Scar (The Lion King) Scar was depicted as Hitler. Although hesitant that then-Disney Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg would approve, the filmmakers ultimately decided to pursue it, describing the sequence as a ""Triumph of the Will"-style mock-Nuremberg rally." The "St. Louis Post-Dispatch "reviewed, "those goose-stepping hyenas seem a little much in hindsight," while Film School Rejects coined it a "hellish gathering." Scar debuted in "The Lion King" (1994). The jealous younger brother of Mufasa, Scar was next-in-line to take the throne until his nephew Simba, Mufasa's son, was born, replacing him. Determined to regain his birthright, Scar devises a plan to kill both Simba and
The Lion King (franchise) for a limited time, as part of the new Disney Junior TV channel. On June 9, 2014, it was announced that a second TV show called "The Lion Guard" would premiere on Disney Junior and Disney Channel. First as a television movie called "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" which debuted November 22, 2015, followed by a series which began airing January 15, 2016. The series was developed by Ford Riley, who also serves as writer and executive producer. It centers around Simba and Nala's second-born cub Kion, who becomes leader of the Lion Guard, a team that protects