Another chapter of Starz‘s wildly popular Power franchise is about to come to a close. In just one month, the fifth and final season of the hit crime drama’s standalone spin-off, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, will debut, bringing an end to the story of Kanan Stark’s (Mekai Curtis) rise as a major player in the Queens drug business. Season 4 ended with a literal bang that left the fate of Kanan’s mother, Raquel “Raq” Thomas (Patina Miller), in question and finally shifted him into a position to solidify his place in the game outside of her shadow. However, he’s not the only one about to make moves. We’re excited to share a new image as part of Collider’s Exclusive Summer Preview series that highlights Tony Danza‘s mob boss Stefano Marchetti, who looks ready for war despite his circumstances.
Known primarily for his classic sitcom roles in Taxi and Who’s the Boss?, Danza has cut a far different, more intimidating figure since joining the Power universe at the end of Raising Kanan Season 2. Stefano is the godfather of New York’s Italian mafia, and any business in the five boroughs has to run through him. Getting into bed with Marvin (London Brown) and Raq was “the worst decision” he had ever made, though, and the consequences came to a head in the Season 4 finale when he was stabbed in the chest and left for dead by his rival Phil Russo (Paul Ben-Victor). Despite the severity of his wounds, he managed to survive and is now about to bring his wrath down upon Russo’s entire operation. Our exclusive still shows him frail, but up and about with an intimidating look suggesting he’s already planning his revenge.
An awake and alert Stefano is very bad news for Russo, but it also means Kanan may get swept up in the coming war, with Unique (Joey Bada$$) on the opposite side. The godfather will have another new threat that could divide his attention, though. Season 5 will welcome Joe Pantoliano as Pino Bernardi, the head of the Manhattan mafia, a real rival to Stefano’s power. Although Kanan will be the center of attention, there’s no doubt that the crime families will have an impact on the direction his dangerous story takes.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
What’s Next for Kanan Stark in ‘Power Book III’ Season 5?
Tony Danza in Power Book III: Raising KananImage via STARZ
Power Book III Season 5 will immediately give fans an answer to whether Raq survived being shot or if Kanan did, indeed, kill her. Either way, this final chapter will see Kanan come into his own and embrace his ruthlessness to finally best his enemies. Spider-Verse star Shameik Moore joins the series as Southside legend Breeze, forming a powerful alliance with the young and ambitious player to take the Queens drug business by storm. Sacrifices will be made, the Thomas family will crumble, and other powerful figures will maneuver in the shadows, but one thing is for certain — Kanan will not just survive, but thrive, going on to become the Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson-embodied mentor and eventual enemy of Ghost. Raising Kanan creator Sascha Penn is back as the showrunner for the final run though this won’t be her last chapter, as she’s moving onto the new Power: Origins series, following a young James “Ghost” St. Patrick and Tommy Egan. Mekai Curtis will also reprise his role as he steps into a new phase as their guide.
Power Book III: Raising Kanan‘s fifth and final season premieres on Starz on June 12. Check out our exclusive image above and stay tuned here at Collider for more on the hottest upcoming films and television series from our summer preview event.
