Starro (DC Extended Universe)

**Starro the Conqueror** is the main antagonist of the 2021 DC Extended Universe movie *The Suicide Squad*.

He is a starfish like entity from outer space who was caught and experimented by Silvio Luna and his chief enforcer The Thinker. He is also the archenemy of the second Task Force X as well as the new leader of the Corto Maltese armed forces.

## History

### Past

Starro was an evil entity and alien from the outer space who enjoyed killing many innocent beings for power. One day, astronauts have discovered him and have brought him to be experimented by Gaius Greeves/The Thinker under the guidance of Silvio Luna.

Starro was going to be used as a weapon of mass destruction by Luna's forces called Project Starfish. With intent of escaping and conquering Earth, Starro had kept his plans hidden from the public eye, so he could one day accomplish his goals and terminate whoever shall stand in his way.

### *The Suicide Squad*

Starro is at first presented by Gaius to Silvio Luna and to his lietuant General Suarez. The megalomaniacal Thinker introduces him as Starro the Conqueror, as he is obsessed with coming into Luna's inner circle.

After that, The Task Force X coerce Gaius to show them Starro and tell them the truth. They discover that The Thinker tortures Starro out of ambition, and that Waller is also involved in this mess, but what they still do not know is that he is keeping Starro captive cause he knows that it's a very megalomaniacal and ruthless creature who is bent on conquering more and more territories, and that Grieves is merely feeding him with what he needs; his own army of mindless slaves.

As the bombs explode and Starro escapes, it shows it's true colors and seconds after it brutally murders The Thinker before it conquers Earth and brainwashes lots of people and the entire military force by sending little starfish parasites into their bodies.

As against Waller's wishes, The Task Force X go and fight Starro. During their battle, the Polka Dota Man is killed by Starro. The Ratcatcher then sends thousands of rats into Starro's body, and eventually they enter it's eye. Harley and Javelin also catch Starro's attention, and the monster is then overwhelmed in defeat as it gruesomely dies, thus causing the mindless zombies to fall as well.

## Powers and abilities

* Possession - The conqueror can send parasitic starfish who feed on human flesh and take over the human host's face, thus possessing him completely and turning him into Starro's mindless zombie
* Strategy - Starro is very strategic with his conquering plans, first lying through the mouths of it's hosts that the Thinker is the culprit and making him look like he is guilty of the entire mess, but then showing it's true colors once it escapes and attempting to conquer Earth in a horrific way.
* Manipulation - Through it's plans and it's lies to the squad it also manipulated the squad into rescuing it with bombs.
* Super strength - Starro is a bloodthirsty conquerer and it possesses super strength so it could easily wipe out it's enemies and conquer because it wants power through violence. It is born to be a conqueror and that is all that it does.
* Command - the amount of people it possessed was very large and infact this had a horrific impact on the movie's storyline since it had an army of it's own combined with all the Corto Maltese militants and it took many lives away. The army which it built and commanded gave Starro the name not only of an ultimate conqueror but also an ultimate destroyer of innocence.

## Gallery

***The Great Villains Wiki*** presents a gallery for **Starro**.

## Trivia

* It is the first version of Starro to be in a live-action film.
* Despite The Thinker, Silvio and Peacemaker being major villains, Starro is the main antagonist of the film due to it's direct influence on all the characters and it's danger to others. It also has bigger plans than the other villains.