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Why Another Speedster For Flash Season 3?

There has been some talk among fans about the villains for season 3 of the Flash… or more specially one villain. After having the big bad for season one be Reverse-Flash and then for season two it was Zoom… fans have questioned the logic of bringing Savitar in as a big season three villain.

IGN asked executive producer Todd Helbing that exact question. Why another speedster? Is it more interesting when Barry has to go up against a speedster?

Yeah, I think in general if you have some of these other meta humans, it gets hard to show how Barry can't get them. If you have another speedster, especially someone like Zoom, or Reverse Flash, you need somebody on an equal level to provide that threat that a lot of these other metas can't do.

So then how do you keep from repeating yourself?

Savitar is more of a psychological villain in a weird way. I think the Hindu word for Savitar means God of Speed; he's all about speed. Everything about this guy is different. I can't go into super detail, but he's not like Zoom or Reverse Flash.

But Savitar isn't the only villain, why bring Dr. Alchemy into the series?

Last year we got pretty dark with Zoom, and I think we want to go back to more of a Season 1 lightness to it. We still need those darker moments, and I think when you find out what Alchemy is doing, it sort of provides that "holy s**t" moment that we really love to have on our show.

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