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ThunderCats “Excalibur”: Peter Lawrence Revisits His Episode and the Sword of Omens vs. King Arthur
Why did ThunderCats suddenly bring King Arthur and Excalibur to Third Earth—and what does the writer who created the episode think of it almost 40 years later?
Peter Lawrence takes us back inside “Excalibur,” an episode that has remained one of the most memorable of his time writing ThunderCats. We learn how an idea from Jules Bass collided with Peter's lifelong love of Arthurian legend, why the Japanese animation team gave the episode a distinctive look, and the real production problem behind some of the reused animation fans see in the finished episode.
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