Starro: Difference between revisions

* Starro appears in ''[[The Suicide Squad (film)|The Suicide Squad]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Molly |title=The Suicide Squad Trailer Reveals DC Villain Starro & Full Team |url=https://screenrant.com/suicide-squad-2-movie-trailer-starro-james-gunn/ |website=[[Screen Rant]] |access-date=March 26, 2021 |date=March 26, 2021}}</ref> This version is capable of growing larger and more powerful depending on the number of thralls it possesses or consumes. Additionally, its control is permanent, with the hosts dying as soon as its spawn attach to them. Thirty years prior, Starro was captured by American astronauts and transferred to a [[Corto Maltese (DC Comics)|Corto Maltesean]] research facility called Jötunheim, where the local and U.S. governments secretly collaborated to fund and oversee the [[Thinker (DC Comics)|Thinker]]'s experiments on Starro using enemies of the Corto Maltesean regime in what would be called "Project Starfish". In the present, [[Amanda Waller (DC Extended Universe)|Amanda Waller]] sends the [[Suicide Squad]] to destroy Starro before it can be weaponized by Corto Maltese's new anti-American regime and to conceal the U.S.'s role in the project. After the team accidentally release Starro, it kills the Thinker in retaliation for experimenting on it. Upon escaping, it enslaves a large number of Corto Maltese's citizens and soldiers and goes on a rampage until it is killed by the squad and a swarm of Corto Maltese's rats, controlled by teammate [[Ratcatcher (comics)|Ratcatcher 2]].