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All Marvel Cinematic Universe movies these days are blockbusters, but they dont usually feel likeevents.
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If you watch that, you should be fine.
What, you dont have two hours and 45 minutes to spare?
Thats a key term to remember, as its the fictional African country that TChalla comes from.
Its located in East Africa, right near the intersection of real-life Uganda and Kenya.
The rest of the planet just thinks theyre a source of a rare material called vibranium.
They bide their time, uncertain of their future.
A U.N. meeting is held in Vienna to ratify the accords.
It is there that we meet handsome TChalla, son of TChaka and prince of Wakanda.
The two of them got into a fight in which Klaue lost an arm and ran away.
TChalla cradles his fathers dead body and weeps.
TChalla HuntsAfter the bombing, TChalla and Natasha converse once again.
He holds his fathers ring and tells Nat that, in his culture, death is not the end.
Its more of a stepping-off point.
He talks about the Wakandan gods (derived from ancient Egyptian religion) Bast and Sekhmet.
TChalla is given an office instead of a cell, but told to stay cooperative.
Bucky breaks out and everyone chases after him, including TChalla, but he gets away.
They all tussle for a while, but Cap and Bucky once again escape TChallas claws.
He and Iron Man track the pair down in Siberia and go after them yet again.
He prevents Zemo from committing suicide and carts him off to prison.
However, hes notentirelyon the side of law and order.
Your friend and my father, he tells Cap, they were both victims.
TChalla says, Let them try while he gazes at a statue of a … black panther.
Yknow, like the movie hes about to be in.
