Everybody wants a Xena reboot — why hasn’t this happened yet?

Thanks to this report by The Hollywood Reporter, Xenites the world over have suddenly come out of hiding and are now clamoring for a reboot of the 90s cult series about a warrior princess out to redeem herself from her pillaging and marauding past.

And it didn’t help that Xena actress Lucy Lawless enthusiastically dropped this epic revival pitch at the San Diego Comic Con earlier this month:

Watch the full video here.

However, a tweet posted by Lawless herself quashed the hopes and dreams of her rabid fans before the rumors escalated out of control.

Originally conceived as a secondary character in another 90s fantasy TV show, Xena was so well-received by fans and even TV critics that the studio decided to give her her own series, Xena: Warrior Princess, which ran from 1995 to 2001.

The franchise was a runaway hit and produced numerous book tie-ins, comic book adaptations, and video games, turning a guest character that was slated to die after three episodes into a global pop culture phenomenon that eventually became a feminist and lesbian icon.

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