Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) is a U.S. Air Force pilot.
As a Starforce commander, Jude Law's character has a soft spot for his half-human protégé Carol.
Starforce, the Kree's elite military team, includes Carol, Minn-Erva (Gemma Chan), Korath (Djimon Hounsou), Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), Att-Lass (Algenis Pérez Soto) and Bron-Char (Rune Temte).
Captain Marvel is set in the '90s—meaning Ronan the Accuser is years away from becoming a radical Kree outcast.
The Starforce commander trains Carol in Kree combat.
The shape-shifting Skrulls invade Earth—led by Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), who infiltrates S.H.I.E.L.D.
In the comics, Carol gains her powers after a violent explosion spliced her DNA with the original Captain Marvel (a.k.a. Mar-Vell).
Carol, who apparently has amnesia, can fly and shoot energy blasts from her hands.
Carol's closest friend, Maria "Photon" Rambeau (Lashana Lynch), is an Air Force pilot and single mom.
Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) has just joined S.H.I.E.L.D.—and it appears he's yet to injure his left eye.