Suicide Squad: 10 Questions We're Asking After The New Trailer

9. How Does Katana Fit Into The Team?

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Deadshot. Harley Quinn. El Diablo. Captain Boomerang. Killer Croc. Slipknot. Yep, all the usual suspects here...wait, what's Katana doing there? 

The character may be a badass with an even more badass weapon, but she's also much more of a superhero than a villain, putting her at odds with the whole purpose of Suicide Squad - and her absence from the line-up photos basically confirms that they're not altering the character's story to suit. 

So she's not an actual member of the Squad, how does she fit into the movie? Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag) said last year she had his back, so does he draft her into the team? Or does she have her own solo-mission, that winds up tangled with that of the Suicide Squad? 

On another Katana note, she's also seen in the trailer being attacked by what looks like Common's Monster T, and, well, it doesn't look good. It'd be insane for the trailer to give away this spoiler, but this does look like we could we seeing her death, right?

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