Hugh Jackman pays tribute to "Logan" with new photos of his ripped old Wolverine

It's been THREE YEARS since Hugh Jackman went at it "One Last Time" and played the superhero part he made famous in the big screen as Wolverine/ Logan in the aptly titled "Logan" - the X-Men Movies spin-off film and third entry in the "Wolverine Trilogy" that sees an aged, battered, and tired Logan living in a world with lesser mutants and caring for an elderly Charles Xavier - only to be thrust back into the spotlight when he is hunted by men looking for a young girl with the same powers he has. It was the perfect send-off movie for the character who has been the centerpiece of Fox's X-Men Movies for years, and Jackman honors that legacy by sharing some new photos of his jacked up Old Man Logan with claws sheathed out via his Instagram!

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3 years ago ... on this day. LOGAN was released. #thankyou for the many (and I really mean MANY) years of sweat, steamed chicken and, the role of a lifetime! #xmen #wolverine #logan

A post shared by Hugh Jackman (@thehughjackman) on Mar 3, 2020 at 4:24am PST

X-CELLENT looking photos of the best there is. Jackman really got ripped for the role.

Directed by James Mangold, Logan was released in March 2017 and was one of the last films of 20th Century Fox's X-Men film franchise before the company was eventually bought by Disney. Jackman also co-starred with the returning Patrick Stewart as Professor X/ Charles Xavier, while a then young Dafne Keen played his daughter Laura Kinney/ X-23.

Rumor: The Original Wolverine may be set to return soon with upcoming Marvel changes

Take this with a very BIG grain of salt, but if this report from Comic Book Movie holds any water coming from another report from Bleeding Cool about Marvel bringing back A-Listers in 2018, then we might be seeing the long awaited return of the one and only ORIGINAL Earth-616 Wolverine - who is currently still dead after "The Death of Wolverine" storyline left him encased in Adamantium. Currently it's his female clone X-23 walking around with the mantle, while his alternate reality-displaced "Old Man Logan" self has been running around in his place too.

It would be pretty refreshing to see the original back, especially with "Logan" set to make a mark next month in theaters and may arguably be Hugh Jackman's final time in the role. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. The Best There Is In What He Does may just surprise us with an (expected) come back yet...