by Kallo » October 18th, 2017, 5:04 pm
It would be an interesting twist if it was revealed that their parents actually made the decision to never take Mufasa and Scar on the search for Udugu. Perhaps they treated their sons unequally and actually didn't want Mufasa to become close to Scar, because they didn't much care for Scar and wanted Mufasa to become a very regal king and separate himself from his brother as much as possible. That would explain both Mufasa's regality as well as Scar's resentment. I doubt they'll ever do an episode like that, cause it'd be too dark, but I think it would be really awesome if we got a really heartwarming story about them as cubs, and about their brotherhood, with the message that even though their parents didn't want him to, Mufasa still loved Scar very dearly. You could also finally give Scar a "real" name and show on screen how he got his scar and earned his nickname, as well as how he befriended the hyenas. It could fit very well in the story since Rob Minkoff recently stated in an interview that his idea was always that it was Mufasa who accidentally caused the scar, and then gave it to him as a "loving, but kinda mean nickname". It would make for a really strong moment if they showed Mufasa lovingly calling him that, but Scar absolutely despising the nickname.
I do think at some point we'll get an episode about Mufasa and Scar's cubhood, maybe even a two-parter (I REALLY doubt they'd just leave the fanbase hanging like that after all these years, now that they have the chance to show that). But I really doubt it'll get very dark, and that it probably won't even show how Scar descended into the "dark side". Most we'll probably get concerning that subject is how Scar got and lost the Roar. They might even be too scared to go further than that in case it'll ruin all the years of people's theories about what happened.