Board Thread:Supergirl discussions/@comment-9346948-20170523001131/@comment-27700324-20170614160752

Kaestal wrote: Having it be Barry who is trying to kill Iris also doesn't make logical sense based on the character we've seen for two seasons beforehand.

If they can give a reason for that which apparently doesn't have people flying off the handle more, then they can totally give one for Eddie. Eddie doesn't have the speed force in him though. He couldn't be Savitar.

Also i didn't like the twist either, but having him be a time remnant made more sense than Eddie. Time remnant Barry is his own person, so that is why he killed Iris.