With a villain named Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) at the center of its story, death was always going to be a part of Thor: Love and Thunder. Thanks to its sprawling cast of new and returning Marvel Cinematic Universe characters as well, the new Taika Waititi-directed film has room to say goodbye to, at the very least, a few of its central figures. Consequently, that’s exactly what it does.
