The Series Premiere of 'Willow' Reveals [SPOILER] Is Actually Elora Danan

Publish date: 2024-05-22

The Disney Plus show 'Willow' is after all right here, and fans of the 1988 movie are dying to grasp who Elora Danan really is. Here's what we all know.

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Spoiler alert: This article comprises spoilers for the series premiere of Willow.

After many years value of anticipation, fanatics are in any case returning to the legendary international of Ron Howard's 1988 film Willow.

From the minds at Lucasfilm and Disney Plus, the sequel series of the identical name follows the eponymous dwarf sorcerer years after rescuing toddler princess Elora Danan as he leads a bunch of "misfit heroes on a harrowing rescue mission through a world beyond imagination," in step with the official synopsis.

Warwick Davis returns to reprise the titular position, while Ruby Cruz, Erin Kellyman, Tony Revolori, Amar Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Bryk, and Ellie Bamber spherical out the rest of the primary cast. Now, since the 1988 film targeted around Willow protecting Elora Danan from villainous queen Bavmorda, we will be able to't lend a hand but marvel how large of a task the child plays in the sequel series.

With that mentioned, who is Elora Danan in the Willow series? Let's to find out.

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Who is Elora Danan in the 'Willow' series?

At the end of the Oscar-nominated movie, Willow and Elora go their separate ways, and we by no means be told Elora's destiny. Thankfully, the acclaimed series is about to fill us in on everything we have now missed because, by the end of Episode 1, we be informed that a kitchen maid named Dove (Ellie Bamber) is actually Elora Danan.

The series takes place twenty years after the film, that means audiences will meet the grown-up version of Elora Danan. Initially, viewers are instructed that no person is aware of what took place to her; on the other hand, Episode 2 informs us that Queen Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) hid Elora away for her safety. She grew up as Brünhilde, nicknamed Dove, and shortly changed into a reliable kitchen maid in the castle.

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A kitchen maid named Dove is actually Elora Danan, played by way of Ellie Bamber.

After "Dove" falls in love with Sorsha’s son Prince Airk (Dempsey Bryk), she unearths herself on a adventure to avoid wasting him from his kidnappers; alongside the manner, she crosses paths with Willow and discovers her true id in the final moments of the series premiere. OK, we're obsessed with the display revealing this so early on!

Ellie Bamber published Elora is about to embark on a "journey of self-discovery."

Ahead of the series premiere, actress Ellie Bamber spoke with Decider and revealed that she knew "toward the beginning" of casting that she would take on the position of the legendary fantastical character.

"Dove/Elora in the show goes through this incredible journey of self-discovery. At the end of Episode 1, there’s this total shock because she just could never, ever conceive that that would ever be her destiny or anything like that," Ellie stated. "Then I think throughout the show she goes on a path of acceptance and figuring out what that means and how she’s going to move forward with that knowledge and how she’s going to help the people around her."

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Elora Danan will undergo an "incredible journey of self-discovery" in Season 1 of 'Willow.'

Ellie added, "I think she has this incredible heart and she always sees people with a beautiful kind of vision of each person, you know? She sees real good in people. So, I think she immediately wants to help the people around her and she realizes that that is her destiny and that’s what she’s going to have to do."

The first two episodes of Willow are currently streaming on Disney Plus.

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