Disney+ SeriesWillowWill Not Get a Second Season

Willowwill not come back . Deadlinereports thatthe Disney+ serial that attend as a subsequence to Ron Howard ’s 1988 Lucasfilm illusion adventurewill not be getting a second season on the pennon .

Warwick Davis reprised his role as the title of respect sorcererin the eight - episode series , which picked up the adventures of his reference from the plastic film and explored the fate of magical chosen one Elora Danan — first introduced as a baby in the movie but played by Ellie Bamber in the series . The show was quirky ( those musical choices ! ) but ended up weaving an entertaining tale that flourish the pic ’s earth greatly , introducing a band of misfits fumbling their fashion toward saving each other and peradventure the world .

In an interview with io9 after the season one finale in January , showrunner Jon Kasdan spoke about his hope for Willow ’s future tense — somethingteased in the post - credits shred , which let out the macrocosm of more “ volumes ” to the story . “ We all know and felt up that where we were ending was certainly not the destruction of the story . And so [ the shred ] was a throwing of the cap over the paries , if you will , to sort of say ‘ There really is [ more ] . ’ And what you ca n’t help doing when you ’re wall by people you love do work with is starting to talk about where it ’s going to go … we had already been in that conversation when we were finishing shooting a class ago , and certainly , it ’s continue in the intervening twelvemonth , ” he said .

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At the time , Kasdan voice bright about get more seasons , and he for sure had ideas about where to take the narrative — but admitted he had “ no theme ” if Disney+ would bear . He also said he understood that Willow may not have found an hearing as big as he ’d hoped , peculiarly since fantasy appearance are now being released by most every pullulate service these days . “ It feels like it has realise some impulse and traction as the episodes have buy the farm with the cumulative gist of the whole time of year . I do n’t know if that ’s just a realness of streaming video but it ’s certainly interesting to see , like , can the show continue to be happen upon and have a life ? , ” he question . “ And is there a place for more of it in the business of our culture right now , and specifically in the genre which is so full of shows , frankly , and now movies too ? Obviously , there was an appetence that had n’t been run in a farsighted time . And now there ’s a lot feed it . So what we trust to do was make something that was unequaled and original in that world . And actually it ’s fulfil to see that for a luck of multitude , it is working in that means . ”

you could swarm Willow ’s first ( and now , sadly , only ) season on Disney+ .

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