Warning: This post contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

The late Chadwick Boseman’s absence in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever can be felt. Without the heart Boseman brought to the role, the Black Panther character is just not the same. People fell in love with Boseman’s charisma and attitude. He made movie history playing the first Black superhero to get a stand-alone movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His death in August 2020, following a private battle with colon cancer, came as a shock to many people. Boseman died as Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was working on the script for the sequel. Coogler made adjustments to the script to address the loss of Boseman in the new film, which is …