First, we have the gallery of images that The CW has released for “Kandor,” including our first look at Julian Sands as Jor-El in the Fortress from the Friday, Nov. 6 episode of Smallville and waaay down the page beyond all the pics you can check out the promo trailer for the episode as well.

Just beyond that, you can check out all the dirt on the casting of The DARK ARCHER. Enjoy!

Synopsis for KANDOR:

“Jor-El (guest star Julian Sands) mysteriously arrives at the Kent farm searching for his son, Kal-El, but meets Chloe (Allison Mack) instead. Convinced the Blur is Jor-El, Zod (Callum Blue) enlists Tess (Cassidy Freeman) help in finding him to force him to reveal the secret to his powers. Clark (Tom Welling) realizes Jor-El is alive and on Earth and races to find him before Zod does.”

“Kandor” was written by Turi Meyer and Al Septien and was directed by Jeannot Szwarc.

Check out the preview for KANDOR below –

On to the next order of Smallville business… The Dark Archer

We’ve had a lot of new characters popping up on this season of Smallville, and we haven’t even gotten to the Justice Society episode.

Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello and KryptonSite report that actor Steve Bacic has been cast as the Dark Archer. The character he’s playing is going to be the mentor to the Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), teaching him skills in archery.

Steve Bacic will debut on the episode “Disciple,” the tenth installment of this season. Oliver supposedly knows the Dark Archer from way back, as part of a Celtic cult of assassins. As for speculation on the Dark Archer, fans have linked him to the comic books’ Merlyn the Archer. He’s usually seen clad in black, and is a troublemaker for Oliver, but we don’t know what his motives will be on Smallville (yet).

After a gander at Steve Bacic‘s career thus far, I found that this isn’t his first time to appear on Smallville. He was already spotted on the show’s pilot episode, nine seasons ago, as a garage worker named Frank. Bacic has also made some serious Sci-Fi television inroads over the years, dating back to the mid-1990’s including;

• Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda
• Stargate SG-1
• Battlestar Galactica
• Blade
• Dark Angel
• Earth: Final Conflict
• Highlander
• Flash Gordon
• M.A.N.T.I.S.
• Millennium
• Mutant X
• NightMan
• Supernatural
• Viper
• X-Files
• Twilight Zone
• Stargate: Continuum

and he’s had some roles in movies as well – like X2: X-Men United

THERE, I think you’re all caught up on Smallville news for awhile!