Is there a plot twist in Alien: Covenant?

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In Alien: Covenant Walter and David fight during a scene near the end. However, the editing cuts off their fight and we never see how it ends. At the end of the film, Michael Fassbender's character shows sympathy and fascination for the Alien species, and regurgitates eggs to keep them safe inside the ship.

Which led me to wonder this...

Did David actually kill Walter, then cut off his hand to pretend to be Walter during the end scenes?



Best Answer

It is David who is aboard the ship Covenant. David has copied itself to the physical body of Walter.

This is clear because as Walter (as we are believed at the time) puts Daniels to sleep in her pod, she asks Walter if he will help her realize her dream of building a log cabin on their new homeworld, which she has confided with walter earlier during a private conversation. But now Walter doesn't seems to understand this, which makes it clear to her and audiences that it is NOT Walter but indeed David.

Just a trivia: Towards end of movie, while Daniels and Walter speak, A wind blows Walter's hood to his head, which is a foreshadowing of who he really is.

(David's initial appearance in the movie was in a hooded figure.)




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Is it David or Walter at the end of Alien: Covenant?

At the very end of the film, just as Daniels is going back into cryo-sleep, Walter reveals himself to actually be David (both played by Michael Fassbender), informing us that in the battle between brothers, the wrong one won.

What happens to Walter in Alien: Covenant?

Walter was part of the expedition team that set down on Planet 4. He was subsequently destroyed by David when he attempted to stop the rogue android from harming his crew.

What happens to Daniels in Alien: Covenant?

Daniels passes out screaming, David goes to the embryo room and coughs up a couple of facehugger embryos and puts them alongside the human embryos. He then records a log as Walter saying that all of the crewmembers except for Daniels and Tennessee were killed by the neutrino burst.

Where is David going at the end of Alien: Covenant?

At the conclusion of Alien: Covenant (2017), we know David now has command of the Covenant space vessel and intends to set up shop on Origae-6, the original planet the Covenant crew were pursuing on their colonization mission.



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