The Lion King Alternate Ending

This is an alternate ending of the 1994 film, The Lion King. Indeed, this was the ending in the earlier production of the movie; however, the filmmakers scrapped this ending this ending as this was deemed too horrific for a Disney film and instead, Scar's death was changed to where he was mauled by his hyena henchmen rather than Scar's death than simply having him burn to death as he did in this version. 
==Storyline==
 In this early storyboard scene, while Pride Rock is surrounded by flames and the hyenas are battling the lionesses, Simba battles his uncle Scar atop Pride Rock. During their battle, Scar viciously claws Simba in the face, and the impact is so great, that Simba falls backward, dangerously close to the ledge. Then, while Simba is on his back, Scar walks towards Simba and gloats about how his battle was almost as easy as killing Simba's father, Mufasa, revealing to the young lion that he is responsible for Mufasa's death. Simba reacts in shock, before angrily glaring at Scar. Scar then mockingly states that the "cat is out of the bag," and that it will be 'their little secret.' Before his attempt to off Simba, Scar says, "Goodnight sweet prince." referencing the Shakespearean play 'Hamlet' (to which the film is based on). Scar leaps toward Simba preparing to murder him but just as Simba is about to die, he uses his hind legs to shove Scar off of him causing Scar to fall off the edge of Pride Rock.
Suddenly Simba hears a cry for help from below. He sees Scar clinging onto the edge of Pride Rock who is hanging above the fire below, dodging death. Scar cries for help again, begging for mercy. Although Simba is willing to let Scar fall to his death, Scar reminds Simba that he is no murderer, and is better than him. The old king then supposedly admits defeat to Simba, telling him that he is now the rightful King.
Simba gives into his kind nature and grabs Scar by the mane and pulls his uncle up to safety. But once Scar is in the clear, he grabs Simba's mane, dashes him by the neck, and throws him off Pride Rock into the burning flames below. Simba falls, screaming for help, but just before he is about to land in the sea of fire, he lands on a burning tree, breaking his fall, and shielding him from the flames. As Simba falls onto safe ground, the fire surrounds him, so the young lion runs for his life, narrowly avoiding the fire. Meanwhile, on top of Pride Rock, Scar believes that Simba has fallen to his death, and that he has won, and begins laughing in victory he is engulfed by the flames surrounding Pride Rock and burned to death.
 As the flames threaten to engulf the Pride Lands, a rainstorm looms over the plains, putting out the fire. the After Simba's near death, he finds Sarabi, still unconscious from when Scar assaulted her. She is un-touched by the flames, and soon after revealed to have survived. Sarabi and Simba embrace, having finally been re-united and with the war over. Although the video ends by that point, it can be assumed that much like in the final film, Simba and Nala become the new rulers of pride and present their newborn cub to the Kingdom.
==Script==
(Scar and Simba battle.)
(Scar claws Simba in the face)
(Simba falls backwards)
Scar: This is too easy. Why it's almost as easy as killing your father.
Simba: What?!
Scar: Oops. The cat's out of the bag. Oh well, it'll be our little secret.
(Simba is furious)
Scar: Goodnight sweet prince.
(Scar leaps on Simba)
(Simba flips Scar over him)
(Scar hangs onto Pride Rock's edge)
Scar: Help me Simba! Please, help me!
Simba: Why should I?!
Scar: Are you no better than I? You're no murderer Simba. Please! I beg your forgiveness! You won, you're king!
(Simba helps Scar by pulling him to safety)
(Scar grabs Simba by his mane and throws him off Pride Rock)
Simba: Help!
(Simba nearly falls to his death but smashes into a tree and lands safely. The flames are about to engulf Simba so he runs away to escape them, something he barely accomplishes)
(Scar thinks Simba is dead)
(Flames begin to engulf Pride Rock)
(Scar laughs)
(Flames engulf Scar and burns him to death)
(A rainstorm emerges, putting out the flames. Simba, covered in ashes, emerges from the smoke to see Sarabi, untouched by the fire, but still unconscious. Sarabi wakes up and smiles at Simba, before embracing with him)
==Trivia==
*Although the ending itself was cut, Scar being burned alive was nonetheless implied in the sequel, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, in a conversation between Simba and Kovu, where Simba states that "fire is a killer" In The Lion Guard, it is stated by Janja, a descendant of the hyena clan who turned against Scar states that Scar was burned alive in the flames following his defeat at the claws of Simba. This could imply that the fire killed Scar when the hyenas mauled him.
*In the 1993 script of the film, Scar's death is similar to that of the above-mentioned scene. The main differences are that Scar admits his crimes to Simba before that battle, as opposed to during the battle, as well as during the battle, Scar doesn't gloat about his victory, but rather Simba speaking poorly of Scar, calling him a "coward" before he throws Scar off Pride Rock. In addition, the unconscious lioness in that scene is noted to be Sarabi, whilst in the 1992 draft, the lioness' identity is never known but widely assumed to be Sarabi.
*The final version of Scar's death where he is betrayed and killed by his minions is based off of the original ending of Beauty and the Beast, where Gaston survives falling off the Beast's tower only to be killed by the wolves that persued Belle and Maurice.
==Link==
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y14TwUGQ3xE
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