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Originally Posted by Peter Palmer
I suppose I just don't see any insurmountable gaps. What exactly did you want to know about Raph being the Nightwatcher? He's frustrated with the direction his family has taken and he vents this frustration by dressing up and going out at night to fight crime as a vigilante. He keeps this life a secret from his family who just see him as lazy for sleeping all day. This was all conveyed pretty succinctly in the movie.
You mentioned that you want to know how it got his suit. That might have an interesting story, but I certainly wouldn't consider it crucial to the plot. In my mind, it played out similar to how Daredevil got his armor in the Netflix show. In his vigilante travels, he comes across a metalworker who he either threatens or protects in exchange for the armor. Would I like to see that? Sure! But I'd like to see a lot more of this world, but I don't think any of it is crucial to the story we see in the film.
I've never read the tie-in comics. I enjoy this movie and don't view them as necessary for understanding the plot of the movie.
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I did post up summaries in each of the tie in prequels further up. The prequel comics were based around production and backstory notes the director had.
In Raph's prequel, it explains how he got his armored suit.
The issue was called "Disposable Heros"
Splinter had been telling the Turtles not to get involved with human problems.
18 months prior to the movie's present time: The four turtles were going after some Triceratons. Raph sees an old man being attacked by some street thugs and suggests to his brothers they go help, only for Leo to shoot him down by reminding him they were told not to. Raph sneaks off to help the man only to find him walking away muttering about how he would have mopped the floor with them.
Raph later encounters the man again who introduces himself as David Merryweather. David takes Raph into his confidence as he reveals he used to be a vigilante hero back in the day. Raph is told to return home so he can see Leo off on his training journey, but minutes later he hears gunshots coming from David's place. He returns and finds David dying of his injuries. David then tells Raph to promise him that he would put the thugs who murdered him behind bars and that he would remove his armor and vigilante gear from the house so no one would know his secret identity.
That is how Raph got the Night Watcher Armor.
