like i said, i have no clue how important he is to the BP lore, but people were basically talking about "What if Marvel can get Denzel to play T'Chaka?!" when the movie was announced. I figured he was a very integral part/main character in an origin story, but i guess they are just using this movie to speed that process upIt doesn't annoy me at all. T'chaka was really just a plot device till recently