The Suicide Squad: Everything You Need To Know About Starro

10. Who Or What Is Starro?

Starro is from an alien race called Mother Stars. After Starro absorbs enough protein, he can asexually reproduce millions of spores called mini-stars. Since these spores are basically clones, they have a hive-mind, meaning they share the same thoughts as Starro and think as one.

If a spore wraps itself around a host's face, they will be under the control of the corresponding Mother Star. Each mini-star's interior is lined with barbs, making it virtually impossible to remove without ripping off the host's face. (In REBELS Annual #2, we see some people have learned this valuable lesson the hard way.) The only way to remove these mini-stars from the host's face is if they're exposed to intense cold.

Mother Stars are considered dangerous on a planetary level since they can consume a world's dominant civilisation in a matter of hours.

However, there is no Mother Star considered as lethal as Starro. This billion-year-old extra-terrestrial has conquered ten thousand worlds in a hundred star systems, controlling the minds of trillions. He has proven so efficient at ending civilisations, he is known throughout the universe as The Star Conqueror (because "Starro" by itself doesn't sound particularly intimidating).