Across The Spider-Verse’s Original Ending Was Fixed Because Of Star Wars

The ending of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was changed after the film’s creators were inspired by the final moments of 1980’s Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Miles Morales returned in 2023’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sony’s animated adventure that caught up with Earth-1610’s Spider-Man a year-and-a-half after he first became the web-slinger in Into the Spider-Verse. While the 2018 film brought interdimensional Spider-People into Miles’ world, the 2023 sequel saw Miles himself journey across the multiverse, coming face-to-face with hundreds of Spider-People, comprising Sony’s Spider Society. While Across the Spider-Verse’s ending set up the upcoming sequel, the original plan for the film’s final moments was very different.