Not solely was DC’s Stargirl an obvious casualty of the modifications underway at The CW below new proprietor Nexstar, however a possible spinoff might have been thrown out with the tub water.
Back in Season 2, the DC collection launched the character of Jennie Hayden aka Jade (performed by Ysa Penarejo), the daughter of Green Lantern Alan Scott. Having aged out of a gaggle house, Jennie on the time was struggling along with her personal, just lately found inexperienced energy-based powers, whereas additionally questioning the place her twin brother Todd had landed.
Jennie’s story resumed halfway by Stargirl‘s third and last season with the two-part “Infinity Inc.” arc, when Richard Swift aka The Shade (Jonathan Cake) transported Courtney (Brec Bassinger) and tagalong Pat (Luke Wilson) to The Helix Institute For Youth Rehabilitation in Civic City, to the place Jennie had tracked Todd (Tim Gabriel). It was found that Todd (who in comics lore involves be know as Obsidian) had shadows-based powers which Jennie ultimately helped him management.
As the “Infinity Inc.” arc drew to an in depth, Pat satisfied Richard to function mentor of kinds to Todd and Jennie and train them to fine-tune their natural-born powers. The twins agreed to the association, supplied that Jennie might first make good on a previous dedication to assist out Sandy Hawkins (aka Sandman Wesley Dodds’ nephew) in New York….
Now, in case you had sensed that the entire above was laying the groundwork for a possible spinoff collection — that’s, on an Earth the place Stargirl had discovered simple rankings success and/or The CW hadn’t modified fingers — you’d be fairly proper.
“Yes, I think there was a great show in Infinity Inc, with The Shade and Jade hunting down the remaining family members — the sons and daughters and nephews and nieces — of the original JSA, those who were born with power that didn’t yet unlock it,” Stargirl creator Geoff Johns shared with TVLine earlier this week.
That potential offshoot would illustrate “a really interesting difference between Courtney’s JSA and what Jennie’s JSA would’ve been,” Johns contended. The spinoff would have revolved round “characters that were born with powers that had to learn how to handle this power they inherited,” whereas Courtney’s JSA was comprised of “people who became superheroes through artifacts and not necessarily a bloodline.”
Johns was additionally excessive on the brand new crew’s impossible mentor, performed by fan favourite Jonathan Cake, grumpily guiding Jennie & Co.
“I think there would’ve been something fun about watching The Shade as a villain trying to reform himself by recreating a new superhero team,” Johns famous. “There would’ve been something really compelling about that as a show.”
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