Elora Danan is the O.G.
Chosen One, according to new Disney+ series creator Jonathan Kasdan.
Before there was the boy who lived, there was Elora Danan.
Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ and Warwick Davis in ‘Willow’.Peter Mountain/Warner Bros; MGM/Everett
You’ve got to wonder ifJ.K.
Rowlingwasn’t thinking about this a little bit."
“This has always been in the back of my head.”
Ruby Cruz, Amar Chadha-Patel, Tony Revolori, and Warwick Davis in Disney+ series ‘Willow’.Lucasfilm
And it left a strong impression.
“It was this sense of danger,” he reflects.
“I remember still having some trepidation about movie theaters as a whole idea.
Warwick Davis in Disney+ ‘Willow’ series.Lucasfilm
This movie falls into this very special category of ’80s movies that were really kind of scary.
And the dangers of it were very real.
“From that moment onward, we’ve been steadily building toward this,” he says.
And George would say, ‘Yeah,Willow.
Let’s do something.’
But I don’t think it ever progressed past that.”
For Kasdan, the starting point was always going to be Elora Danan.
“I always ask, ‘Is there a reason to keep telling it?’
And I was curious what happened to that child and what she would do with that power.”
I loveWillow, and I’m trying to get [Kathleen Kennedy] to do more of it.'
He was going to bring you the toys to play with at Christmas.
And it was just the joy of stories."
Which is exactly what Kasdan and Rejwan were going for.
The fun begins Nov. 30 when the first two episode ofWillowdebut onDisney+.
