One of the biggest shocks to come at the end of Titans Season 2 was the death of Donna Troy after saving Dawn Granger. At the DC FanDome panel for Titans, the show's Executive Producer Greg Walker teased her return in Season 3.
Conor Leslie, who portrays Donna on the show, was at the panel, prompting suspicion from the interviewer, Damian Holbrook. Holbrook asked Greg Walker, "A lot of the time, when a character is killed on a show, they don’t come back for the panel. What can you tell us?"
Walker said the show might dip into how Donna returns, hinting at exploring the concept of the afterlife. He said, "It’s true, but there are ways we can kinda skirt some of the normal life and death rules for those of us that are kinda more human bound. We’ve got some exciting opportunities and stories ahead for Donna Troy and Rachel, and the whole underworld we’ve made. We’ll go into what it’s like as a transition stage."
To that, Holbrook replied, "DC Comics loves the Lazarus Pit." Walker dodged the question by saying, "I have no comment about that."
In Season 2, Donna died via electrocution, a plot point that Walker said will come back. When asked if the way Donna died would "affect how she might live," Walker simply said, "absolutely."
Donna Troy died before in the comics too, during Judd Winick, Ale Garza and Trevor Scott's 2003 miniseries, Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day. During this arc, Donna dies after a fight with a robot Superman. At the end of the mini, while the heroes mourned their fallen friend, it was shown that Donna was really alive and on another world. In 2005, Phil Jimenez, José Luis Garcia-L0pez and George Perez teamed up to tell the story of Donna's return in DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy.
Streaming now on DC Universe, Titans Season 2 stars Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson, Anna Diop as Kory Anders, Teagan Croft as Rachel Roth, Ryan Potter as Garfield Logan, Curran Walters as Jason Todd and Conor Leslie as Donna Troy, with Minka Kelly as Dawn Granger, Alan Ritchson as Hank Hall, Joshua Orpin as Superboy, Chelsea Zhang as Rose Wilson, Chella Man as Jericho, Drew Van Acker as Aqualad, Esai Morales as Deathstroke and Iain Glen as Bruce Wayne.