'Supergirl' EP Calls Season 2 a Sequel, Compares it to 'The Empire Strikes Back'
Supergirl makes its second season debut at a new network, and the producers are confident that this thing will be an improvement over the shows initial birth.
Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has compared the upcoming season to The Empire Strikes Back, keen to make sure fans can expect a bigger and better follow-up. "In a way, it’s almost like a sequel, and I don’t mean that in terms of it being dark," Kreisberg told Collider.
"When you look at Empire Strikes Back compared to Star Wars, because you’d already introduced the characters and gotten that out of the way, you were able to go deeper with the characters and have more introspection, and watch them grow and learn. In some ways, the show is a little bit more comic book-y, with the addition of Superman and some of the things we’re trying, but it’s also gotten richer, with some of the characters and what they’ll be exploring this season.
"We’re so proud of Supergirl last season, but it reminded us, a little bit, of Season 1 of Arrow. We knew there was a great show in there and, every once in awhile, we would make it great, but we didn’t know how to do it consistently yet," Kreisberg admitted.
"We really feel like this year, at least for us creatively, we’ve cracked the code and we’re coming out of the gate strong. It’s almost the same trajectory that we had on Arrow, where we started to figure it out towards the back half of Season 1, and we’re coming out of the gate really strong with Season 2. Season 1s are tough. There was also the added pressure of having the first female superhero on TV, in a long time.
"There was a lot of expectation that the audience had, that the network had, that the studio had, and that we had for ourselves. It took awhile to put all of that aside and just start telling the right stories. It’s always been my experience that shows tell you what they want to be. Now, with the stories that we’re telling, Supergirl is finally becoming what it should be."
The new season of Supergirl arrives in October.
Source: Comicbook
