Alien: Romulus Ending Explained: What Happened to the Xenomorph Offspring?

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As a die-hard Alien franchise fan who’s seen every film multiple times and even owns a Xenomorph replica (don’t ask), let me tell you about my thoughts on “Alien: Romulus”.

In the U.S., the seventh film of the main Alien series titled “Alien: Romulus” was released on August 16. Fans are curious to find out about the ending and the fate of the Xenomorph offspring (also known as baby Xenomorphs) in this movie. The story takes place between Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) and James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) within the franchise’s timeline. Directed and co-written by Fede Álvarez, Alien: Romulus follows the adventures of an orphan girl named Rain, her synthetic brother Andy, and their companions as they come across Xenomorphs in a derelict space station.

Here is what happens at the end of Alien: Romulus.

What happened to the Xenomorph baby at the end of Alien: Romulus?

In the movie, Rain and her artificial sibling Andy join the team aboard the mining vessel Corbelan, seeking cryogenic pods in a supposedly abandoned Weyland-Yutani spaceship orbiting Jackson’s Star. The crew includes Rain’s ex-boyfriend Tyler, his pregnant sister Kay, his cousin Bjorn, ship pilot Navarro, and Tyler himself. They aim to travel to Yvaga III, a planet with a superior quality of life compared to their current home. Since it takes nine light years to reach Yvaga III, they desperately need the pods. The crew makes it clear early on that they require Andy due to his ability to access the spaceship’s computer as an android made by Weyland-Yutani. Wanting her brother to have company during this journey, Rain decides to join them.

Eventually, the team discovers that the floating object is a space station instead of a spaceship as initially thought. Despite locating their target, their actions unwittingly thaw frozen facehuggers. After inserting a chip from one of the destroyed androids into Andy, he starts obeying commands from Weyland-Yutani. Rain then revives Rook, an android scientist on the station, in hopes of getting assistance, but he too prioritizes the company’s orders over all else. When the predicament worsens significantly, he refuses to let Rain and their group depart with samples of Xenomorph fluid, putting corporate interests before everything else.

Throughout the film’s events, characters Bjorn, Navarro, and Tyler meet their demise. Rook and the station are both destroyed. A Xenomorph kidnaps Kay, but she is later recovered in the movie. However, upon their return to Corbelan, Kay gives birth to an egg, resulting in a Human-Xenomorph hybrid emerging. This hybrid slays Kay, leaving Andy, who had reinstated following Rain’s father’s instructions earlier, badly injured.

In due course, it appears that Rain manages to eliminate the hybrid by designing a trap using the egg it had hatched from. The acidic nature of the eggshell eats away at one of Corbelan’s walls, forming a vacuum pocket. This vacuum pocket draws both Rain and the creature inward. Fortunately, Rain was already connected to a harness. A container impacts the hybrid before colliding with the planetary rings of Jackson’s Star, seemingly annihilating the creature. As the movie concludes, Rain secures herself and Andy inside the salvaged pods.

How Alien: Romulus connects with Prometheus

By August 2024, Prometheus will be the first film chronologically within the primary Alien series, placing Romulus as the fourth movie in terms of its storyline timeline. However, if we include the Predator crossover films, Prometheus becomes the third film, following Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. In this expanded sequence, Romulus is positioned as the sixth film.

A significant similarity between these two movies lies in their roots in mythology. In Greek lore, Prometheus was a titan who dared to challenge the gods and bestowed fire upon humanity. Correspondingly, the “Romulus” in the title of the more recent film refers to one of the twin constructions of the space station where the story predominantly unfolds. The other structure is named Remus, inspired by the mythical founders of Rome, with both names echoing their legendary origins.

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2024-08-16 12:10