Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26509603-20150805144401/@comment-26509603-20150808002727

Sheldon Frank wrote: Yes, I meant Sensei Wu to die of old age. It wouldn't seem fit to have him live this long, and then die of unnatural causes. Also, Lloyd and Kai would be the only original ninjas left at the time of Wu's death, the others having died before, or in Zane's case, like you said, shutting himself down feeling as if he served his purpose. But, by the beginning of season 1, Lloyd will be the only one left. I think it would also be cool if, at the very beginning of the first pilot episode, it showed the same scene as the original of an old man walking towards a blacksmith shop, but instead of Wu, it would be Kai. This would be right before he hears the news that Wu is dieing.

The rest of your comment sets a sturdy base for further seasons to come, I think it's a good way to start the series. 1. Wait, so Kai and Lloyd are the only ones at Wu's funeral? He outlived the other ninja?

2. If Kai is still alive, then I don't think Zane would've shut himself down, since he could help train at the Spinjitzu Academy.

3. And, yes, by Season 1, I think Lloyd should be the only one left.

4. Eh, I'm not sure (about the blacksmith shop thing). I want this to be different than Ninjago. Maybe the pilot episode could start of slowly, and dreary, panning over the former ninja attending Wu's funeral (Misako is already dead). I think the viewing audience would really like to see the old couple of Jay and Nya also. Then, in the first episode of the season, Lloyd is looking at a photo of his friends (a picture of the whole team taken at some point), whispering something like, "They were the closest thing to a family I ever had" (revealing that they had all past), and then his wife would walk in, and say something in a hopeful tone like, "but you have started a new one now". Lloyd would then smile as they walk over to a window overlooking an arena, watching students in different colored suits sparing (so the room they were just in might have been his office of the Academy). This is just an idea.