Of all the Disney+ shows so far, few have been as impactful as the ending of Loki. While WandaVision set up Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier introduced the new Captain America, and Hawkeye brought back the Kingpin, Loki changed the MCU. What began as a character study of the Avengers’ first antagonist became a launching point for the multiverse, in which Loki and his Variant Sylvie encountered He Who Remains, the Variant of Kang the Conqueror who ran the TVA. In choosing to kill He Who Remains, Sylvie created the multiverse, effectively launching the Multiverse Saga, which encompasses Phases Four through Six. But originally, Loki had much smaller ambitions for the God of Mischief. According to the recently released book Marvel’s Loki: The Art of the Series, the Disney+ series was set to end with a reformed Loki leaving for new adventures. Within the book, we see a variety of costumes designed for Loki. As revealed by Visual Development Concept Illustrator Wesley Burt (via The Direct), the suits were intended to be a “sendoff” sendoff for Loki. “He’s grown and changed, and he’s more at peace at this point,” explained Burt. “He was going to depart off on to some of his own adventures in a different realm.” While the book does not reveal what exactly that realm would be, the costumes do give us some indication. Most of the costumes combine his (by this point) two most iconic looks, with a long green duster, similar to the style he debuted in The Avengers, and the white button-down and black tie combo he sported throughout Loki. But along with them are some special tinges, designed for his later adventures. Throughout the book, Burt provided the rationale for these various designs, only gesturing at the stories they’d tell. “Some of the designs were incorporating a bit of the TVA uniform that he had been wearing throughout the season—like a customized version of it—and then some are based on various Lokis from different comics,” he explained. “The ones in the billowy white and black robes were both like an enlightened, yoga-practicing Loki,” he said of a Loki’s draped in a sash. Several of the costumes have an adventurous feel, owing to Burt’s “swashbuckler” approach, featuring “half coat and the double belts, straps, and things on the jacket.”
