Is the White Canary any different from the Canary Arrow viewers saw during season 2 and 3 of Arrow? Caity Lotz confirms that Sara Lance's new crime fighting alter ego will still be martial arts based. The only significant change Lotz said is that she'll be fighting with escrima sticks rather than a bō staff. In terms of the actual show, Lotz stated that the scope of Legends of Tomorrow is much bigger than anything she initially invisioned. "It's going to be big. I did not really know much about the show [initially] but I said 'I want to do it, I trust you guys.' And when we were shooting our teaser, they were telling me some of the stuff that's going to be happening and I was like 'This is way cooler - not that I didn't think it would be cool...but the stuff [happening], I wasn't imagining or picturing [that]. It's going to be really fun to shoot and I think people are going to like it."

In DC Comics lore, White Canary is a character first created by Gail Simone and Ed Benes in Birds of Prey back in 2010. Little is known about her back story other than the fact that she is the lone sister of the Twelve Brothers in Silk and a proficient martial artist, equal to Lady Shiva in skill. Obviously, Arrow is going a different direction with the character and it will be interesting to see whether the DC "You" looks to retcon White Canary's origin for more synergy with the show.



Legends of Tomorrow is expected to air this December/January during the mid-season hiatus of Arrow and The Flash.