Of course, the same should be true of any prequel.
We thought we knew the story, butMufasa: The Lion Kingcompletely changed the game.
We know that Mufasa ruled over everything the light touched, but this is also rather vague.
Mufasa: The Lion Kingrevealed that Mufasa’s lion pride combined several prides from across the African continent.
As a result, he was a far more dynamic character.
An all-too-perfect character will always fall flat, but the prequel gave Mufasa and the overall franchise more longevity.
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Mufasa made some mistakes inMufasa: The Lion King, especially in how he handled Scar’s betrayal.
Had he done things differently, Mufasa might not have been murdered inThe Lion King.
However, this detail doesn’t make the character less likable.
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If anything,Mufasa is all the more tangible.
An all-too-perfect character will always fall flat, but the prequel gave Mufasa and the overall franchise more longevity.
However, it was also always evident that there was more to the story here.
Mufasa: The Lion Kingdoesn’t change the fact that Scar is bad.
He is jealous and cowardly, and this leads him to kill Mufasa.
However, the movie does reveal that he hadn’t always needed to be that way.
Taka had several redeeming qualities, but these lost out in the end.
At the start ofThe Lion King, Simba was a cub who felt owed the kingship.
He was young and arrogant, but this all fell apart when Mufasa died.
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For the first time, Simba doubted whether he could be king.
It took realizing that the Pride Lands would fail under Scar for Simba to step up.
It’s an impactful arc, but theLion Kingprequel made it even better.
However,Mufasa: The Lion Kingrevealed that Mufasa had made his own greatness.
Simba ultimately had to do the same, never knowing that he shared this in common with his father.
Sarabi is a different situation, however.
Seeing Mufasa and Taka meet Sarabi andgetting to know her ourselves was a real treat in theLion Kingsequel.
Now, going back and watching her character in the original movie feels like an entirely different experience.
He thought they were simply too different from one another.
However, something valuable thatMufasa: The Lion Kingdid was reveal just how similar Mufasa and Simba really were.
Sure, Mufasa lacked the arrogant qualities that a prince like Simba was born with.
However,many of their experiences were similar.
Mufasa and Simba were both separated from their parents while they were young.
Both lost their fathers, while their mothers survived.
Back when Scar was Taka, he betrayed Mufasa in one of the worst ways possible.
Rather than forgive him, Mufasa sealed their tragic Lion King fate.
30 years after The Lion King, Scar and Mufasa’s final moment is more heartbreaking than ever.
Taka was born a coward, but he found his courage just in time to save Mufasa’s life.
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