Talk:Eilonwy/@comment-24557651-20140616223254/@comment-1416077-20140621004343

Things were different back then; seen through modern eyes, The Black Cauldron is kinda hokey, but for a Disney film, the fact that it was PG was extraordinary (no PG-13 back then); the special effects of the cauldron were also special and still hold their own today... if only barely.

I have a theory on why Eilonwy was excluded from the Disney Princess franchise; the rights to the character are somewhat ambiguous, since she is the intellectual property of Lloyd Alexander and his Chronicles of Prydain. Perhaps some understanding could be reached with his estate (he passed away in 2007) allowing Disney to use its version of the character for other projects.