport, create illusions and even travel through time.

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These immortal beings realized the nature of their powers early on in creation and agreed amongst themselves that they were too powerful to interfere with existence. Therefore, they created an oath always to observe and never to interfere.


In the comics and the MCU, they can occasionally be seen observing very important consequential moments in the Marvel Universe. They are not often observed, but they first showed up in a cameo with Stan Lee in 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. And Uatu was introduced as a character in What if…? as the writers slowly broke the fourth wall between their anthology and their narrator. It has been established that this series is MCU canon as well.

Because the series happens across the multiverse and does not take place on the main MCU timeline, Uatu can still exist in the Earth-616 continuity without necessarily affecting it. The show also employs many main MCU actors as voice actors for the animated series, so it’s possible that the show might invade the main timeline one day.

The Trial of Uatu

In What If…? Uatu slowly becomes more and more tempted to break his oath as time goes on. While the series begins as a harmless little experiment, eventually, threats become too great, villains’ powers extend beyond their own universes, and Uatu is forced to grapple with the possibility that his own life might be in danger if he didn’t do something. While he eventually contains the threat, he has officially broken his oath, and now a specific group of heroes across the multiverse has been exposed to his existence.

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In the comics, Uatu is famous for stepping in during the Fantastic Four’s battle with Galactus. He was the only reason Earth survived the Devourer of Worlds. When Galactus sent his herald, the Silver Surfer, to see if Earth was worthy of consuming, Uatu tried to conceal the planet, creating an illusion that the world was covered in flames. But when this didn’t work, the Watcher worked alongside the Fantastic Four, giving them the power of the Ultimate Nullifier, a machine that could destroy an entire universe. This forced Galactus to surrender.


Uatu continued to break his oath a number of times after this until, eventually, he was put on trial by his own people. This happened originally in 1975 when Uatu took sides in a war between the Lunatic Legion and Captain Marvel. Another trial of Uatu recently concluded when the Watcher was judged again in a comic book run that finished in June of this year. There the Watcher is forced to view a version of the Marvel Universe in which he did not interfere with Galactus’s coming to Earth. However, the Disney+ series takes a distinctly different approach to the Watcher story.

While he has contained the threat which caused him to interfere, he has not eliminated it. The nature of his interference also occurs in another iteration of the universe and can happen parallel to Earth-616 while still threatening everything in existence. The writers have certainly created huge stakes for the show, and the cast should demonstrate just how important it is. Whether Uatu’s trial will be a part of their narrative is yet to be seen, but it seems to be a logical next step for a story about the Watcher.

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