The Jedi and Sith are based in the samurais, so is not by chance. The Jedi code and the samurai code (bushido) are the same concept, and the sith are like the ronin (errant samurai).
Maybe a final duel in a volcano between Thanatos and Orion? Orion with the high ground, of course.
That would be pretty awesome, I don't know if Cari will push the similarity to that extent.
It was just that the behaviour of Thanatos/Wyatt in certain point reminded me of Darth Vader ( aside the graphic similarities, I think that was an homage to the SW saga).
This doesn't mean he's following the same path, just that I'm toying two different ideas:
One is that he's just simulating habits he had when he was alive like the other NPCs, the other is that he kept his consciousness somehow but it's misguided by someone and he's convinced that he can harness the power of a God and become something more powerful.
Of course it's just an idea nothing more, and I lack a lot of elements to say what is the right one, and I don't think we will discover what he really is that soon, this will be one of the key elements of the story, there will be more fights between him and Orion at least that's my opinion, we will see.