Justice League's Complete Darkseid Timeline Explained

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Zack Snyder's Justice League establishes Uxas a.k.a. Darkseid'sZack Snyder's Justice League has officially
brought Darkseid into the world of live-action as his DCEU history and timeline gets established. One of the
biggest villains in the entire DC Universe is Darkseid, ruler of Apokolips and one of Justice League's most
formidable foes of all time. While the world would have first met him in 2017, Darkseid was, unfortunately,
one of the characters to be removed from the theatrical cut. Instead, his character was restricted to
just a single name-drop by Steppenwolf who was the primary antagonist of the 2017 version of Justice League.

But after years of waiting, Darkseid has gotten his due in Zack Snyder's Justice League,
with Ray Porter being the first actor to ever portray him in live-action. The 4-hour cut
established Apokolips for the threat that it actually is and how long Darkseid has had his
eyes set on Earth. Even though Steppenwolf is the New God that Zack Snyder's Justice League mostly follows,
Darkseid still has a presence throughout the entirety of the storyline. Obviously, Darkseid's debut would
have led to a bigger role in the sequels that Snyder had planned to round out his trilogy. complete timeline
from the moment Earth first was visited by the Lord of Apokolips.

Every Death In Zack Snyder's Justice League (Including Future Timeline)

While Zack Snyder's Justice League had Darkseid for a handful of scenes, the overall film did establish a lot
of what the DC villain has done throughout his existence. Despite only having relatively little screentime, whenever Darkseid did appear, it was always impactful
and beneficial to his character. Here's Darkseid's entire timeline explained from what the Snyder Cut revealed.

Thousands of years ago, before taking the name Darkseid, Uxas came to Earth to conquer the planet as he would with many others. This is how the three Mother Boxes were brought to Earth and why Steppenwolf years later had to try re-collect them. Uxas was obsessed with finding the Anti-Life Equation that destroys all free will and makes whoever uses it on something or someone is under their control. But Uxas wasn't prepared for the greater forces
on Earth that were coming together just to stop him. Amazons, Atlanteans, humans, the Olympic Gods, as well as a Green Lantern, came together for a common cause: to stop Uxas's invasion.

While Uxas came with his large army of Parademons, it didn't help him successfully conquer Earth as he had hoped. The unity of the Mother
Boxes got interrupted and while Uxas and his forces were able to kill hundreds or thousands of Earth's protectors,
he himself was taken down. Ares ends up being the one that stops Uxas after cleaving him in the shoulder. Uxas had
to fall back with Par
ademons carrying him back to their ship to recover and while his initial invasion failed, he wouldn't be done with Earth.

Darkseid Meets The Justice League

Over a millennia later, Uxas was now known as Darkseid, one of the most feared beings in the universe.
As his uncle Steppenwolf was seeking redemption from his family on Apokolips, the New God pursued his mission to retrieve the Mother Boxes and complete the unity at last. But just like when Uxas tried to take over Earth, there was now a new generation of heroes that were coming together to stop the Apokoliptian threat. As Steppenwolf claimed that there were no protectors anymore,
Darkseid saw his opening and was ready to come to the planet again for the Equation.

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However, as Batman and Wonder Woman put the Justice League together, they also
made the decision to revive Superman, knowing they needed his help. While Steppenwolf did collect all the boxes,
once Kal-El was resurrected from the dead, Earth was now defended again by the former fallen Kryptonian. Initially,
the unity succeeded and they were defeated, but The Flash rewound time and gave them a second chance. While Darkseid
never fights the league, they do meet and despite not a single word being said, it becomes clear that the war is just beginning.
As the Boom Tube closes, Darkseid informs Desaad that they'll just have to get to Earth "the old ways."

The Knightmare future timeline has been a crucial part of Snyder's vision of his Justice League universe and the Snyder Cut is no exception to that. At some point in the near future, Darkseid not only murders Aquaman and Wonder Woman, but he kills Lois Lane and uses the Anti-Life Equation on Superman. As Clark succumbs to it and becomes a slave for Apokolips, Earth is officially taken over by the New Gods and Darkseid wins at last. While the exact year isn't specified, based on Darkseid's final scene in the
present being about coming to Earth "the old ways," it's fair to assume that it would perhaps be within a 2-3 years time span. That's why Batman forms a final resistance force to take on Darkseid and try ending his conquering.

This would have obviously set up Zack Snyder's Justice League 2 where Darkseid would have been a more present threat. But the Snyder Cut still managed to set the groundwork for just how mighty he is and will be in this Knightmare storyline. What the first film does is seed the idea of Darkseid being the ultimate big bad of this franchise and despite Steppenwolf having more screentime, it's his nephew that is the puppet master in this scenario. Everything Steppenwolf was doing in the Snyder Cut was on behalf of Darkseid, while also wanting to use this opportunity to get forgiveness by the Apokolips lord.

Zack Snyder's Justice League 2 and Zack Snyder's Justice League 3 would also likely be where more of Darkseid's characterization and history is expanded. This is one of the oldest living beings in the universe and there's definitely more to tell about the iconic DC baddie. Even if no sequels are in the works for the time being, never say never about not seeing more from this story, including the Knightmare reality. Depending on what HBO Max does after the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League, fans may still get more of Darkseid in the coming years.