Thor: Love & Thunder: 10 Questions It Leaves Unanswered

10. Will Jane Come Back From Valhalla?

Jane Foster's journey throughout the film ends with her sacrificing herself, using her Mighty Thor powers to destroy the Necrosword and put Gorr's (Christian Bale) crusade to an end.

This causes Jane to be overcome by her cancer and pass away shortly thereafter in Thor's arms, but in Love and Thunder's post-credits scene, we learn that her heroic sacrifice in battle landed her at the gates of Valhalla, where she's greeted by the also-dead Heimdall (Idris Elba).

So, is this where we say goodbye to Jane Foster for good, or is there a way for her to return from Valhalla?

While the Marvel comics have finagled various ways for Thor and others to come back to the land of the living from Valhalla, to date the MCU has pretty strictly kept spirited away warriors firmly in Valhalla.

If it were possible for the dead to come back from Valhalla, surely we would've seen Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Frigga (Rene Russo), Heimdall, the Warriors Three, or even Valkyrie's (Tessa Thompson) dead girlfriend resurface?

It's certainly possible that Jane could find a loophole to come back to Earth, perhaps even as a Valkyrie to team up with the Valkyrie, but it honestly feels like this was a one-off for Natalie Portman - an opportunity to finally do justice to a character who's been given the short shrift throughout most of her MCU tenure.

One suspects Portman is happy to move on from the franchise now, but money talks, so you never know. It wouldn't be shocking to see Jane make a cameo from Valhalla in a future film, but it's unlikely she'll be back for a substantial role among the living.