Even if you haven’t seen “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” yet you’ve probably seen the image of Robin’s suit from the movie. In the film Bruce keeps a costume that was once worn by a now dead Robin in the Batcave with the words “Ha, ha, ha joke’s on you Batman” written on it in spray paint. Fans have been wondering what happened to the Robin who used to wear the suit, and everyone’s also wondering who he or she is and when they died.
Director Zack Snyder recently spoke to IGN about the impact that the death of Robin had on the Batman of this universe. He also revealed some backstory in regards to when Robin died and Snyder says the death happened 10 years before the events of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”
“In my mind, it was that Robin had died 10 years earlier, during some run-in with a young Joker. So there was a fun backstory there to play with. I felt like the whole idea was that there had been loss and there had been sacrifice. In a weird way, he had sacrificed everything to be Batman. He doesn’t really have a life outside the cave. I thought that including Robin, a dead Robin, was helping us understand that he’s been on quite a little journey.” Snyder said.
That certainly answers one of the questions that everyone has been asking. But we’re still not any closer to knowing which version of Robin was killed in this universe. Surely we’ll be finding out sometime down the road, and until then there are plenty of interesting fan theories to explore.
You can check out the interview in the clip below.
