The Xenomorph’s ORIGINAL Backstory (In The Alien Movies)

The Xenomorph’s ORIGINAL Backstory (In The Alien Movies)

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In Ridley Scott’s Alien, the xenomorph’s original backstory was very different than what was eventually revealed in the prequels decades later.

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The Xenomorph’s ORIGINAL Backstory (In The Alien Movies)

The xenomorph’s original backstory in Ridley Scott’s Alien was very different than what was eventually revealed in the prequels. Though Dan O’Bannon’s script did not detail the origins of the alien, Scott had a concept in mind.

Based on the success of Star Wars, 20th Century Fox gave the greenlight to what was essentially billed as “Jaws in space.” The script, which had been rewritten several times before it landed at Fox, was O’Bannon’s homage to the science fiction films he grew up watching as a kid. While It! The Terror from Beyond Space is often cited as the main point of reference, O’Bannon has always been quick to point out that he found inspiration from classic several films including Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires and The Thing from Another World. All of these influences were instrumental in bringing Scott’s film to life.

Released in the summer of 1979, Alien proved to be a huge hit for Fox and an influential film in its own right. One of the main reasons for its success was the world-building provided by the bio-mechanical concept art by H.R. Giger. O’Bannon was heavily influenced by Giger’s work when writing the script – and had always intended on using his designs for the alien and its derelict ship. The interior of ship, and the fossilized “space jockey” creature, provided vague, yet tantalizing clues to the origin of the alien. Was the space jockey a pilot of the ship – or was it the operator of a weapon? The relationship/proximity with the jockey and the alien eggs that are discovered seemed to allude to the latter.

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Xenomorph’s Origin Was Different In The Original Alien Film

Scott would go on to create two prequels, addressing the exact origin of the jockey, revealed as a being referred to as an “engineer.” Both films were rather coy about the alien engineers, focusing instead on the crews sent from Earth to investigate. While it is established in Alien: Covenant that ships similar in design to the derelict vessel discovered in Alien are armed – the technology does not use the xenomorph eggs as artillery. In fact, it is revealed in Covenant that the android David (Michael Fassbender) uses the engineer’s life form-creating pathogen to design various xenomorphs.

This development disappointed fans who had followed the franchise from the beginning. Scott had previously posited in interviews and in a commentary track for Alien that the space jockey race was involved in an intergalactic war with another species. The eggs were used as a biochemical weapon against their enemy – explaining the gun turret-like design of the jockey’s environment. It is also inferred by the hole in its chest that the jockey was impregnated by a “facehugger” and birthed an alien. This would underline just how dangerous the ammunition was to the civilization using it. All of these intriguing pieces of information were jettisoned in favor of a convoluted narrative that has yet to be completed.

The third film in the prequel trilogy, rumored to be titled Alien: Awakening, was still in the planning stages as recently as last year, according to an article in Variety.

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