Stranger Things 5 Trailer Reveals Vecna–Will Connection

Netflix released the full trailer for Stranger Things season 5, showing Vecna mounting a full-scale invasion from the Upside Down with Demogorgons/Demodogs and a military quarantine around Hawkins. The trailer culminates with Vecna appearing amid burning military installations and town-hall imagery, levitating an incapacitated Will Byers and saying, "You are going to help me — one last time," implying a pivotal Will–Vecna connection. The core cast — including Eleven (in hiding and training), Mike, Dustin, Hopper, Lucas, Nancy, Jonathan and Steve — unite to "find Vecna and end this," and the Duffer brothers say the final season will tie together the Upside Down's mysteries and conclude the story. The promo suggests heavy casualties and high-stakes action, teases next-level visual effects, features Max in peril and soldiers being overrun, and is set to a symphonic remix of Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever." Netflix will roll out the final season in three parts: Volume 1 on Nov. 26, Volume 2 on Dec. 25, and the series finale — which will also be shown in theaters — on Dec. 31.