The “Thunderbolts” are here.

Marvel Studios’ ragtag team of mismatched villains – led by Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and including Bucky (Sebastian Stan), U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Red Guardian (David Harbour) and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) – are making their debut on this big screen this week. But the only question bigger than which of the characters makes it out alive is what the heck does that asterisk mean?

To explain: the asterisk was introduced once the movie was filming. It was teased by the actors on social media and became a part of the movie’s official title – “Thunderbolts” became “Thunderbolts*”. For more than a year, we have wondered – what’s with the little star-like symbol at the end of the movie’s title.

And now we finally know.

Major spoilers for “Thunderbolts*” follow. Seriously, you don’t want this ruined for you. It’s very fun.

What does the asterisk mean?...