Mufasa: The Lion King might be named after the iconic character, but Mufasa isn’t the only one whose backstory the movie explores. Instead, the movie works as sort of a tale of the past told by Rafiki to Kiara,

Mufasa explains many details of Scar's backstory before The Lion King, but one key aspect is surprisingly left out of Taka's story in the prequel.

"Mufasa: The Lion King" stars Mads Mikkelsen, Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jnr, Tiffany Boone, and Billy Eichner discuss Scar's origin story