Willow: Jonathan Kasdan & Michelle Rejwan on Handling Beloved Characters
19High fantasy is a genre that has fascinated audiences for decades and continues to do so with its promises of adventure, magic, and worlds we can hardly fathom for ourselves. With the popularity of shows like House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, audiences have any number of chances to be swept away into beautiful, magical worlds filled with adventures beyond their wildest dreams, an escape from reality that never grows old.
But there’s one particular project that’s making a return to the scene that is sure to fascinate children and families alike during the holiday season: Willow. Nearly thirty-five years after the original film premiered in theaters, Lucasfilm is taking audiences back to the kingdom of Tir Asleen (and the lands beyond!) for an all-new adventure in their upcoming series, which follows the titular Nelwyn sorcerer (Warwick Davis) as he joins a new band of adventurers in an effort to save the son of Queen Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) and protect the now-grown Elora Danan, the future empress of Tir Asleen, from sheer destruction. But, just as before, things are never as they seem, and Willow and his new friends must fight tooth and nail to save those they care about from the forces of darkness.
Collider was excited to sit down with series writer Jonathan Kasdan and Lucasfilm producer Michelle Rejwan, both of whom serve as executive producers on Willow. During this interview, they discussed what it was like handling the legacies of so many beloved characters — including that of the legendary warrior Madmartigan, whose disappearance lies at the center of the show — as well as balancing a large number of central characters when writing, and what they hope audiences take away from the series compared to the film.
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