Besides a quick glimpse of the vandalized suit in the Batcave, Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice didn’t shed much light on the whereabouts of the other half of the dynamic duo, Robin. Luckily, director Zack Snyder has taken it upon himself to give us some backstory.
In an interview with IGN, the Watchmen director revealed what he believed had happened:
‘In my mind, it was that Robin had died 10 years earlier, during some run-in with a young Joker. So there was a fun backstory there to play with. I felt like the whole idea was that there had been loss and there had been sacrifice. In a weird way, he had sacrificed everything to be Batman. He doesn’t really have a life outside the cave. I thought that including Robin, a dead Robin, was helping us understand that he’s been on quite a little journey.’
It certainly makes sense for Batman to have had a partner, given how long the character had been operating as of Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. These comments do seem to collaborate fan speculation that the suit belonged to Jason Todd, the second Robin who was killed by The Joker in the ‘Death in the Family’ arc. The character later returned in the ‘Under the Hood’ story, which is rumoured to be the storyline of currently unconfirmed Batman solo film.
What at do you think? Are you disappointed we didn’t find out more about Robin? Who would you like to see portray the boy wonder? Let us know below!