Hawkgirl (Film)

Djimon Hounsou

Gemma Chan

Lashana Lynch

Audrey Marie Anderson

Ben Mendelson

**Hawkgirl** is the first film of the Arrowverse featuring characters from *Legends of Tomorrow*. It was released on July 1, 2016. It focuses on Kendra Saunders discovering her Thanagarian past. It is set directly after the final episode of the first season of Legends of Tomorrow.

## Synopsis

Hawkgirl is an extraterrestrial Thanagarian warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Gordanians. The reincarnation of an Egyptian Priestess and a Thanagarian warrior, Kendra travels to Thanagar to discover her true origins.

## Plot

After departing from the Legends, Kendra continues to experience flashes of the alien planet Thanagar, the place of origin of one of her originators, Shayera Thal. Determined to find out the truth about her past, Kendra decides to journey to Thanagar. Upon in the capital city of Thanaldar, she meets the commander of the Thangarian military, the Wingmen, Hro Talak. Hro recognizes Thal's power in Kendra and reveals he was engaged to Thal prior to her crash on Earth. Hro explains that the explosion of their space ship merged the souls of Thal and the Priestess Chay-Ara, with Kendra being the result of that merge. Feeling connected to Hro, Kendra opts to remain in Thanaldar and join the Wingmen and help in the war against the Gordanians.

During a mission to rescue an undercover operative infiltrating a group of Gordanians, Kendra is captured by Byth Rok, a shapeshifter and leader of the Gordanians. Byth probes Kendra's mind and sees a vision of a woman on Earth. Kendra manages to escape and crash lands in Star City. Found by Lyla Michaels and A.R.G.U.S., Kendra is taken to their headquarters where Byth infiltrates the facility and the two learn of a Thanagarian living in St. Roch, Louisiana, under the alias of Sharon Parker.

Kendra and Lyla travel to St. Roch, where she learns that Sharon was the best friend of Thal and reveals the truth about the crash. Thal and Hol were actually lovers who wished to defect from the Wingmen and break off her engagement to Hro, revealing that the Gordanians are refugees searching for a new home. Thal and Hol were helping Byth escape with a lighspeeed engine capable of moving the Gordanians far from Thanagar when they were shot down by Hro, who killed them out of rage.

Kendra, Byth, Sharon and Lyla find a Gordanian ship orbiting Earth, where several Gordanians, including Byth's family, are hidden. There, Kendra is captured by the Wingmen, but she manages to escape using Carter's mace. In the subsequent battle, Lyla and Sharon manage to get the Gordanians to safety while Kendra destroys the Thanagarian fleet and sends Hro back to Thanaldar with a warning to never return.

In the end, Kendra chooses to depart to help the Gordanians find a new homeworld, choosing to forge her own destiny.

## Cast & Characters

* Hawk Girl as Kendra Saunders
* Lashana Lynch as Sharon Parker
* Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
* Ben Mendelson as Byth Rok

* Jude Law as Hro Talak
* Djimon Hounsou as Kragger
* Gemma Chan as Paran Dul

* Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter
* Caity Lotz as Sara Lance
* Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer
* Victor Garber as Martin Stein
* Franz Drameh as Jefferson Jackson
* Falk Hentschel as Carter Hall/Hawkman
* Viola Davis as Amanda Waller

## Trivia

* The film is set directly after the end of the first season of Legends of Tomorrow.
* This film is the first arrowverse film.