Warwick Davis has returned as Willow Ufgood in the new Disney+ series produced by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard! Willow
, but it was a full-circle moment between him and Lucas, who previously cast Howard in his seminal classic. Together, they crafted the story about a fantasy-based medieval period and an amateur sorcerer heeding the call to adventure after coming across an abandoned child, Elora Danan, who appears to be wanted by the magical realm’s worst of the worst.
In addition, the debut immediately addresses Kilmer’s on-screen absence, explaining that Madmartigan had long-since vanished and teasing that his mysterious disappearance would play a pivotal role in the stories to come. In fact, while plans had been in the works to have Kilmer be part of the series -- and soon after his celebrated’s most touching scenes amid the actor’s fight against throat cancer -- but production obstacles forced producers to table the idea, for now.
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