Lanterns: John Stewart Is DCU’s Real Endgame

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Jon Stewart: Lanterns Is Setting Up DCU’s Future. Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler are being marketed side by side, but DC may already be telling us which Green Lantern is meant to carry this franchise forward. The key could be Hal Jordan himself. Lanterns positions Chandler’s veteran hero opposite Pierre’s trainee, creating what initially looks like a classic mentor-and-student partnership. But the Comic-Con footage suggests something much more confrontational. Sinestro questions whether Hal understands Jon’s real purpose, the two Lanterns come to blows, and Hal puts Jon through a dangerous test involving his power ring. In this video, we explore the theory that Lanterns is actually an eight-episode passing of the torch designed to convince audiences that Jon Stewart has earned his place in the DCU. We’ll also look at why this series matters so much to James Gunn and Peter Safran’s interconnected DC strategy, how the lingering reputation of 2011’s Green Lantern raises the stakes, and

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