By Chandraboli Majumdar
October 8, 2022
The MCU has been working on Project Armor Wars with Don Cheadle for some time. The project has had a number of exciting updates. While originally supposed to be a Disney+ series, Marvel Studios is now considering Armor Wars for a theatrical release as a feature film. Another update is that Iron Man 2’s Justin Hammer may return to the MCU with Armor Wars being his second appearance. However, the most interesting update is the rumor that White Vision will appear in Armor Wars alongside Don Cheadle’s War Machine.
Where is White Vision?
White Vision left Westview in WandaVision
SWORD created White Vision by experimenting on Vision’s corpse which was recovered from Wakanda. They were trying to get it back online. Instead, they created White Vision. In fact, they used Wanda’s signature energy and chaos magic to reanimate her body. It was later used by SWORD in the Battle of Westview to destroy Wanda and the vision she created with Hex magic. He attacked Wanda and tried to crush her head. Then he was thrown by Vision on top of an exploding car. However, White Vision returned and they battled in the skies over Westview.
It was at this point that Vision attempted to reason with White Vision and remind him of his memories. They started talking about Theseus’ ship and tried to figure out who the real vision was. Finally, the hex Vision was able to bring back memories of White Vision’s past and his love for Wanda. White Vision realized that he too was the real Vision and this directly contradicted his programming which ordered him to kill Vision. And that’s when he left Westview to figure himself out and rethink his purpose.
Why might he come back in Armor Wars?
Project Armor Wars could see the return of White Vision
The Armor Wars project is actually based on an Iron Man comic book series. The storyline follows Iron Man as he tries to destroy the weapons made under the Stark banner and keep them from falling into the wrong hands. However, in the MCU’s Armor Wars, War Machine played by Don Cheadle will take on the mantle of Iron Man. During his crusade to get rid of all Stark technology that could endanger people, he will most likely also have to deal with White Vision. Although White Vision itself is not a Stark creation. Both Vision and Ultron were. This would therefore lead to Rhodey finding White Vision who has not been seen since after disappearing from Westview in WandaVision. Rhodey may not have to fight him and may even recruit him as an ally.
But the whole trip will be especially difficult for Rhodes. Not only will he be grappling with the death of his dear friend Tony Stark. But he will also have to deal with the physical and emotional pain he suffered during his paralysis. The same paralysis that was the result of a missed attack by Vision. While we saw his physical improvements a bit, we didn’t see how the event affected him mentally and emotionally. Being face to face with White Vision will surely trigger much of the pain he faced and the memories of the incident. It would be a big story arc for rhodes which has been part of the MCU since the very beginning.
