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• Why did Carol Danvers lose her memories at the start of the film?▾

  After Carol was exposed to the explosion of the light-speed engine, Yon-Rogg and the Kree brought her to their homeworld Hala and suppressed her memories using a Kree-programmed neural implant called a Supreme Intelligence device. The Kree wanted to keep Carol ignorant of her human past and true identity so she would remain a loyal Kree warrior, Vers, without questioning her allegiance.

• Why did Mar-Vell (Wendy Lawson) secretly help the Skrulls?▾

  Mar-Vell, a Kree scientist who had defected to Earth, discovered that the Kree Supreme Intelligence's war against the Skrulls was unjust — the Skrulls were actually refugees fleeing Kree genocide, not aggressors. She was developing the light-speed engine specifically to help the Skrulls find a new homeworld where they could live safely, hidden from the Kree. When Yon-Rogg killed her to destroy the engine, she asked Carol to destroy it before the Kree could seize it.

• What is the source of Carol Danvers's powers?▾

  When Mar-Vell's experimental light-speed engine exploded, Carol instinctively shot the energy core to prevent the Kree from capturing the technology, and the resulting blast directly infused her body with the engine's energy — which was derived from the Tesseract (an Infinity Stone). The photon energy permanently bonded with her physiology, giving her the ability to absorb and project light and energy at enormous levels.

• Why does the Kree Supreme Intelligence appear to Carol as Dr. Wendy Lawson?▾

  The Supreme Intelligence, a vast Kree AI that governs Hala, manifests as whichever person the individual it is speaking with admires or fears most. Carol's subconscious respect and bond with Mar-Vell/Wendy Lawson — who was her mentor and died in front of her — made Lawson's face the form the intelligence chose when interfacing with Carol, which also inadvertently kept pointing Carol back toward her buried memories.

• What does Carol's decision to remove the Kree inhibitor implant mean for her powers?▾

  Throughout the film, a neural inhibitor chip in Carol's neck suppressed the full output of her powers, keeping her controllable and preventing her from accessing her true potential. When she physically removes it during the climax, her powers are no longer throttled — she can fully absorb energy and fly at near-limitless levels, which is why she is able to overpower Yon-Rogg and destroy the entire Kree fleet almost effortlessly. The removal also symbolises her reclaiming her identity on her own terms rather than the Kree's.