Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Makes Olivia Swann's Astra a Series Regular
Olivia Swann will return as a series regular for Legends of Tomorrow season 6. The CW superhero series follows a mysterious time traveler from the future who assembles a group of superheroes and villains to save the world. The spinoff series first aired in 2016 and features characters introduced in The Flash and Arrow.
Swann joined the Arrowverse show in late season 4 as Astra Logue, who was accidentally sentenced to Hell by John Constantine (Matt Ryan) during an exorcism that went wrong. During her time in Hell, she was raised by Lachesis, who turned her evil. In season 5, she stole 18 evil souls and released them from Hell, giving them another life on the new Earth-Prime. While initially set up to be the main villain, Astra did not remain an enemy of the Legends for long. Astra was retrieved from Hell by other Legends, who learned she was being manipulated by the Fates to find the Loom of Fate before the Legends did. Astra eventually joined the Legends to defeat the Fates, moved in with Constantine, and gave him his soul coin back in the season 5 finale. After Astra's decision to live a normal life on Earth, it was unclear how Astra's story would move forward in the next season.
According to EW, Swann will return to Legends as a series regular for season 6. After starting out as a guest star in season 4, Swann was made a series regular the following season. Swann will remain a series regular for the sixth season, which is expected to air in the spring of 2021.
While Swann remains a series regular for season 6, the show lost some cast members after season 5. Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Charlie), Courtney Ford (Nora), and Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer/The Atom) all departed from the series. Meanwhile, Shayan Sobhian (Behrad) was promoted to series regular for season 6. Swann's Astra can be expected to join the Legends as they go up against the aliens who abducted team leader Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) in the season 5 finale.
Fans will likely be pleased to hear that Astra will continue to play a main part of the series when it returns on the CW for season 6, especially since the future of her storyline seemed uncertain. It will be interesting to see how Astra will assist in this new mission and what she'll bring to the team. Legends of Tomorrow showrunner Phil Klemmer previously stated that Astra won't completely lose her dark side when she returns. So come season 6, fans can't be too sure whether she will cause more trouble for the Legends, or if her bad side might actually help the team when up against the aliens.
Source: EW