First off, I just want to say that pretty much all fans of The Lion King that are having any negative feelings about The Lion Guard, is that they are worried that this series will change the timeline about The Lion King and Simba's Pride. (Even though it'd be extending it) But the point is they don't want their view of The Lion King changed. Especially for a TV show on Disney Junior. And personally, in my opinion, if the creators of the show just officially state something like "The Lion Guard is NOT canon to the first two movies" then everyone would be okay with it! Then the fans wouldn't care less what happens in the show! What they are all worried about is, maybe not even at first, but somewhere in the shows lifetime, it'll go more cartoony or be set a little bit more towards preschoolers as it goes on. And I don't blame them. I know from the info we have right now, it seems like an okay show. Not great, but okay. But Since we know so little, that could all change. And it could even change as they are making it. Like the first season of TLG could be good and fairly true to the movies. But then to get ratings up for season two, they dumb it down for the main audience (little kids and preschoolers). ANd the problem with that is no matter how you slice it, IT'S JUST BUSINESS. A LOT of shows have drastically changed the way their shows are just so they can get better ratings and stay on longer to get more money. And that's the bottom line. And that's what's scary if you don't want it to be canon to the story and Kion and his gang talk to the viewer to help find that one tree that they could just turn around and find themselves. Sorry I'm rambling. The point is, if they said The Lion Guard is an extension of the movies, but it's not on the official canon timeline, then EVERYONE would be fine with that. That way TLG can do what it wants(with the benefit of not being tied down so much to the movies expectations), the kids have a good show to watch and long time fans won't have their view on the whole Lion King timeline messed with!
Personally, I don't want this show to be canon. At all. I don't hate the show, I just want the original story of the movies to be left alone. ANd like I said, if this show isn't canon, they can do whatever and I won't care! But in any case, I'm still going to buy all the episodes and the movie when they come out and watch them.
But what do you guys think? Do you want the show to be canon to the movies? What's you opinion?
Also just because they said something a while back(I don't remember the quote word for word) that was like 'it will extend from the movies' That doesn't mean it's canon. I can write a fan fic and say the exact same thing and that doesn't mean it's suddenly canon. It just means they are continuing from where the movies left off.