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Lucasfilm is pulling no punches this week, because the forty fifth anniversary of the OG Star Wars rolls by and the primary two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi premiere on Disney+. However let’s change lanes from the swashbuckling house heroes and villains and over to one thing a bit extra nature-based. We’re speaking Willow, the upcoming Lucasfilm-produced fantasy collection based mostly on Ron Howard’s 1988 film of the identical title.
“There's a story of a kid destined to be an empress, and the unlikely hero who would defend her,” a narrator proclaims in the beginning of the present's first teaser, ending on a absolutely foreboding shot of Warwick Davis because the titular Willow Ufgood.
There’s additionally the return of the movie’s iconic rating by James Horner, and a flurry of magical objects—wands, glistening swords; you title it, it’s right here. Joanne Whalley makes her grand return from the movie as Sorsha, elevating her glass at an opulent dinner desk stuffed with silk-laden apprentices. And what on this planet is popping out of the water to greet The Grand Budapest Resort’s Tony Revolori?
“There's a stability between all issues. Gentle and shadow. Good and evil,” Willow says within the trailer. (Did he overlook to say “Sith and Jedi?”) “When that stability is upset, the universe corrects.”
Other than making a return to magic after greater than three many years, Willow’s resurrection boasts a hearty younger solid stuffed with promising newbies. Together with Revolori, Willow featuresRosabell Laurenti Sellers, Ellie Bamber, Dempsey Byrk, Ruby Cruz, and Erin Kellyman (from fellow Lucasfilm undertaking Solo) to steer the cost.
What concerning the film’s authentic solid? We knew that Warwick Davis would once more head up the collection, however Whalley’s look is information. Showrunner Jon Kasdan not too long ago confirmed that Val Kilmer received’t be making a cameo as Madmartigan, and that the collection received’t recast him. The remainder is up within the air.
The unique Willow was based mostly on a narrative by George Lucas and a script penned by Bob Dolman. Howard returns as govt producer on the TV revival undertaking, which was developed by Jon Kasdan and Wendy Mericle. And for those who’re nonetheless questioning why this new recreation of Willow appears a lot like the unique, it’s not simply due to the group of creators—Willow 2, as we’ll name it henceforth, was additionally shot within the mossy hills of Wales.
Willow will enchant Disney+ on November 30.