So, perhaps we will see the Willow gang return for another adventure later down the line... after all, it took 35 years for this sequel series to arrive as is! Kasdan went on to explain how the team found ways to factor Kilmer's character into the story. "We had a lot of ideas about ways to pay it off and ways to leave it open", Kasdan said. "One thing that happened, because Val himself wasn't able to come out to Wales and work with us, was that we added this texture of a friend of Madmartigan's who could give us some clues about his whereabouts and deepen the mystery around what happened to him in a way that actually extended the story we were already telling. It was very satisfying and it provided an opportunity for us to add a whole new element that we didn't expect to the show".

I think the best we can do is speculate based on the evidence at hand. A few things are happening at once here. Some have argued that Kasdan is saving face here, casting the current circumstances around the show in as positive a light as possible. It’s a cancellation in all but name. I think that may be true, but I also think it’s an important distinction. Disney could easily just cancel the show. This happens all the time. Keeping the door open to a potential second and third season has to be purposeful and until we hear otherwise, I think fans of the show should hold out a small sliver of hope. Perhaps the one thing Hollywood has consistently been great at, over its entire history, is servicing the appetites, no matter how obscure, of its consumers. And I have total confidence that, if an appetite for more Willow persists, Disney, Lucasfilm and this amazing cast and crew will satisfy it.”The tone. A bizarre mix of very modern sounding dialogue with a cast that was primarily late teen / early 20s’ and—for all its diversity—extremely uniform. Did we need five characters in this age demographic when the original film was about a young father and a roguish swordfighter trying to protect a baby with the help of a pair of brownies? So as I’ve thought about this more, I think the question really is this: What exactly are we supposed to believe? What’s really going on here?

This transfer is pristine. There were no visual problems with the print, and thankfully the image was devoid of any edge enhancement or compression artifacts. It is definitely a more well-rounded transfer than the one on the Phantom Menace, and with this much improvement from one Lucasfilm disc to another, I think we're going to be in for quite a treat when Indy and the original Star Wars trilogy hit the format. Oh well. Maybe it’s best we leave these old stories alone and write new ones instead. Just a thought. Additional Extra Features Also included on the DVD are TV spot and trailer galleries, and a photo gallery with plenty of behind-the-scenes shots.On top of this, you have Disney taking a more sober approach to Star Wars right now, and while Willow isn’t Star Wars it is Lucasfilm and that matters. The disappointing box office numbers for Solo: A Star Wars Story have led CEO Bob Iger to say recently that “maybe the cadence [of the release of Star Wars films] was a little too aggressive” and while the company is still “developing Star Wars films . . . we’re going to make sure when we make one, it’s the right one. So we’re being very careful there.” It’s not unreasonable to extrapolate from that a general sense of caution and feet on the brakes for non-Marvel projects going forward. Sound The all-new 5.1 sound mix is an impressive achievement, creating a soundstage of staggering depth. It is a wonderful fantasy of heroes, villains, good vs. evil, magic, courage, and bravery. It is timeless and worth every penny. From Morf to Morphing For anyone interested in special effects, this is a featurette worth watching, as experts like Dennis Muren talk through the all-new computer effects created for this film. The process of 'morphing' was invented for the movie, although the one problem was whether to spell it 'morf', or 'morph'. They went for the latter, and there's some interesting archive footage of the technicians at work on ancient computers, perfecting the process.

The one thing that kind of suggests that while the show may not be officially cancelled, it’s not officially not cancelled either is this passage: Elves, dwarves, an abandoned baby, and an evil witch? Why it must be "Willow", born from the mind of George Lucas and now polished-up for a new special edition DVD release.That does not sound like a slam-dunk to me. At all. He says that he feels “fairly confident that, if asked, neither I, nor the folks at Lucasfilm, would or have actually characterized” the news as cancellation. But then what is it? I’m still not sure. Limbo, I guess? The Immemorial City?