Source: Marvel Studios / Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Leading up to the debut of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer, there was plenty of speculation about the highly-anticipated sequel to 2018’s global blockbuster Black Panther following the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman. Numerous reports of onset issues revolving around star Letitia Wright and the loud calls for Marvel Studios to recast T’Challa, something director Ryan Coogler, and studio head Kevin Feige vowed they would not do.

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So it was pretty understandable that a lot was hanging on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s first trailer, specifically if this film would excite a worried fanbase who felt this still young movie franchise could go on without the face of it. Based on the 2:11 teaser, it looks like Coogler and Feige were on the money when they said this film would honor the late Boseman.

Back to a fantastic rendition of Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry,” the trailer highlights a broken nation of Wakanda mourning the loss of its new king. Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) painfully expresses her grief by shouting, “I am queen of the most powerful nation in the world, and my entire family is gone.” We also see in one scene Wright’s Princess Shuri walking with her mother dressed in all white while holding her brother’s Black Panther helmet and shedding tears in another.

Source: One Nation Mourns, Another Celebrates Life In First ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Trailer