Sakaar

Sakaar
Location	Tayo System
Interest	Sakaar City Devil's Anus
Notable inhabitants	En Dwi Gast Brunnhilde (formerly) Ted Sallis (formerly) Beta Ray Bill (formerly) Ares (formerly) Bi-Beast (formerly) Dark-Crawler (formerly) Loki † (formerly) Bruce Banner (formerly) Topaz † Korg (formerly) Miek (formerly) Biff (formerly) Tasba (formerly) Roscoe † (formerly) Hajo † (formerly) Thor (formerly) Skaar (formerly) Alternate Universes: En Dwi Gast † Korg † Roscoe † Tony Stark (formerly) Gamora (formerly) Valkyrie Grandmaster Topaz Korg Biff Tasba Roscoe † Snuffy † Nikos Bruce Banner (formerly) Theodore Sallis (formerly) Beta Ray Bill (formerly) Ares (formerly) Bi-Beast (formerly) Dark-Crawler (formerly)
Population	Sakaarans
Appearances
Movie	Guardians of the Galaxy (mentioned) Thor: Ragnarok
One-Shot	Team Darryl (mentioned)
TV Series	Loki (footage) What If...? She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (footage & mentioned)
Book	Phase Two: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (mentioned) Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (mentioned)

"Sakaar. Surrounded by cosmic gateways, Sakaar lives on the edge of the known and unknown. It is the collection point for all lost and unloved things. Like you."

―Sakaar Computer^[src]

Sakaar is a trash planet created by the Grandmaster in the Tayo star system, and is surrounded by numerous wormholes that deposit space waste. Sakaar is the homeworld of the Sakaarans and many other species stranded on the planet from different parts of the cosmos.

Overview

"Nah, nothing makes sense here, man. The only thing that does make sense is that nothing makes sense."

―Korg^[src]

On Sakaar, time flows differently compared to most other worlds. This was shown when Loki was tossed onto Sakaar only seconds before Thor but arrived two weeks before Thor did, as well as the Grandmaster claiming that he would be "millions of years old" compared to the outside world.

History

Trapped on Sakaar

"I've spent years, in a haze, trying to forget my past. Sakaar seemed like the best place to drink, and to forget, and to die. One day."

―Valkyrie^[src]

In 2015, Hulk took the Avengers' Quinjet and left Earth, flying into space and through a wormhole that caused him to crash land on Sakaar. Trapped on Sakaar, Hulk encountered the Grandmaster, who took a liking of his raging fighting skills. Soon, Hulk became the Grandmaster's new champion, fighting gladiators for the entertainment of thousands of Sakaarans acclaiming him.

Thor is accidentally teleported onto Sakaar

When the Goddess of Death Hela returned from her banishment, she forcefully cast out her brothers Thor and Loki while on the Bifrost and they ended up on Sakaar. Loki arrived first and befriended with the Grandmaster while Thor only came weeks after his brother and was captured by Scrapper 142 to be sold to the Grandmaster, who sent Thor to fight in the Grand Arena with the other gladiators. There, Thor met and befriended Korg and Miek. He also had to fight against Hulk, who refused to return to his human form. Although Thor was on the cusp of defeating Hulk, the Grandmaster activated Thor's Obedience Disk so that he would lose the fight.

Thor tries to escape Sakaar with a Quinjet

Thor met with Hulk in his apartment and after Valkyrie came to visit them, Thor stole the device controlling his Obedience Disk and tried to escape from Sakaar using the Quinjet which had brought Hulk. Although Hulk damaged the Quinjet, a video message from Black Widow had him turn into Bruce Banner. Thor and Banner then resolved to find a way to escape from Sakaar, going through festive crowds of aliens.

Escaping Sakaar

Thor and Bruce Banner working together

"We need you."
"I'm working on it, but I don't even really know where the hell I am."
"You're on a planet surrounded by doorways. Go through one."

―Heimdall and Thor^[src]

While the Grandmaster ordered the Sakaarans to find his missing champion, Valkyrie found Thor and Bruce Banner and took them to her apartment, where she had captured Loki after both of them were tasked by the Grandmaster to locate Hulk. Valkyrie agreed to help Thor fight Hela on Asgard, thus enacting the creation of the Revengers.

As they needed help to escape from Sakaar, Valkyrie went to find Korg in the Grand Arena and provided him with guns so he could start a revolution against the Grandmaster. While the Sakaaran Guards fought against the rebels, Thor stole the Commodore, the Grandmaster's leisure ship, after leaving Loki unconscious in the garage following another attempt of betrayal.

The Commodore flies to the Devil's Anus

An intense pursuit in Sakaar's sky ensued as the Revengers were chased by the Sakaaran Guards. During the pursuit, the Warsong, Valkyrie's spacecraft, was destroyed, but she survived the blast and she and Thor destroyed several Sakaaran spaceships while Banner, flying the Commodore, accidentally caused the Grandmaster's song "It's My Birthday" to begin playing, which managed to get rid of Topaz, causing her to crash and explode. Thor and Valkyrie joined him on the Commodore and the three of them fled Sakaar through the Devil's Anus. Meanwhile, Loki was found by the Sakaaran rebels and quickly became their new leader, commandeering the Statesman and leaving Sakaar as well.

The Grandmaster is found by the rebels

Having remained hidden on Sakaar, the Grandmaster was eventually found by rebels, although he tried to convince them that they should thank him as if it were not for him, they would have had nothing to rebel against.

Return to Sakaar

"I know I’ve been away on Sakaar for awhile. I'll tell you all about it, but first, I have someone here I'd like you all to meet."

―Bruce Banner^[src]

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Alternate Universes

Nexus Event Formed

In 1984, Sakaar was bombed with a nexus event. This created a branched timeline which forced the Time Variance Authority to prune the branch and reset the timeline.

Age of Ultron

Sakaar is destroyed by Ultron

In an alternate 2015, Sakaar was destroyed by Ultron and his army, killing all its inhabitants such as Korg and the Grandmaster.

Sakaarian Iron Man

This section requires expansion

In an alternate universe, Tony Stark and Gamora met on Sakaar and became friends.

Known Prisoners

Thor

Hulk

Korg

Miek

Biff

Tasba

Roscoe †

Hajo †

Doug †

Trivia

• In the comics, Sakaar was near a single wormhole called the Great Portal. Hulk was exiled to Sakaar by the Illuminati, where he became a powerful gladiator and led an uprising against the Red King, the ruler of the planet.
• There is no vegetation on Sakaar, although different mushroom cultures grow on the waste plains.
• The buildings of Sakaar are made up of an assortment of scrap metals.

Appearances

Appearances for Sakaar

In chronological order: Loki Season One The Variant (mentioned; alternate universe) The Nexus Event (mentioned; alternate universe) What If...? Season Two What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster? (alternate universe) Guardians of the Galaxy (mentioned) What If...? Season One What If... Ultron Won? (alternate universe) What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath? (mentioned; alternate universe) Thor: Ragnarok Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (mentioned in concurrent events) She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Season One A Normal Amount of Rage (mentioned) Whose Show is This? (mentioned) Out of time: Loki Season One Glorious Purpose (footage) In an indefinite temporality: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Season One Whose Show is This? (footage)

Behind the Scenes

• Taika Waititi stated that he wanted to evoke Jack Kirby's distinct art style in the buildings of Sakaar.
• Sakaar was almost featured in the post-credits scene of Captain Marvel, showing Yon-Rogg ending up on the planet through one of the many space wormholes across the universe.

External Links

• Sakaar on Marvel Database