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Mjolnir has become as recognizable a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the god who wields it, and the enchanted hammer has gone through almost as many ups and downs as Thor over the years. It’s been beaten, broken, sent back and forward through time, and even attracted jealousy from Thor’s new axe, Stormbreaker.
After the first footage from Avengers: Doomsday emerged, it was clear that Mjolnir would be thwanging through the air once more, but if you’re confused about how Thor and Captain America can be tossing Mjolnir around in the upcoming fifth Avengers movie, you’re not alone, so let’s take a look back and see where the hammer actually ended up in the current timeline, and how it got there.
Hela Big Problems
Mjolnir took a major hit in Thor: Ragnarok. When Thor threw it at his estranged big sister, Hela, she grabbed it and shattered it. Without his iconic hammer, Thor had to find out just how powerful he was without it. Luckily, after a pep talk from Odin, Thor was able to summon the lightning and ruin Hela’s plans for domination, but he lost Asgard in the process.
Forging on without Mjolnir in hand, Thor accepted his hammer was gone, but had renewed faith in his own leadership and sense of self. That is, until he ran into Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.
Stormbreaker and Mjolnir
Having been bested by Thanos while traveling across the galaxy with his remaining Asgardians, Thor pursued the creation of a new weapon that would help him slay the Mad Titan. With Rocket Raccoon and Groot by his side, Thor went to Nidavellir, where the dwarf king Eitri helped him forge a new enchanted axe called Stormbreaker, which could summon the Bifrost.
Thor used Stormbreaker on Thanos, but was not able to kill him with it. Thor hit rock bottom after failing to take him out, but while traveling back in time during Avengers: Endgame’s “time heist,” Thor summoned a past version of Mjolnir and was able to wield the hammer again in Endgame’s climactic battle. He got a pleasant surprise when he learned that Steve Rogers could wield Mjolnir as well.
When Thanos was finally beaten, Steve went on a mission to return the Infinity Stones and Mjolnir back to the past. It is unclear whether he succeeded, but he didn’t have Mjolnir when he reappeared.
Jane Foster and Love
Thor carried on using Stormbreaker until his fourquel movie, Thor: Love and Thunder, when he ran into ex-girlfriend Jane Foster. Mjolnir had reforged and was being wielded by Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor. It turned out that telling Mjolnir to protect Jane created an enchantment on the hammer, and while Jane was in the guise of the Mighty Thor, she was protected from the effects of her terminal cancer.
Mjolnir displayed a kind of “shotgun” effect, splitting into the pieces Hela left it in and reforming after attacking multiple enemies. Love and Thunder also established that Mjolnir is sentient and chose Jane over Thor, which unsettled Thor and made Stormbreaker jealous of the hammer’s preferential treatment.
In the final moments of Love and Thunder, we discovered that Mjolnir had stayed with Thor and his newly adopted child, Love, after Jane’s passing. Thor and Love were seen charging into battle, with Thor wielding the reformed hammer and Love wielding Stormbreaker.
Thus, heading into the events of Avengers: Doomsday, Thor still has the same version of Mjolnir he had from the beginning of his MCU adventures, albeit one that can now shatter, attack, and rebuild.
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