🔴Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes' New Caesar Confirms The True Impact Of War's Ending🔴
0Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes' New Caesar Confirms The True Impact Of War's Ending
While Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set 300 years after the death of the messianic ape Caesar, his legacy has persisted across the centuries, as evidenced by the new ape leader adopting his name. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will pick up the rebooted timeline that began with 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes and its two sequels. Each of those movies follows a different stage in the journey of the ape Caesar, who is largely responsible for the evolution and advancement of apes on Earth.
The latest chapter in the Apes saga will chronicle a young ape named Noa as he is introduced to an ape kingdom led by a tyrannical bonobo who has named himself Proximus Caesar. The villainous ape has managed to weaponize the power of electricity and surrounded himself with minions who obey his will, which includes hunting humans. One of the most important focuses of the movie will be how Caesar's legacy has been passed down from generation to generation. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and will center around two replacement characters who represent different interpretations of Caesar's teachings.
The fact that the new ape leader adopts Caesar's name for himself is an indication of just how important Caesar has become in ape society. 300 years have passed, so information about the individual who set apekind on their current path of evolution has likely passed from history to legend to myth. His name has lost none of its potency, however, as the new leader seems to have adopted it as a surname in an effort to reinforce his own authority.
Much as it was for the Ancient Romans, "Caesar" seems to be more of a title than a name. In the time since Caesar's death at the conclusion of War for the Planet of the Apes, it's possible that the leader of each group adopted his name as recognition of their authority. That would explain why Proximus Caesar still carries that title centuries later; it has likely been passed down from one leader to the next. It's a direct indication of how important Caesar was to all apes following his death, not just the ones who knew and loved him.
The main trailer that played during the Super Bowl revealed a line spoken by the main character, Noa, about how the elders "did not tell us everything about this world." It seems that most of the apes in the world depicted in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and certainly the ones living in Proximus Caesar's kingdom, have had information hidden from them over the last 300 years. As the saying goes, knowledge is power, and by only telling their followers what they want them to know, ape leaders throughout history have been able to control their subjects better.
The adaptation of Caesar's teachings for nefarious purposes could very well be what the main character Noa is fighting against. There has been no indication that he is a direct descendant of Caesar, but Noa is likely going to be a character who discovers what Caesar intended ape society to be, complete with its coexistence with humanity. That would certainly put him at odds with Proximus Caesar, who only wants his version of Caesar's teachings to be law.
Noa and Proximus Caesar represent an interesting dichotomy in relation to Caesar's legacy. They represent the two diverging paths that his belief system has taken over time: one that holds a pure interpretation of his ideals, and one that has departed from his original intentions completely. It's fairly similar to how human religion has evolved over millennia thanks to varying interpretations and different geographic locations. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will no doubt explore Caesar's lasting legacy, and it will start with Noa and Proximus Caesar.