10 Things We Learned From The Community Cast Reunion
2. The Fate Of Troy Barnes
Early on in the Q and A, Donald Glover was asked about the fate of his character after leaving on a boat with LeVar Burton. Glover responds “In the Community world he’s definitely dead.”
However, he quickly changes his answer, saying that Troy is still lost at sea. Glover also implies that Abed would be trying to search for and rescue Troy from land in order to bring his friend home.
When asked what Troy would be doing in quarantine, Glover believes that Troy would have just gotten back to land in time for social distancing, having no idea what is happening in the world, and now becoming 14 million dollars richer.
This brief explanation is the most information we’ve ever learned about the what happens to Troy. The Season 5 episode Analysis of Cork-Based Networking implies that Troy and LeVar Burton have been captured by pirates, but knowing this is not their ultimate fate is reassuring.