A fictional character from the Planet of the Apes series is named Caesar. In both the original and reboot series, he serves as the apes’ leader. Roddy McDowall played Caesar in the films Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes (2016) is a comic series that features Caesar’s likeness once again.
In the reboot series, which included Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Andy Serkis played the character.
Caesar is the patriarch of the royal ape family, the commander of the ape army, and the ruler of the ape colony. Caesar is an evolved chimpanzee.
What happened to Caesar in Planet of the Apes?
Caesar dies on the Planet of the Apes.
Despite the successful repairing of the dam and the growing friendship between apes and humans, Koba, a bonobo, becomes disillusioned with Caesar after seeing his leader’s compassion and respect for the humans. He shoots Caesar, framing the humans, and leads the apes into attacking the humans and their colony.
Who killed Caesar Planet of the Apes?
Even after revealing that he had killed Koba, Caesar made sure that everyone—apes and humans alike—knew that he was not the one who had started the war. However, Koba’s actions also psychologically haunted Caesar, as he would frequently have dreams in which Koba would taunt him.
Does Planet of the Apes 4 feature Caesar?
In the first scene of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar is burned alive on a funeral pyre, and his corpse is visible. In the follow-up, Caesar does not reappear. Instead, the new lead character, Noa, discovers his legacy many years later.
The length of time between Caesar’s passing and the beginning of Noa’s story is not explicitly stated in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, but it is evident from the way human cities have been overtaken by nature that it has. As the years have gone by, younger apes like Noa have come to view Caesar more as a myth, and his memory has faded.
There is hope for a bright future for the surviving apes after Caesar’s death in War for the Planet of the Apes, but he is aware that history is always messy.
