It shouldn’t be too surprising that with the first two How To Train Your Dragon movies doing so well, a third installment was planned, and although How To Train Your Dragon 3 has had its release date pushed back multiple times before landing on its current March 2019 spot, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Stoick sacrificed himself to save Hiccup in How To Train Your Dragon 2, which means that his appearance in How To Train Your Dragon 3 should be entirely in flashbacks.
The original How To Train Your Dragon was a massive success, and that success continued with the sequel (How To Train Your Dragon 2), which raked in $100 million more than the original at the box office.
Butler’s comment means that now two of the biggest stars in the franchise have called How To Train Your Dragon 3 the best of the bunch, which is high praise indeed.