Marvel Studios has unveiled the climactic trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, featuring Julia Garner's Silver Surfer delivering dialogue and offering a clearer view of Ralph Ineson's colossal Galactus. While the trailer strategically conceals Galactus's face (despite merchandise already showing it), the preview powerfully conveys the cosmic villain's terrifying scale and insatiable hunger.
Notably, the trailer appears to reveal Galactus's method for devouring Earth through one pivotal shot. Below we analyze how Marvel's planet-eater plans to consume our world.
Galactus's Earth Consumption Mechanism Revealed
The trailer's most intriguing sequence shows a massive, arc-shaped machine towering over Paris, projecting energy skyward. While this might resemble one of Reed Richards' inventions, evidence suggests this is actually part of Galactus's planetary harvesting system.
Comic lore explains that Galactus typically employs Elemental Converters to process planets. Despite his enormous size, Galactus doesn't physically consume worlds whole. These devices break down planetary matter into consumable energy to satisfy his eternal hunger - though he's been known to literally bite planets when impatient.
The Paris machine likely represents these Converters in action. The trailer suggests Galactus and Silver Surfer have installed multiple units worldwide to begin transforming Earth. To stop this apocalypse, the Fantastic Four would need to disable these machines before Galactus completes his feast.
The film's outcome remains uncertain - will Earth survive, or could Galactus's rampage force the Fantastic Four to flee their universe? The post-credits scene in The New Avengers already showed them escaping to another reality. Might this exodus result from Galactus destroying their homeworld? This would provide a dramatic conclusion to the team's MCU debut while setting up future multiversal adventures.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps premieres July 25, 2025. For additional insights, explore coverage on Vanessa Kirby's pregnant Sue Storm storyline and check out Marvel's complete upcoming film and series slate.
