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At the end of Thor: Ragnarok there is an end credit scene where the retreating citizens of Asgard are confronted with another vessel in space.

Whose ship is it and whose voice is heard and what does it mean?

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It has not been officially confirmed but the inference is that it's Thanos in his quest for the Infinity Stones...which will lead into the Avengers: Infinity War movie.

As Thor and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) relish in their victory, a giant spaceship with the very clear design and silhouette of Thanos looms overwhelmingly large, dwarfing Thor and Loki’s ship.

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Our bet? Thanos, who has presumably gotten off his space rock in time to join the mayhem of “Avengers: Infinity War.”

The last time we saw the big guy, it was in a mid-credits scene in “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” one that saw the epic villain finally taking matters into his own hands (literally), donning the Infinity Gauntlet and vowing to “do it” himself. Part of getting the job done (the job being, of course, collecting all the Infinity Stones and using them for his nefarious aims) would presumably involve getting in a ship and going somewhere. If he found Thor along the way (plus Loki, who has already betrayed him), all the better.

Although Marvel has not released its first trailer for “Infinity War” yet, it did screen at Comic-Con, where reports held that it opens with a grievously wounded Thor getting picked up — floating, totally alone, in the middle of outer space — by the Guardians of the Galaxy. If Thanos attacked the spaceship holding Thor, Loki, and the rest of the Asgardians, potentially making off with it (and them), and leaving Thor to die in space, that certainly sounds like a hell of a jumping off point for “Infinity War.” While “Thor: Ragnarok” ends on an upbeat enough note, it’s clear that danger is around the corner, and there’s no greater danger than Thanos.

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Update (2017-11-15)

Confirmed by Kevin Feige to The Wrap

“We call it the Sanctuary II,” Feige told TheWrap.

For those who aren’t immediately familiar with that ship name, you’ll probably be quite alarmed to learn that’s the name of the flagship of Thanos (Josh Brolin), the MCU’s big bad who will finally take center stage in “Infinity War” after operating on the fringes of the story for most of these movies.

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    Especially since at the end of the credits it says "Thor will return in Avengers: Infinity War". So that shoud supposedly be the next time we see Thor and the continuation of whatever story he's in. Commented Nov 15, 2017 at 12:24
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Likely Thanos. Especially if Loki had sticky fingers in treasure room and brought the tesseract with him.

In the third act of the film, when Loki goes to resurrect Surtr, the director makes a point of Loki pausing by the tesseract, and looking at it meaningfully

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    Commented Oct 28, 2017 at 15:00
  • Thanos Ship, I didn't hear any voice beside Thor and Loki's? Loki has an infinity stone Thanos needs so he is here for the stone.
    – user76639
    Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 20:34
  • Even that little comment would already improve this answer to a large degree. Commented Nov 15, 2017 at 12:26
  • Very good point about the tesseract! They made a big point of Loki pausing as he passed it.
    – DukeZhou
    Commented Nov 15, 2017 at 16:23

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