Willow Series

 

I just watched the first two episodes of the new Disney+ TV Series based on the Willow movie from George Lucas, It begins Decades after defeating Bavmorda, Queen Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) needs Willow (Warwick Davis) again when her son Airk (Dempsey Bryk) is kidnapped by an evil sorceress. His twin sister Kit (Ruby Cruz) leads a ‘Fellowship’ to find Willow and rescue the hostage – but buried secrets and old lies complicate the quest. No need to go back and watch the movie before you begin the series, There are actual film clips in flash backs at the beginning of the first episode.

Most fantasy films of the 1980s were dark more for adults(hint Legend, and Dragonslayer), but Willow was an exception. The George Lucas-produced, Ron Howard-directed comedy adventure had real movie stars, a fun quest structure and a great James Horner score. This TV sequel therefore has something to live up to, and the good news is that, it offers all the necessary swashbuckling and pratfalling and it does live up to the movie.

The fantastical quest begins when Queen Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) is celebrating the engagement of her daughter Kit (Ruby Cruz) to Prince Graydon (Tony Revolori) when dark forces kidnap her son, Prince Airk (Dempsey Bryk). Kit heads off to rescue him with sparring partner Jade (who seems to have a romantic relationship with Kit), Graydon, kitchen girl Dove (Ellie Bamber) who’s in love with Airk, and the unpredictable Boorman (Amar Chadha-Patel). The first stop is finding Warwick Davis’ Willow, and then they go confront a world-threatening baddie.

There’s a gaping hole at the heart of the story where Val Kilmer’s Madmartigan should be, and there is a small explanation of why he is not in the series so far, but everyone steps up to fill the void: Kit has the brooding down pat (someone cast her as Batman); Airk manages Kilmer’s trick of being both genuine dreamboat and ridiculous poser, and Boorman brings hilarious untrustworthiness. They’re a likeable, energetic bunch, with enough romantic entanglements to launch a million fanfics, especially the sizzling chemistry between Kit and Jade. By contrast, Davis is, sadly, often saddled with hunks of exposition rather than the comedy where he excels, but he comes alive when he's given lighter stuff and in emotional scenes with his real-life daughter, Annabelle Davis, playing Willow’s daughter Mims.

This is an unapologetically traditional fantasy, with no pretensions to mirror parts of  Game of Thrones-style grimness and Lord of the Rings cultural depth. But it also has vivid characters, scary moments and fun obstacles, and they carry it briskly along. In the end, it relies far less on nostalgia and more on expanding the world of the original film. This expands the world to encompass even more complexity and distinct identities among all these daikinis, and that’s a real treat.

An immensely fun, unashamedly silly sword-and-sorcery show, It nails the difficult trick of being true to the original film, yet still being fresh and exciting with its cast and characters.

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