2. Shaw Could Visit The Engineers' Homeworld - To Find It Devastated
Chances are, if Prometheus 2 winds up being anything like what most people are expecting, that the film will see Shaw and David finding their way to "Paradise" - the supposed homeworld of the Engineers. This is the most standard theory circulating regarding the sequel, and the one that is actually hinted at in the ending of the original film. According to one theory - and as movie lore denotes - should the pair succeed in their mission to reach the elusive destination, that Paradise won't end up looking anything like paradise at all - that the Engineers' homeworld will have succumbed to something horrific, which would explain why members of their race are scattered across the galaxy. "Why are the Engineers engineering stuff in the first place?" is the big question of Prometheus that never got a satisfying answer, of course - and one that the success of the sequel hinges on. No wonder so many fan theories are speculating what will happen when Shaw and David reach Paradise, though an emphasis on a fallen society is likely.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.