In Avengers: Infinity War (2018), when Thanos described his planet, he mentioned that they were on the brink of collapse as a civilization. But I haven't seen anyone from his species in the movies.
Is he the only survivor? I guess many did escape from Titan before their impending doom. Or did nobody make it except Thanos?
For clarification, Thanos is an Eternal of Titan.
Titan Sui-San - Descendant of Uranos's followers on Titan. She was the only survivor of the war on the surface of Titan. She was found by A'lars, who with her, founded the new Eternals of Titan. Sui-San's children included Eros and Thanos. She was slain by Thanos during his attack on Titan, when he dissected her with a medical kit, hoping to learn why he was different from other children.
Mentor (A'lars) - Assumed as head of the Eternals of Titan. Son of Kronos, brother of Zuras, father of Eros and Thanos.
Thanos - Son of Mentor and Sui-San, brother of Eros. Is a Mutant Eternal, with purple skin and a ridged chin, plus more power than a typical Eternal of Titan, including energy blasts, psionic abilities, and teleportation. Raised the child Gamora, and trained her to become the ultimate assassin.
Starfox (Eros) - Titanian Eternal, child of Mentor and Sui-San and younger brother of Thanos. Became known on Earth as a hero. Former member of the Avengers, under the alias "Starfox". Has the power to control the emotions of others.
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- List of Eternals - Wikipedia
Most of these are alive.
The Eternals are never seen in any of the movies.
There are rumors the as-yet-untitled Avengers 4 could actually feature Kronos and the Eternals. There's a sense in which that's hardly a surprisel; Marvel is known to be working on an Eternals movie as part of the post-Phase 3 MCU, and Jim Starlin recently hinted that Avengers 4 would introduce another one of his comic book characters.
- How The Eternals Can Fit Into Avengers 4 - ScreenRant
They are hinted at though.
Avengers: Infinity War set up the Eternals in a number of subtle ways. When the Red Skull speaks to Thanos, he identifies him as the son of A'lars. That's a crucial detail, given that in the comics A'lars (sometimes known as Mentor) isn't just Thanos's father. He's also the founder of the Eternals. There's a brief scene where Thanos uses the Reality Stone to show Titan in its glory days, and the beings there are clearly humanoid - and, just as in the comics, don't share Thanos's distinctive physical appearance. While Thanos is an Eternal in the comics, he possesses the Deviant gene, making him appear significantly different than the rest of his race. It seems that's true in the MCU as well. VFX supervisor Matt Aitken told Screen Rant that this was originally a longer sequence, and would have involved a clearer glimpse of Titan's inhabitants.
- How The Eternals Can Fit Into Avengers 4 - ScreenRant
Thanos isn't the lone survivor of Titan as previously believed. His brother Eros, also known as Starfox, was introduced in the mid-credits scene of Eternals (2021). As an Eternal created by the Celestials, Eros likely played a role in Titan's development, similar to how the Eternals guided Earth's civilizations.
In an interview with Empire Magazine, Eternals director Chloé Zhao shed light on Eros's backstory. She explained that Eros was stationed on Titan as part of a group of 10 Eternals, mirroring the setup on Earth.
Zhao imagines Eros as an advisor to Titan's leadership, similar to how Ajak, the leader of the Eternals on Earth, guided Earth's rulers. According to Zhao's vision, Eros eventually deserted his post, becoming a space outlaw alongside his companion, Pip the Troll. Zhao hints at a potentially "beautiful, heartbreaking influence" between the brothers, drawing inspiration from their comic book history.
Q: So I have to ask about the post-credit stings, and a certain Harry Styles. Can you talk about his casting as Eros? And why, even though he's a brother of Thanos, he's not purple and massive?
Zhao: I can tell you why! Long story short, with that depressing ending, at some point he was going to be one of the Eternals on that ship. And that didn't quite work out. But I had been wanting to bring Eros into the MCU. So I kept mentioning it to Kevin [Feige] at every chance I had in the hallway, because I love the idea of Eros being another Eternal, another Ajak. He's an Eternal, and he was stationed on Titan – 10 of them were, just like the 10 Eternals on Earth, assuming Titan is also a host planet at some point. Now, if you think about that, what influence could Eros have had on the inhabitants of Titan, the way Ajak has influenced people on Earth? And how that has affected Thanos?
If you go to the comics, there's some quite beautiful, heartbreaking influence Eros has had on Thanos. And how much does Thanos know? I love him as a character. It makes my imagination go crazy thinking, 'Why does Thanos think this way? Why is he worried about overpopulation and destroying his planet?' Think about the emergence – does Eros know about it? Maybe if he's an advisor, the way Ajak advised kings and queens on Earth? It gets my imagination going. For me, the backstory of Eros is that he deserted, he said, "I'm not doing this anymore." So he somehow got that sphere, which you saw in his hand, and he ran off and made Pip the troll. They're like Han Solo and Chewie. Arishem's been looking for him, and he's just been a space outlaw. That's the character I had in my mind.
