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Caesar's saga and its heirs · 2 years after Dawn

War for the Planet of the Apes

Caesar vs. the Colonel

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Do you need to watch it?

Yes. It's part of the chronological order leading up to the end of the saga.

Where it falls in the order

  • Chronological3 of 4
  • Everything3 of 10

Post-credits scenes

No post-credits scenes. You can stop when the credits roll.

Spoilers for this title

Quick recap

Two years later, the Alpha-Omega militia is hunting Caesar's colony. In a night raid, the Colonel kills Caesar's wife and older son. While the colony heads for a new home, Caesar goes after revenge with Maurice, Rocket and Luca. Along the way they take in a mute girl Maurice names Nova, and Bad Ape, a chimp who can talk. At the Colonel's base, Caesar finds the whole colony captured and forced to work. The Colonel explains that the virus now takes away humans' speech and that he kills anyone infected. When another army attacks the base, Caesar finds the Colonel already mute. An avalanche buries the soldiers. The apes reach their new home, and Caesar dies peacefully from a wound.

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4 easter eggs

Hidden details

  1. ReferenceThe Alpha-Omega name

    The Colonel's militia is called Alpha-Omega. The Greek letters come from the bomb marked alpha and omega in the original series.

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  2. ReferenceA girl named Nova

    Maurice names the mute girl Nova. It's the name of the woman who doesn't speak in the 1968 film.

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  3. ReferenceDonkeys and Donkey Kong

    The apes who serve the humans are called "donkeys." The nickname nods to Donkey Kong and to their job as pack mules.

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  4. Behind the scenesThe Colonel and Apocalypse Now

    Matt Reeves compared the Colonel to Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. His isolated army echoes the one in Coppola's film too.

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