Author: Phil Owen / Source: TheWrap
(Some relatively minor spoilers ahead f
“Avengers: Infinity War” is absolutely chock-full of fascinating new wrinkles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and few of those wrinkles are more interesting than Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) new axe, Stormbreaker.
The is not only a super powerful conduit of Thor’s thunderous abilities, but it can also summon the bifrost and thus let Thor go wherever he wants in the Nine Realms and beyond.You’re probably tempted to think — as pretty much everyone did — that Stormbreaker has a rule similar to that of Thor’s hammer Mjolnir, which was destroyed by Hela (Cate Blanchett) back in “Thor: Ragnarok.” That rule being that only those who are worthy are able to hold it. In the MCU only one character other than Thor demonstrated that worthiness — Vision (Paul Bettany), in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
If you assume that Stormbreaker also has that rule, then you would assume that means Groot (Vin Diesel) is also “worthy,” because he was able to lift Stormbreaker when he sacrificed his arm to make its handle. But you would be wrong, according to the Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of “Avengers: Infinity War.”
On Friday night, the Russos participated in the Vudu Viewing Party of the film, in which fans at home watched “Infinity War” at the same time and asked the…
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