WARNING SPOILERS FOR X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX AHEAD. The new X-Men movie’s thrilling third act saw Jean Grey confront Jessica Chastain’s Vuk. Jean realised that if she destroyed the alien she would also take the lives of others dear to her. However, the Phoenix took Vuk up into outer space and destroyed her by sacrificing herself. Related articles X-Men Dark Phoenix end credits scene: Is it worth sticking around? X-Men Dark Phoenix reviews: Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores In the aftermath, Cyclops is seen by the Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters sign, which has been renamed after Jean. We then see Professor X and Magneto playing chess together, “for old time’s sake”, before the camera pans way out exposing the blue sky. And just before the screen turns to black and the credits roll, the faintest outline of an orange enflamed figure is seen re-entering the atmosphere. For certain, this is Jean’s Phoenix who has risen from the ashes of death. X-Men Dark Phoenix ending EXPLAINED: How the conclusion honours X-Men Days of Future Past (Image: FOX) Jean Grey appeared to be in this Phoenix form in the last shot of the movie (Image: FOX) X-Men fans should be satisfied with this ending, as it honours the alternate timeline; specifically X-Men: Days of Future Past’s ending. After future Wolverine woke up from changing the past in 1973, he found himself in a new 2023. Here X-Men who died in the original noughties trilogy are alive and well, including older Jean who he had to put down by Logan at the end of X-Men: The Last Stand after she went Phoenix. In this new reality, the events of The Last Stand never happened, with Jean going Phoenix in 1992 instead. Seeing as Jean is alive in the new timeline, Dark Phoenix had to honour Days of Future Past’s ending by not killing her off, otherwise, this would be a major continuity error. Luckily, the director had it planned from the beginning. Related articles X-Men Dark Phoenix: Does Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine cameo AGAIN? Jennifer Lawrence wows at X-Men premiere before reunion with ex Wolverine discovered Jean and Scott alive in the new 2023 (Image: FOX) Dark Phoenix director and writer Simon Kinberg told Screen Rant: “I have some sense of it, yes, because I always feel as though I'm sort of responsible for the architecture of this and making sure that it all lines up. “So I do have some sense of it, but I really did imagine this movie, in truth, as the culmination of this cycle of X-Men films and so I wasn't really thinking past this film other than wanting to make sure that the logic was all sound. “I actually would say that the Dark Phoenix idea was set up in the end of Days of Future Past.” X-Men: Dark Phoenix is released in UK cinemas on June 5, 2019.All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility