The Flash Season 2: 7 Ups And 5 Downs From 'Versus Zoom'

5. Cisco's Anakin Worry

Star Wars Anakin Revenge Of The Sith
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Whilst Versus Zoom saw one of the few times that Cisco Ramon has actually refused to do something for fear of what could happen, it was the exact same plot point that lent itself to Cisco brilliantly using the Anakin Skywalker example of what could happen to him.

With Cisco, the Force is strong, he has all of the powers needed to do good, but his worry is that, like Anakin, he’ll become Darth Vader, aka Reverb.

As ever, we can always count on Cisco Ramon to bring in the geek references aplenty whenever he gets the chance, and making reference to Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader here was one of the most brilliant moments of this latest Flash episode.

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