Arrow’ Season 4 SPOILERS: Damien Darhk, Star City Name Change

The Season 4 premiere of the CW's Arrow is still several weeks away, but that's just fine by us because it means we have many more days of spoilers in the near future. Today, we've got news on Damien Darhk and the name change to Star City.

Neal McDonough will play the main villain for the fourth season, and we've already heard hints that the character will be more evil than any foe Oliver has faced to this point on the series. After all, any man who is worthy of a rivalry with Ra's al Ghul must be powerful.

But Darhk isn't the only change for Season 4. The setting of the show, Starling City, has been officially renamed to Star City, a campaign Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) started in the Season 3 premiere. But are Darhk and the name change related?

Not according to the Matt's Inside Line column at TVLine.

"We've been getting hints that Arrow's beloved Starling City is going to be Starling no more. Is this a nefarious plot by Damian Darhk?" TVLine asked showrunner Marc Guggenheim recently. The executive producer broke it down for fans of the show.

"Although renaming Oliver's hometown is not Darhk's handiwork, you can be sure that he will cast a long shadow - though never skulk in one - on the rebranded Star City. "He's very different from our previous Big Bads in that he's not hiding in the shadows," Guggenheim said. "But at the same time, he doesn't have a public persona." That, however, won't keep him from crashing VIP gatherings. In the Oct. 7 premiere, for example, "He shows up at a very public meeting that Lance is present at," the EP previews. "If Darhk wants to show up somewhere, he's certainly going to!"

So it sounds like Damien will be making a splash right from the get go. Could Darhk's appearance at this meeting be what brings Oliver Queen, now known as the Green Arrow, back to his hometown?

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