Arrow Season 4: 16 WTF Moments From 'Restoration'

10. Embrace The Dark Side

In another Star Wars reference, seeing Malcolm Merlyn€™s speech to daughter Thea surely brought back instant memories of Darth Vader to many viewers. Here we saw Malcolm tell Thea of the bloodlust that now consumes her and that the only way to handle this post-Lazarus Pit rage is too embrace her dark side and her killer instinct. It was mightily reminiscent of Darth Vader€™s failed attempts at getting Luke Skywalker to give up on the Rebel Alliance and give in to the dark side of The Force.
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