Since it's too late for this to happen, I'd like to suggest a plan that could have been more fun.

I don't know if this would work - but could Starro have, in theory, controlled a player's points/bids - along with their item usage as well?
Starro should have collected all the points from his mafia, transferred them to the townie/hero character he was controlling, forced that character to bid all his points on the Black Lantern, then forced that player to use the Lantern to revive someone of Starro's choosing.

It's a solid plan, I know.
