Elevating Kanan’ Season 4 Teaser Sees the Previous Catching Up (Unique)

Months after leaving followers shocked with a surprising cliffhanger, Energy E book III: Elevating Kanan is lastly making its return.

PEOPLE can solely affirm that season 4 of the Energy prequel collection will premiere this winter, and within the first teaser for the brand new season, the previous is coming again to hang-out Kanan and his household.

“Earlier than you may determine the place you are going, you’ve got gotta look again at the place you’ve got been,” 50 Cent says in a voiceover because the teaser begins with Kanan (MeKai Curtis) holding up a gun to somebody whereas Raq (Patina Miller) is engaged in some secret settlement with the police.

Marvin (London Thomas) and Lou-Lou (Malcolm Mays) are proven too, with the latter standing side-by-side with Raq in a single shot, earlier than the character followers will likely be most wanting to see graces the display screen: Distinctive (Joey Bada$$). Raq’s former love curiosity, who made a miraculous return from the lifeless on the finish of season 3, seems briefly with a hood over his head earlier than the display screen flashes to a person carrying a bandana over his face as he lights a hearth to a restaurant.

“There’s issues that occur that appear like they did not imply nothing on the time,” 50 Cent’s voiceover continues, and Distinctive is seen once more, weapons blazing, earlier than Kanan beats up a janitor.

One of many teaser’s ultimate scenes reveals Marvin handing his daughter Jukebox (Hailey Kilgore) a gun, which she then raises at somebody. The teaser concludes with a solo shot of Kanan, as 50 Cent says, “After which, you understand they imply all the things.”

Following the dramatic conclusion to season 3 in February, Elevating Kanan‘s creator Sascha Penn informed PEOPLE he felt that followers have actually “embraced” the present, which tells the origin story of fifty Cent’s Energy character, and teased that season 4 would be the present’s “greatest” but.

Penn described season 3 as “a bridge in a approach between Kanan as a child, Kanan as a younger grownup, the place he is lastly mentioned, you realize, sufficient is sufficient. I will be my very own man.”

The season 3 finale — which not solely noticed Distinctive miraculously come again to life but additionally featured two surprising deaths — was “one more constructing block” in Kanan’s story, Penn mentioned.

Kanan killed Distinctive’s brother, Ronnie (Grantham Coleman), whereas Raq killed Kanan’s father, Howard (Omar Epps), and the shockwaves of that will likely be one thing that performs out in season 4.

“I feel the vital piece of Howard’s dying, on some stage, is as soon as once more, the way it impacts the connection between Raq and Kanan.”

Penn additionally weighed in on how Distinctive’s resurrection — which remained unknown by the remainder of the world — would play out. “The most important impression has been on season 4,” he mentioned, as Raq’s former enemy-turned-lover has a “big presence” within the upcoming episodes.

“There is a portion of season 4 that really explains how Distinctive survived and helps the viewers to grasp that journey as nicely. As a result of we felt strongly that we did not simply need this to be some type of bulls— Deus Ex Machina kind factor the place miraculously he survives and we by no means perceive the way it occurred.”

As for a way the actor himself was feeling about returning, Bada$$ informed PEOPLE following the season 3 finale that he has a “newfound confidence” after seeing followers’ disappointment at his preliminary dying.

“I really feel prefer it made everyone form of simply really feel the impression of this character. As a result of they are saying that individuals do not admire you till you are gone — and now that I did not really feel like folks appreciated Distinctive – however seeing the thought of him being gone and seeing how many individuals responded to that was undoubtedly an eye fixed opener.”

The rapper additionally teased an “unbelievable” season 4, as he mentioned, “The Distinctive that everyone is aware of is lifeless.”

“It’ll be an fascinating spin on who this character [is, because Unique] has been, traditionally, anyone who’s extra calculated and clean along with his supply and form of aware and issues like that. However I feel this Distinctive is completely different,” he mentioned. “That is Distinctive such as you’ve by no means seen him earlier than.”

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Season 4 of Energy E book III: Elevating Kanan premieres this winter, and seasons 1-3 are actually streaming on Starz.