History Trivia / Willow

** A scene was filmed but cut, where during the battle at Tir Asleen, Sarshar finds her father, who has been turned to stone by Bavmorda. Sorsha's father communicates with Sorsha through the stone encasement and pleads with Sorsha to side with Willow and Madmartigan and help them protect Elora Danan and defeat Bavmorda. This far better explains Sorsha betraying Bavmorda and succumbing to Madmartigan's affections for her (the scene is present in the Marvel Comics adaptation).

* ThoseTwoActors: Anyone familiar with Series/LesMiserables2018 will recognize fledgling sorceress Elora and duty bound knight Jade as the older versions of Cosette and Eponine, respectively.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://willowufgood.wikia.com/wiki/Willow_Wiki Willow Wiki]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: ZigZagged. With a production budget of $35 million, the film, even with American box office alone, turned back profit (and with international market included, was a big financial success). However, due to the ''very'' high box-office expectations[[note]]it was supposed to be "the next [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]", which grossed almost $800 million at a budget of $10.5 million[[/note]], the total gross of "only" $167 million was deemed a financial failure. And this is '''not''' a result of UsefulNotes/HollywoodAccounting.
** Hell, there were financial issues before the film even got started. Lucas took the movie all over Hollywood, but got turned down because of the belief that "fantasy wouldn't sell" (not helped by ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'' and ''Film/RedSonja'' [[GenreKiller killing the genre]] a few years prior). He finally got it going at Creator/{{MGM}}, then headed by Alan Ladd Jr., who of course had played an instrumental role in getting ''Film/ANewHope'' made. But due to MGM facing financial difficulties at the time (stemming from UsefulNotes/TedTurner's 75-day stint as owner, then selling the MGM trademark back to Kirk Kerkorian when Turner released he couldn't pay off that much debt), so Ladd was only able to contribute $35 million in funding (in exchange for the theatrical and TV distribution rights). Lucasfilm raised the rest of the money by selling the home video and pay-TV rights (to [[Creator/ColumbiaPictures RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] and Creator/{{Universal}} Pay Television, respectively).

** Creator/WarwickDavis met his future wife Samantha Burroughs who was an extra on this film. They've been married since 1991. One of the many reasons of why Warwick is proud of this movie.

** Hell, there were financial issues before the film even got started. Lucas took the movie all over Hollywood, but got turned down because of the belief that "fantasy wouldn't sell". He finally got it going at Creator/{{MGM}}, then headed by Alan Ladd Jr., who of course had played an instrumental role in getting ''Film/ANewHope'' made. But due to MGM facing financial difficulties at the time (stemming from UsefulNotes/TedTurner's 75-day stint as owner, then selling the MGM trademark back to Kirk Kerkorian when Turner released he couldn't pay off that much debt), so Ladd was only able to contribute $35 million in funding (in exchange for the theatrical and TV distribution rights). Lucasfilm raised the rest of the money by selling the home video and pay-TV rights (to [[Creator/ColumbiaPictures RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] and Creator/{{Universal}} Pay Television, respectively).

* DuelingDubs: The film was dubbed twice into Japanese. In addition to the home media dub, another dub was made for the Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem in 1996.

** Creator/JonMChu was initially attached to the Creator/DisneyPlus series, but stepped away due to [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-related]] shifts in its production schedule and the impending birth of his child. Chu noted that he was "[[https://twitter.com/jonmchu/status/1348707467107057665?s=20 heartbroken]]" over his decision to leave.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: Though theatrical sequels were planned, a sequel only happened in the form of ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheShadowWar'', a trilogy of novels written by Creator/ChrisClaremont and George Lucas. The film will recieve another follow up in the form of a series on Creator/DisneyPlus.
* SequelGap: The series is a direct sequel that comes 34 years after the previous entry in the franchise.

* StillbornFranchise: Although ''Willow'' was intended to be the first film in a trilogy, its relative underperformance at the box office resulted in the planned sequels being canceled. Seems to be finally {{averted|trope}} after all these years with the Creator/DisneyPlus sequel series announcement.