||Thanos in the Endgame art book Part 3: models and concept art by Rhys Ifan (1), Masako Masuda (2,3,4,5,6), Ron Mason (7) and JZA (8,9)||
“At the beginning of Endgame, we find him at peace with what he has done, living his life out as a hermit,“ Director Joe Russo says of Thanos. “He has banished away the Stones so that he can never be tempted to undo what he has done, or so that no one else can be tempted to undo what he has done, and it costs him physically to do it. He’s one of the strongest beings in the universe, but the Stones are so powerful that they take life essence from him, and his arm is destroyed. He is willingly destroying himself to ensure his goal, and I think that’s the monastic dedication that is admirable in him as a character. So that’s where we find him -fully committed to what he has done, at peace with it and in fact sacrificing a part of himself to ensure that it stays that way“.
The Avengers have unfinished business with Thanos. Unaware he has destrooyed the Infinity Stones, the survivors of the snap breach Thanos’ yurt. It does not take long for them to realize they’re too late.