How The Lion Guard Affects the Existing Canon

            Some people consider The Lion Guard (TLG) and its lore to be part of an AU but if we incorporate it into the existing canon, it helps explain and set up a lot of things that had previously been unexplored or glossed-over. Scar, for example, seems to be left out of a lot of the rest of the royal family’s activities, as evidenced not only by his general separation from Mufasa and Simba in The Lion King (TLK) but by the fact that Taka and Mufasa don’t spend much time together (and it would seem that Taka spends even less time with Ahadi) in the Six New Adventures books. It’s not really clear why he uses the hyenas to do his dirty work instead of just plotting against Mufasa directly. Nala’s father, Serafina’s mate, is nowhere to be found in TLK. I’ll be discussing multiple fan theories based on TLG’s lore that fill in some of these gaps.

Mheetu’s Parentage and Where He Went

            Mheetu was a character from the earlier stages of The Lion King (TLK), back when the movie was called King of the Jungle. He’s Nala’s little brother and, though he never made it into the final version of the movie, some people include him in the semi-canon sources. If we include him, it brings up two questions: who is Mheetu’s father and what happened to Mheetu that kept him from appearing in the movie? I’ll be trying to answer these with fan theories. I’ll also be referencing The Lion Guard

(TLG) and the Six New Adventures books.