What if the Mcu Took Place in the Xmen Continuity
With talks of the X-Men returning to the big screen within the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's time to revisit perhaps the most ambiguously placed entry in the X-Men universe: Logan. Fans have long wondered which timeline director James Mangold's tribute to Wolverine takes place in, and with talks of Hugh Jackman potentially donning the claws in the MCU, it's time to find out.
Logan follows a tired, worn-out version of Wolverine whose only goal is to care for an ailing Charles Xavier until a young girl named Laura with suspiciously similar mutant abilities shows up in need of help, bringing a lot of gun-toting baddies behind her. The film provided closure to Jackman's iteration of Wolverine, and its style was distinct from the rest of the X-Men series, leaving fans to wonder when Logan takes place and if it even occurs within the X-Men universe.
There are certain elements of Logan that are rather self-aware and may lead some fans to believe it takes place in a separate continuity. For one thing, Logan finds various X-Men comic books with Laura's possessions; seeing the colorful pictures of him and his comrades in classic comic book panels, he explains to her that maybe a quarter of the comic book's events actually happened, and it happened far more violently than the story implies. This could be a playful jab at prior X-Men films and their tendency to downplay the violent aspects of their powers, such as the gore Wolverine's claws would undoubtedly produce.Logan is the only X-Men entry to showcase its own comics, and the meta nature of this element could imply that the film exists in a separate timeline.
Likewise, Logan has other factors that convolute the possible timelines; there hasn't been a mutant born in over 25 years, leaving few of Wolverine's kind left, and the film alludes to an incident that killed Logan and Charles' comrades. In the comics, Wolverine accidentally kills all of his fellow X-Men after being tricked by Mysterio, but in the film, Professor X accidentally killed all the X-Men after his mind began to fail. These issues are not addressed in other X-Men films, specifically in X-Men: Days of Future Past where Charles Xavier's school is still running at the end.
However, while some people believe Logan takes place in its own continuity, especially after it seemed Jackman confirmed the rumors by saying the film took place in a "slightly different universe" shortly before its release, Logan's place in the X-Men timeline has been confirmed by Mangold. According to the director, Jackman's love letter to Wolverine takes place approximately five years after the conclusion of X-Men: Days of Future Past, around the year 2029. While there are small differences between the films' respective worlds, Mangold wanted to keep the established continuity while still having the creative freedom to say a proper goodbye to Wolverine, thus deciding to end Wolverine's story within the Days of Future Past timeline.
Though Logan may have its differences from the rest of the X-Men entries, it's clear Mangold wanted to keep up with the established continuity while telling a gritty, heartfelt version of Wolverine's final conflicts. Therefore, it makes sense it would take place well after the conclusion of Days of Future Past to have fewer constraints on creative liberties while still keeping the backstory of the characters audiences had grown to love. Regardless, Logan provided a beautiful ending to Wolverine's story, and though he and his fellow X-Men could potentially appear in the MCU, fans can always appreciate the masterfully-made conclusion to one of the most popular superheroes of all time.
Source: https://www.cbr.com/logan-x-men-timeline-explained/
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