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2. Is That S.W.O.R.D? And What About Those Sleeper Cells?

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Likewise, the second post-credits scene is also worth addressing - namely because it tees up the prospect of a new secret agency making its way to the MCU.

The second scene reveals that Maria Hill and Nick Fury were actually Talos and Soren all along, the two Skrulls last seen in Captain Marvel. It explains why they were so easily duped by Beck and why they were concerned with Kree sleeper cells earlier on, but by far the biggest revelation comes when the real Fury is seen in space, living on a vessel populated entirely by Skrulls.

S.H.I.E.L.D. might be dead and buried, but could this be the beginning of S.W.O.R.D? Only time will tell...

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