Now, Disney is offering an all-new animated special The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, which takes place after the original film and in the middle of its 1998 sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

Pride Rock just got a new defender. Sunday (7 p.m. ET/PT), Disney Channel will debut The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, a sequel to the 1994 blockbuster animated film The Lion King.

Things changed when the Disney Junior series The Lion Guard wrapped up this weekend, and Scar came back in the form of a spirit to explain his backstory. Having died in the original Lion King film ...