For as strange as Wonder Woman can be, her 2017 movie didn’t shy away from going weird. They stopped just short of the “made from clay” origin, but she’s still from an island of Amazons, the daughter of Greek gods, and wields the Lasso of Truth. One of the weirder elements not used yet in film is her invisible jet, which has been hinted at before. However, the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 just may have provided our first glimpse at the hero's iconic aircraft.
At about 1:30 in the footage, we see Diana (Gal Gadot) and Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) in the cockpit of a jet soaring through fireworks, followed by a shot of someone pushing down the throttle. Could they be flying the invisible jet here? Considering the rest of the trailer, embracing this element of Wonder Woman’s history doesn’t seem like a stretch.
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It’s a difficult question, because it's an unusual shot. We don’t just see Diana and Steve in a plane – they’re flying through fireworks. It’s a great visual, but why would anyone fly through a fireworks show? A small one gets lodged in an engine, your plane goes down. If it’s a visible plane, at least they might see you and stop setting off fireworks to let you pass. Maybe her jet is also less vulnerable to exploding? That’s about the most sense we can make of it, so maybe a point in favor of the invisible jet.
It’s also probably not a regular jet because of the seats. Most jets with two seats have one in front of the other, not side-by-side in a single cockpit. This doesn’t quite match up with the invisible jet, as many representations show it with only Diana flying, and she presumably has no one to share it with. Sure, this isn’t your typical jet, but it’s a wash on if it’s the invisible jet.
But the big counterargument: Diana isn’t flying the plane. Steve is sitting on the left side from their perspective, and the hand grabbing the throttle comes from the left. Would Diana allow Steve to fly her invisible jet? He is a pilot, but because we don’t know how he’s made it to 1984, we almost have to assume his flying knowledge hasn’t improved since he blew up back in 1918. Maybe it’s a sign of how much she trusts him, letting him pilot her trademark jet even though he’s several decades out of practice.
In short, it's not certain this sequence depicts them flying in the invisible jet. This could just be Diana and Steve out on a joyride in the middle of a fireworks show. With how much Wonder Woman and fellow DC movies Aquaman and Shazam have embraced the weird, though, we certainly wouldn’t put it past them.
Directed by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984 stars Gal Gadot as Diana, Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Kristen Wiig as Barbara Minerva/Cheetah, Pedro Pascal and Natasha Rothwell. The film opens on June 5, 2020.