Considering Will Beall’s admiration for Conan The Barbarian, and his crack about The Legend of Conan having to be a “worthy sequel” to the original, it’s safe to assume that Beall’s attitude toward both 1984’s Conan The Destroyer and 1987’s Red Sonja is that of disdain.
And according to writer Will Beall, that’s exactly where The Legend of Conan will start.
Despite the disappointing sequel, pseudo-sequel, and reboot, that ending is still the starting point for the next true epic in the Conan The Barbarian saga.
At the end of 1982’s Conan The Barbarian, audiences who were eager for more of the high adventure that John Milius’ cult classic dished out were left with one, singular image to hold them over.