&34;'Wakanda forever' is not just a motto,&34; Todd Harris tells EW of this moment. Eyes of Wakanda creator explains that ending Black Panther tiein

"'Wakanda forever' is not just a motto," Todd Harris tells EW of this moment.

Eyes of Wakanda creator explains that ending Black Panther tie-in

"'Wakanda forever' is not just a motto," Todd Harris tells EW of this moment.

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**Warning: This article contains spoilers from *Eyes of Wakanda* episode 4. **

*Eyes of Wakanda* creator Todd Harris knew he needed his animated Marvel series about the Black Panther's home nation to have a culmination. "You've got to make a show mean something," he tells **.

That culmination happens in the fourth and final episode of season 1, which dropped on Disney+ in its entirely on Friday.

The half-hour season finale begins in 1896 Ethiopia in the city of Adwa. A young Wakandan prince, Tafari (Zeke Alton), and his advisor, Kuda (Steve Toussaint), are on a mission to extract a stolen vibranium artifact: an axe acquired by a pirate-turned-merchant while sailing the Indian Ocean.

Noni (Winnie Harlow) and the Lion (Cress Williams) in 'Eyes of Wakanda'.

They successfully acquire the axe, but it places them in the crosshairs of a Black Panther from the future (Anika Noni Rose). In her time, she's the last Black Panther. The Horde, an alien species from Marvel Comics, invaded Earth, but because Wakanda was still isolated from the world, they did not send aid to the other nations and they all fell as a result.

This future Black Panther traveled back through history to find the moment that could change their fate, and it relates to the axe.

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The artifact is the same axe that Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) will find in a British museum around the time of *Black Panther* (2018). As MCU fans know well, the discovery leads Killmonger to take over the Wakandan throne, a conflict that will compel King T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) to open the advanced nation's doors to the outside world. That act alone will continue the chain of events that will stop the Horde hundreds of years in the future.

"All comic book fans love feeling like they're on the inside, like, 'That's the thing! I know about this!' So you get that instant buzz," Harris tells EW. "But then also, too, that thing is the string that goes through [the show]. 'Wakanda forever' is not just a motto, it's that all these people have the same mentality no matter what point in history they are in. That dedication to that continuity is the most important part of this show. It's there to secure a future that none of those people will be around to see happen. That's the beauty of the show."

Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) in 'Black Panther'. ©Marvel Studios 2018

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And then, of course, there's the Disney legend from *The Princess and the Frog*, *Mufasa: The Lion King*, and *Dreamgirls* in the badass role of a future Black Panther.

"She came through so amazing," Harris comments. "I've been a fan of hers for years and years and years, so I was so happy to work with her. Hopefully [*Eyes of Wakanda*] tickled all the right Marvel spots, and some spots that you weren't expecting in terms of all the variations, because every episode's like its own little movie."

All four episodes of *Eyes of Wakanda* are available to stream now on Disney+.**

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