Zack Snyder Talks Robin Backstory in 'BvS' and Why Batman Needed Joker In ZSJL's Knightmare Sequence at SnyderCon 2023.
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00:00 I'm going to ask you something I've been wondering about since the first Batman versus Superman
00:03 trailer.
00:04 One of the elements that you introduced in that trailer was the dead Robin suit in the
00:08 Batcave.
00:09 Robin's death at the hands of the Joker was teased again in Suicide Squad and your version
00:13 of Justice League, but was never shown on screen.
00:16 What were the events leading up to and resulting in Robin's death in your universe?
00:21 [applause]
00:22 >> I'll do a brief one because I think that that's still something that would be cool
00:29 for people to see at some point.
00:30 I don't know when or ever.
00:31 So I don't want to ruin it entirely.
00:34 It may never happen, but...
00:36 >> Like on Netflix?
00:37 >> Yeah.
00:38 Nice.
00:39 >> We thought Zack Snyder's Justice League wouldn't happen.
00:43 >> Yeah, that's true.
00:44 >> Never say never.
00:45 [applause]
00:46 >> So suffice it to say that, like, you know, to hurt Batman, obviously, you know, he has
01:06 at that point he had his real vulnerability was Robin, right?
01:10 And so I think that what's obvious is that the Joker understood that, right?
01:22 And all I'll say is that, you know, he's -- I think I've talked about this a little bit,
01:27 haven't I?
01:28 That, you know, he clearly he blew him up or it looks like he burned, scorched him.
01:37 I think beyond that, I really don't want to say the actual circumstances because I feel
01:41 like it's a spoiler for maybe a thing that will never need to be spoiled.
01:45 We should wait to see, don't you think, a little bit?
01:50 [applause]
01:51 >> Yes.
01:52 Yes.
01:53 Can I -- can I try a Joker follow up?
02:00 It might be a spoiler for something that we might get to see at some point in the near
02:03 future at some point.
02:05 But in the nightmare sequence of Justice League, it's made very clear that Batman had to bring
02:10 Joker along because he was going to be important somehow.
02:14 How might he be important to the mission they were trying to complete?
02:18 >> Our theory is that he's the one that knows where the kryptonite, what shards of kryptonite
02:24 exist.
02:26 He has that information.
02:28 And so he's being carried -- so he's basically made a deal with Batman, don't kill me and
02:33 I'll show you -- I'll get you a tool to fight Superman.
02:40 And so he's kind of stuck with him in that way.
02:44 And so like if he kills him or gets rid of him, then he's screwed himself.
02:48 >> So who's going to give him the reach around?
02:49 >> Yeah, exactly.
02:50 [laughter]
02:51 >> All right.
02:52 >> There's a couple other people that would.
02:54 >> Isn't that right?
02:55 Batman.
02:55 [laughter]
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02:59 [music]
02:59 (whooshing)
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