A new trailer for season three ofThe Umbrella Academy dropped just hours ago, with more teases than Diego tends to throw at Luther. The Hargreeves siblings are set for an action-packed, sky-high stakes romp through an alternate timeline chock-full of obstacles, the most anticipated being the Sparrow Academy; a brand-new cast of superhumans under the wing of Reginald Hargreeves.
But the trailer shed some more light on what’s perhaps the biggest threat we’ll see this season, namely the “Kugelblitz.” Very little is known about the intricacies of it, but Number Five’s “we’re screwed” attitude about it is probably all we need.
Judging by the trailer, it seems to be a sort of time paradox event that destroys matter, as we see clips of the world being eaten away by a mysterious blue pulse throughout the trailer. It’s safe to say that it’s one of those comic book elements that’s best accepted for what it is without thinking about the inner workings of it.
Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves, Justin Cornwell as Marcus
Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves, Justin Cornwell as Marcus
Pogo in episode 305 of The Umbrella Academy
Pogo in episode 305 of The Umbrella Academy
Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves
Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves
David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves, Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves, Aidan Gallagher as Number Five
David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves, Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves, Aidan Gallagher as Number Five in episode 301
Aidan Gallagher as Number Five, Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts
Aidan Gallagher as Number Five, Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts in episode 303 of The Umbrella Academy.
Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves, David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves, Javon 'Wanna' Walton as Stan
Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves, David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves, Javon 'Wanna' Walton as Stan
Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves
Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves
Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves, Justin Cornwell as Marcus
Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves, Justin Cornwell as Marcus
Britne Oldford as Fei, Christopher, Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane
Britne Oldford as Fei, Christopher, Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane
Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane, Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves, Cazzie David as Jayme, Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves, Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves, Christopher, Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves, Jake Epstein as Alphonso, David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves, Britne Oldford as Fei
Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane, Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves, Cazzie David as Jayme, Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves, Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves, Christopher, Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves, Jake Epstein as Alphonso, David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves, Britne Oldford as Fei
Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves
Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves
Colm Feore as Reginald Hargreeves
Colm Feore as Reginald Hargreeves
Aidan Gallagher as Number Five, Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves, Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves
Aidan Gallagher as Number Five, Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves, Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves
Cazzie David as Jayme, Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves, Christopher, Jake Epstein as Alphonso
Cazzie David as Jayme, Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves, Christopher, Jake Epstein as Alphonso
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It’s not entirely based on fiction, however; a kugelblitz is a term in theoretical physics for a black hole that forms out of a particularly high concentration of gamma radiation instead of matter. Although a real-life kugelblitz would require a radiation pulse that matches the energy of the sun in one-tenth of a second, so the odds of us having to live through season three minus the lovable cast are about as low as they get.
Season three of The Umbrella Academy will release exclusively on Netflix on June 22.
