Silver the Hedgehog (film)

**Silver the Hedgehog** is a fantasy action-drama film. It is the third installment in the Sonic Cinematic Universe (SCU) and an immediate prequel to Sonic the Hedgehog and Kingdom Hearts. The film is written and directed by Rian Johnson and stars an ensemble cast featuring Matthew Goode providing the voice of Silver the Hedgehog, Kate Mara, Taron Egerton, Domhnall Glesson, Keri Russell providing the voice of Blaze the Cat, Chris Pratt providing the voice of King Mickey, Hugh Laurie as Yen Sid, Ken Watanabe, Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Angelina Jolie, Michael Lerner, Sean Bean, Sandra Hüller, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Maisie Williams, Peter Mullan providing the voice of Scrooge McDuck, John Cleese, Nick Kroll providing the voice of Pete, Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan providing the voices of Huey, Dewey and Louie, Til Schweiger, James Franco, Mathieu Amalric, Tom Holland, Daniel Kaluuya providing the voice of Captain Gantu, Frances McDormand, Rasmus Hardiker providing the voice of Stitch, Stephen Root providing the voice of Dr. Jumba Jookiba, Lukas Haas, Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Sophie McShera, Holliday Grainger and Meryl Streep. In Silver the Hedgehog, it centers on the journeys of Silver, Blaze, Terra (who would later become Master Xenahort), Aqua and Ventus, characters briefly featured in Kingdom Hearts 3 in their quest to locate the missing Master Xehanort (revealed to be Terra in a betrayal), and protect the worlds from creatures known as the Unversed.

## Plot

set after the events of both Sonic the Hedgehog and before the events of Kingdom Hearts, in the Land of Departure, Silver (voiced by Matthew Goode), Terra (who later become Master Xehanort) (Domhnall Glesson) and Aqua (Kate Mara) take an exam to achieve the Mark of Mastery. Silver is forced to manipulated the test so he and Aqua passes but Terra fails, lessening Terra's control of the darkness in his heart. Shortly after the test, Blaze (voiced by Keri Russell) appears and a horde of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to appear throughout the worlds in pursuit of the Princesses of Heart. Learning about these developments from Yen Sid (Hugh Laurie), Master Eraqus (Ken Watanabe) sends Silver, Blaze, Terra and Aqua to destroy the Unversed and find this mysterious man named Xehanort throughout the countless worlds. Later, a mysterious keyblader named Vanitas (Lukas Haas) convinces Ventus (Taron Egerton) to follow Terra against Eraqus' wishes, while Eraqus orders Silver, Blaze and Aqua to watch over Terra and bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure. As the five travel through several worlds, Terra attracts the attention of several villains who offer him the whereabouts of Xehanort in exchange for assistance in their own agendas. He decides to instructs to destroy Vanitas, the source of the Unversed created from the darkness extracted from Ventus' heart. Shortly afterward, the five friends reunite at Radiant Garden, where Silver, Blaze, Aqua and Ventus confront Terra about his actions, but he dismisses them. Ventus confronts a mysterious hoodie Xehanort, who reveals his intentions to fuse hearts between Ventus and Vanitas to create an all-powerful Keyblade called the χ-blade. mysterious hoodie Xehanort sends Ventus to the Land of Departure, where Eraqus plans to imprison Ventus to foil Xehanort's plan. Terra arrives to save Ventus and fights with Blaze and Eraqus. Upon his defeat, Eraqus is vanquished by mysterious Xehanort, who covers the Land of Departure in darkness and tells Terra to go to a world known as the Keyblade Graveyard. Ventus is instructed to do the same by Vanitas, as is Silver, Blaze and Aqua by Yen Sid, who informs them about Eraqus' demise. Terra, Aqua, and Ventus arrive at the Keyblade Graveyard, where a mysterious hoodie Xehanort and Vanitas reveal their plan to use the χ-blade to unlock Kingdom Hearts and start a Keyblade War, an apocalyptic event that nearly destroyed the world in the past. until Terra laughed evilly revealed himself to be... Master Xehanort!. he revealed he was justing using a robot so that he could be seen at the same time. Meanwhile, Ventus is forced to fuse with Vanitas to create the χ-blade. Silver, Aqua and Mickey fight with the possessed Ventus and destroy the χ-blade, while Ventus engages and defeats Vanitas in a metaphysical battle within his own mind, losing his heart and falling into a deep sleep as a result. After learning of Ventus' state, Aqua brings his body to the Land of Departure, which she transforms into Castle Oblivion to ensure Ventus will not be disturbed. Back at Radiant Garden, Silver and Blaze senses Terra ahead. When Terra reveals his true identity, Terra (now known as Master Xehanort) impales himself with his own Keyblade and reveals he betrayed them. in the mid-credits scene Ansem the Wise (Jared Harris) finds Xehanort (in his disguise), while Ventus' heart reconnects with and rests inside the heart of a young Sora (Graham Verchere). In the post-credits scene, which takes place after the events of Kingdom Hearts II, Aqua meets Silver and Blaze in the zone of Port Royal and learns from two of them about Sonic and Sora, who has the power to save those connected to their hearts. Sonic and Sora, having learned of their fates from King Mickey's letter, undertakes another quest to save them.