In addition, Ford Riley confirmed in a recent post [1] that Scar was originally named after his ancestor Askari, who was the leader of the original Lion Guard, but after getting his scar, he was shortened to the nickname of Scar.
This story contradicts the events of The Lion King: Six New Adventures in which Scar's original name was Taka, Swahili for "trash." However, Six New Adventures, unlike the series is non-canon to the film, and its sequels and spin-offs.
The story also contradicts Scar's backstory given in The Lion King (2019) which implies that Scar got his scar after challenging Mufasa for a fight for Sarabi's hand in marriage. However, unlike, the 2019 remake, The Lion Guard is a sequel to the original film.
Kion obtains a scar, courtesy of Ushari, in a similar form of his great uncle.
Kion unleashes the Roar of the Elders at Bunga for the first time, as his deepest fear of becoming like Scar begins to come true.
This episode has the highest amount of voice actors, consisting of 31.
An instrumental version of the full version of "Call of the Guard" echoes as the sun rises in the Pride Lands before the battle in the Outlands begins.
In addition, it references the opening scene in the original film as the sun rises.
When Simba mentions that Pride Rock had survived fire before, he was referring to when he battled Scar for the throne back in the original The Lion King.
Before the Lion Guard leaves the Pride Lands to search for the Tree of Life, Nala voices the hope that the group might be back in time for Kiara's first hunt. This event is shown in the latter half of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, showing that the Lion Guard had not yet returned from their journey at the time, with the reason for their absence left unexplained as of yet.
Anga becomes the new Keenest-of-Sight, while Ono becomes the Smartest. This marks the first time a Lion Guard has had 6 members.
This is the second episode that Kion speaks to Mufasa at night. The first time was "The Fall of Mizimu Grove".
This is the first episode that a character mentions Thurston's name.
During the musical number of "When I Led the Guard", the special reveals Scar murdering Mufasa into the stampede of the wildebeest herd and his battle with Simba from the original The Lion King.
This is the last episode to use the show’s original title card.
Thurston's name is first mentioned in this episode.
This is the first time Jasiri's appeared in an hour-long special.
In the song "When I Led the Guard", it reveals that after Scar destroyed his Lion Guard by using the Roar on them, he created Broken Rock.
This episode marks the first official appearance of Scar's Lion Guard.
Baby Baboon is added to the credits for the first time.
This marks the first episode Zazu appears in since "The Morning Report", and the first and only episode Ushari appears in since "Undercover Kinyonga", with both episodes releasing over a year before their return.
This is the first time Madoa, Kifaru, Hodari, Dogo, Kijana and Baby Baboon's Mother have cameos.