Despite Stranger Things' habit of character death fake-outs, the Duffer brothers confirm that season 4's most upsetting death is permanent. Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of Stranger Things, confirm that Joseph Quinn's beloved Eddie Munson is definitely dead.
The Duffer brothers stated that the only logical conclusion to Eddie's story was death. In a way, he was meant to be a tragic character. "There was never any other arc for him and there was no 'how do you survive this'?" said Ross Duffer. "At the very end, you see people still drawing devil horns on his head.
Since the finale aired, fans have been requesting that Eddie make a grand return in season five. However, in a new interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Duffer brothers shot this speculation down. In fact, they said they always planned to kill Eddie off when they created his character.
It must be handled delicately to respect the impact of Eddie Munson's Stranger Things season 4 sacrifice and death. While not entirely implausible, it is unfortunately unlikely.
It's official: Season 5 of Stranger Things will be its last. Back in February 2022, the Duffer Brothers announced the news themselves in an open letter shared with fans alongside Season 4's official poster.
The Stranger Things Eddie/Kas fan theory says that Eddie will come back in season 5 as a vampire. The hope is that Eddie Munson is alive and that this theory could explain what happens to him next.
Despite Max (Sadie Sink) being left in a coma at the end of season 4, she will be returning for season 5. The actress appeared on Today with Hoda and Jenna, where she opened up about the last season of the show. She told them why it was going to be 'sad and scary' explaining: "It's going to be awful.
Eddie may not become a vampire per se, but according to theory, there's the potential for him to simply be undead and be brought back by Vecna to torture our still-living characters. It's a thought that has floated around the fandom for years and with Vecna's deceitful nature, it doesn't seem far-fetched.
Stranger Things' Eddie return chances gets a disappointing update from star Joseph Quinn as he reveals it's unlikely he will be back for season 5.
Eddie dies sacrificing himself and the other characters all feel the impact of what he has done.
Well, no. Despite the writers saying no scenes have ever, or will ever, be cut or re-edited, the Duffer Brothers have previously said they have "George Lucas'd" moments of the show. The term refers to how Star Wars creator George Lucas regularly makes tweaks to his films after they've been released.
"The puppet-master tattoo was a nod to Vecna — how he controls people and pulls them up from the ground," Forsythe shared. "I had no idea 'Master of Puppets' was going to be played." As for the bats, those were more about Eddie's taste in music than his death. "The bats definitely were pulled from 1.
The streaming giant revealed Wednesday that the creators of the hit series, Matt and Ross Duffer, have formed Upside Down Pictures, a new production company that will develop film and television projects, including a “Stranger Things” spin-off, as part of the brothers' overall deal with Netflix.
With his death against them being so inevitable, the Demobats were bound to return to a target soon and take lives anyway. If anything, Eddie's sacrifice was more about him not running away than about the Demobats actually being taken care of.
Having been considered a “mean and scary” individual by his classmates, Eddie's death would prove that he was actually the opposite by sacrificing himself to save all of those who hate him.
And each season by season, we're turning the page and revealing a bit more and more. So, we do have a general sense of where we're going. We've known the ending of the show for quite a while.”
Eddie Is Learning to 'Let Go'
“He's back at the 118, and he's happier and healthier than before. Now he can focus on moving forward in a good way.” His home life, however, is another story. “We'll see him learning how to be the dad of a kid that's becoming their own person,” Reidel says.
The novel titled Flight of Icarus will be set in 1984, two years prior to the events of season four and will release on 31 October 2023. The story tells the tale of Eddie being on the verge of realising his dream to make it big with his band Corroden Coffin, after meeting a record producer named Paige.
The theory argues that because 010's face is obscured and is never actually shown in full on screen, he may have actually survived in the room with Brenner. Another point in the theory argues that Eddie wasn't particularly shocked when Steve told him about Eleven and her powers.
The battle destroyed Vecna's Rotting Tower, and cost the lich his left hand and eye. Kas himself was flung across the multiverse to Vecna's Citadel Cavitius on the Plane of Ash. The time he spent so close to the Negative Energy Plane changed him into a vampire, and he decided he would be called "Kas the Destroyer".
Stranger Things fans believe Eddie Munson will return in S5
The premiere episode of Season 5 is called “The Crawl,” and fans are of the unwavering conviction that the title points to Eddie crawling back to life as Kas, the human vampire who ultimately defeats Vecna, after his apparent death in the last season.
Eddie was killed by Demobats and has a prominent bat tattoo, while Kas was a vampire, often thought to derive from bat-bites. Eddie also has a demon tattoo on his chest, which could hint as his return as a demon or un-dead being.
Physically, yes. Lucas tells his friends that Max is in a coma, and we see her wearing casts on her arms and legs. The Duffer brothers have also confirmed that at the end of Season 4, Max is alive yet "brain dead, blind, and all of her bones are broken." The big mystery is where the redhead is mentally.
Eleven seems to be able to accomplish great things when she concentrates and focuses really hard, and that seems to be how she brings Max back to life. It's an incredibly powerful storyline and makes it even harder to wait for season 5.