Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-69.57.43.25-20130828001049/@comment-996391-20140203175102

It was confirmed by Drew Pearce that Killian or A.I.M. have no connection to the Ten Rings. All those "Ten Rings terrorists" around Slattery/Mandarin in Iron Man 3 were just actors. https://twitter.com/espinafrando/status/331461116662280193

But in the Iron Man 3 Prelude comic, the Ten Rings are really led by a man who calls himself the Mandarin. Also, in the upcoming Marvel One Shot, All Hail the King, we'll see that the Ten Rings are mad at Slattery because he made their leader look like a drunkard. http://screenrant.com/marvel-all-hail-the-king-mandarin-clip/ http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/01/09/marvel-one-shot-ben-kingsley-mandarin-all-hail-the-king/ Therefore, to really solve this mystery about one, two, or three Mandarins, I propose that we wait a few days until we see what comes out of All Hail the King.