Onwardintroduced viewers to Ian ( Tom Holland ) andBarley Lightfoot ( Chris Pratt)two elf brothers who live with their female parent , Laurel ( Julia Louis - Dreyfus ) , as their father pass away when Ian was a baby . On Ian ’s sixteenth birthday , Laurel cave in the Brother a witching staff with a uncommon muffin that once belong to their father . This was accompany by a letter with a “ trial spell ” , with which they could resurrect their don for one day , but magic is n’t as promiscuous as it sounds , and the spell failed , only bringing back the downcast half of their father ’s body . Ian and Barley then   went on a trip to see if there   was still magical left in the world that could provide them to drop a couple of hours with their father .

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AlthoughOnwardwas well received by critic and audience , its theatrical run had to be cut inadequate due to thecoronavirus pandemic , prompting Disney to release it digitally after only two week and onDisney+ on April 3 . Given that it ’s a Pixar / Disney film , many viewers were expectingOnwardto givethe Lightfoots a felicitous endingby allowing them to meet their father , but the final product was more or less different .

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Onward: The Real Reason Why Ian Didn’t Meet His Father

As refer above , Wilden Lightfoot blow over away when Ian was a child , but Barley was already old enough to remember him and some of the things they did together . On the other hand , Ian did n’t really get to touch his father , so when he got the faculty and the piece , he was unfeignedly looking forward to the opportunity of spending some timbre time with his father . Ian eventually got to master the use of conjuration , and thanks to Barley got the gemstone they needed to fill in the patch . In the process , an unreal dragon was released , and Ian adjudicate to agitate it and sent Barley to run across with their father as the tour was finally being completed .

Ian did n’t get to adjoin his father , and that ’s because it was n’t part of his character ’s journeying – it was Barley ’s . At one detail , Barley explain what their father ’s final twenty-four hours were like , and that he did n’t get to say goodbye to him . Ian never fulfil him , and so his journey was all about discovering that his brother was the one who had always been there for him and assist raise him , whereas Barley ’s was all about closure . This realization is what made Ian give his one luck to meet his Church Father so Barley could say auf wiedersehen to him , and so Ian does n’t really have any unfinished business when it comes to his Church Father . In the end , Onwardis all about two sibling share one trip but with unlike personal journey which at long last got the gag law they involve , appropriate them to move   on with their life .

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