Now that we have had time to let the death of Sara Lance, aka the Canary, sink in, here comes the ine
vitable
how she can return editorial. After watching the final moments of Arrow’s season three premiere, I was left with a feeling of depression. I was depressed that one of my favorite characters was killed off, so here I am writing this article to help sooth the still painful wound of her death. So I have done some research and here are two possible ways that Sara could return for future seasons.
If anyone has kept up with the Future’s End comic run, you will know that there were some pretty major changes in Black Canary’s character. She still goes by the name Black Canary but she is now the head of the League of Assassin’s, which actually isn’t called that anymore. When she took over she changed the name to the Red League, which is made up entirely of women that they rescue from human trafficking.
We know that Ra’s al Ghul is the big bad this season on Arrow. About a week ago, Andrew Kreisberg or Marc Guggenheim said that this version of Ra’s would be more faithful to the comics, which means that he will more than likely have access to the Lazarus Pit. Lastly, we know Nyssa was very much in love with Sara. Now do you honestly think that if Nyssa has the opportunity to bring back Sara via Lazarus Pitt that she would pass it up? My money is on no. Also worth pointing out the last major character to be “killed” that had ties to the LoA (Malcolm Merlyn) came back like nothing happened. Did he take a dip in the pit?
This could potentially be a big and interesting plot piece used for probably next season, maybe later this season. If team Arrow end up beating Ra’s at the end of the season then the League will be left without a leader and that is where Sara comes in. She said in the premiere that it wasn’t a bad life for her, or it was a life she chose for herself. Being the leader of the league along with Nyssa and changing it to fit her new vision would be a great way to do something that stays faithful to the new comics and also brings back a fan favorite character while also giving fans the real Black Canary, Laurel.
I’d also like to point out that when Oliver and gang were at the cemetery putting her casket in the grave, you actually do not see them put Sara in the casket. Maybe that is reading a little too much into it, or maybe something happened in-between when she died and going to the cemetery. Also this year sometime, the producers said that Sara would be in three episodes this season. At least that is what I think they said, could have been two or more. Now yes these could simply just be flashback scenes, or they are when she comes back to life at the end of the season setting up something big in season 4. Or they just said that to throw people off about her death, which is definitely plausible as well.
My second theory I actually got from a fellow fan page, The DC Entertainment Multiverse, so I give them credit for this one. In the comics there was a villain that went by the name White Canary. She was also an Asian character as well but what if the producers took some creative liberties and made Sara the White Canary and sort of made her a Jason Todd like character. You saw what the Pitt did to Jason when he came out so it would definitely be plausible if the same happened to Sara and she was the “Red Hood” of the Arrow family so to speak.
So what do you all think? Is Sara dead for good or is there a possibility that she will return in the future? Let me know what you think in the comments.