well, the books were published in 1994 the year the movie came out. they were being sold about the same time that the movie first came to theaters. but it's not so much as Disney was intending it to be Kula as wether the person who designed Kula maybe modeling her after a miscellaneous lioness in TLK.
[quote="Simbaholic"]If I had to pick one, it would be the 4th lioness, although it's doubtful it is.
Buuut, it's fun to think this way sometimes and try and explain these things

exactly, it's all in the name of fun to think about these possibilities
