The three anticipated extravaganzas of summer are now upon us.

“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” opened last weekend, and Aaron Judge’s season is prepared to reopen this weekend. The Yankees certainly need a blockbuster as well.

Judge, recovering from a sprained right big toe, completed what was considered a second positive day of rehab work at the Yankees’ minor league complex in Tampa on Wednesday, then flew back to New York. The Yankees are scheduled to fly to Baltimore on Thursday evening with the expectation the reigning AL MVP will be activated this weekend, likely for the series opener Friday, two sources told The Post.

That is the plan, but this is a tricky injury unfamiliar to baseball players (particularly players Judge’s size). So in what condition Judge wakes Thursday after two days of simulated games is part of the equation. But note Judge’s mindset — he wanted to return for the two-game Subway Series. The Yankees wanted to be more cautious.

Still, these were just simulated games. Players who miss as much time as Judge — a quarter of a season — normally go out on minor league rehab for a few games to see full-speed action to better work on timing and conditioning. More and more, though, especially stars tend to try to limit or avoid rehab games. Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper, for example, underwent Tommy John surgery in November and returned May 2 without a rehab assignment.

With Judge, though, does this speak to his edginess to return? The Yanks’ edginess about seeing their playoff hopes dimming? Both?

Everything will, of course, be said to lower expectations of Judge as a savior. But that is going to be the expectation. Because his record-setting presence pretty much single-handedly helped the Yankees hold on in the second half last year and win the AL East. And his absence since June has underscored just how many Yankees shortcomings he was camouflaging.

He signed a nine-year, $360 million pact in the offseason and by not playing, of all things, demonstrated that he is probably underpaid. Baseball is not supposed to be like basketball, where the removal of one star is so undermining. But Judge to the Yankees is Nikola Jokic to the Nuggets. The Yankees were 35-25 with Judge and 19-23 without him even after beating the Mets, 3-1, Wednesday.

The removal of not just his bat, but his presence seemed to unnerve all those left behind — including veterans such as DJ LeMahieu, Anthony Rizzo and Giancarlo Stanton. The Yanks managed just six more hits Wednesday in splitting this Subway Series and went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. In the 42 games of this Judge IL stint, the Yanks are hitting .220 and averaging 3.9 runs per game.

If Judge is able to return Friday, he will rejoin a club no longer in a playoff spot. He exited having a season nearly on par with his historic 2022. The June 3 catch of a J.D. Martinez eighth-inning drive was spectacular. But though it might have saved a game, it imperiled this season.

Not just because of what has happened in Judge’s absence, but what happens now with Judge. LeMahieu was never the same after a toe injury last season. And Judge has said he will play the rest of this season in some level of pain. How much will it disrupt the Yankees’ most important player? He is a 6-foot-7 behemoth who sits on his back right foot to swing.

So once Judge returns, the Yankees will be thrilled, and then on high alert concerning how he looks. Can Judge play through the pain? Can he avoid re-injury? Can he be himself and, if so, how quickly? The clock is ticking.

The Yankees will try to further add to the offense before the trade deadline, Tuesday at 6 p.m. But no acquisition will match the impact of the Yanks reclaiming Judge in full. Because it is clear now how much confidence and cover he gives others in the lineup.

But it does all feel fragile. Judge rushing back has overtones of 1996 when David Cone — not just an ace, but a huge clubhouse leader — missed four months after having an aneurysm removed near his armpit. He made the first of what was supposed to be two rehab starts. The Yankees were subsequently seeing a huge division lead over the Orioles dwindle. Cone implored George Steinbrenner and then-GM Bob Watson to cancel the second rehab start.

Cone reasoned he only had so many bullets in his arm and why waste them in the minors, especially with the AL East in jeopardy. Cone came back on Labor Day and threw seven no-hit innings. He was instant magic, a key piece in helping the Yankees to their first championship in 18 years.

Like Cone, Judge seems to be skipping rehab steps at a crisis moment for the Yankees. Will he be magic like Cone and able to offer instant impact to help right a season as the Yanks try to win their first title in 14 years?

The Yankees concluded the Subway Series hopeful that they were going to get Judge back as early as Friday.

If so, we move to the new big question: What version of Judge?