What did Thanos do to half the population?

What did Thanos do to half the population?

At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, the villain Thanos acquired the infinity stones for a gauntlet that let him snap his fingers and turn half the population to dust. In doing so, Thanos believes he’s achieved his goal, a universe free of suffering.

Why did Thanos want to destroy the stones?

Thanos believes that the universe is becoming overpopulated, and that soon there will not be enough resources to support everyone in the universe. To solve this, he decides to use the infinity gauntlet to kill half the people in the universe.

Why did Thanos destroy the stones?

Thanos only purpose to collect the infinity stones was to wipe out half the population of the universe. He stated in Avengers: Endgame that the stones served no purpose after his mission was over. That’s why he destroyed the stones. There was no purpose for the stones for him after he completed his mission.

When was Xandar destroyed?

2018
In 2018, in accordance to their usual operation, Thanos and the Black Order traveled to Xandar and invaded the planet, effortlessly destroying the Nova Corps. Thanos retrieved the Orb from the Nova Corps Headquarters, destroyed it and placed the Power Stone in the Infinity Gauntlet.

How did Thanos get the Power Stone?

As Avengers: Infinity War ultimately started seeing Thanos already having attained the Power Stone from Xandar. This meant the location seen in Guardians of the Galaxy, home of the Nova Corps, had been destroyed by the Mad Titan as he took the first Infinity Stone on the way to forming his Infinity Gauntlet.

What happened to the Power Stone in Infinity War?

First seen as the central plot device in director James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the Power Stone was kept on the Nova Corps’ home world at the end of the 2014 film. That well-intended defense was ultimately ineffective as, at the beginning of Infinity War, Thanos has already secured the Infinity Stone.

Is Thanos’ Quest for the Infinity Stones complete in Infinity War?

Not all of Thanos’ quest to obtain the Infinity Stones was depicted in Avengers: Infinity War. Director Joe Russo explains why one stop was left out.

Did Thanos really only kill half of the Asgardians?

We’re told, not shown, twice that Thanos only killed “half” of the remaining Asgardians of the Marvel Cinematic Universe which doesn’t quite fit with what is shown (nothing but dead Asgardians and the entire ship blowing up via the power of an Infinity Stone). Related: Every Record Avengers: Infinity War Has Broken