I liked the episode. Kenge is an Outlander so I'm sure Scar will keep him in his army. He is quite formidable as has been stated. It is good to see that Makini is paying attention to her lessons, if not completely retaining them.
[quote="Kallo"]If Ushari always knew Kenge, then why wasn't he brought in sooner/more often to deal with The Lion Guard? In fact, with how independent and angry Kenge seemed, how did they convince him to join them in the first place?[/quote]
Kenge does seem very hard to deal with. Ushari might have been reluctant to involve him for that reason. As for how they did actually recruit him, perhaps they introduced him to Scar.
[quote="Kallo"]why didn't Kion just use the Roar immediately when meeting Kenge.[/quote]
Kion always uses The Roar as a last resort. Unless there is no other option, like when the dam burst in Bunga The Wise.
[quote="Kallo"]Nothing was stopping him. And neither was anything stopping the hyenas from taking out the Guard completely once they were paralysed. Also, why didn't the hyenas just break the melons if they wanted to get rid of them? I know Janja and his pals aren't the brightest, but it was Scar's plan. Why didn't he tell the hyenas if they can't get the melons to the Outlands, just break them? Seems like something he'd be selfish enough to do.[/quote]
Perhaps Scar told them that the melons took priority, also wasn't Janja (and company) trying to steal the melons for themselves in the beginning. Maybe he thought that they were too valuable to just break.
[quote="Kallo"]Finally, I honestly wish that the heynas would've won this battle. It would be refreshing to see the Guard lose for once, and since there's clear continuation with the story now, it's something they could easily do. Right now, it just feels like the Guard is ALWAYS stopping the hyneas/Scar's plans and the overall big story isn't really going anywhere or gaining any momentum.[/quote]
If The Hyenas would have won this battle it would have been a death sentence for The Elephants.
Technically The Guard did lose in The Rise of Scar. They (but more so Kion) got totally played.
Scar's big plan at the moment is to gather all the animals of The Outlands into his army. In this episode we met Kenge, he is formidable on his own, but as part of a large army image. Also he will likely want revenge on The Guard, so now he has motivation to join Scar's army.
The Guard is winning battles, but they have no idea (unintentional pun
) that a war is coming.