This article contains spoilers For "Cobra Kai" season 6 part 3.

The best sequels to heritage use celebrities to attract franchise supporters, while also introducing fresh characters to step down into a whole new generation. For Six wild seasons on TV, Cobra Kai He managed to do just that, giving the younger and older members of the "Karate Child" property equal time to shine. There were, of course, moments when the show seemed to be sinking under the weight of all its returns and players. But "Cobra Kai" has succeeded in pushing its legacy inclinations in such extremes that they are surrounded by returning around to be strange - for the most part.

With each passing season, it also became clear that quite every movie "Karate Child", no matter how small, loved or wicked, it was a fair game to come back. Indeed, Terry Silver of Thomas Ian Griffith went from the slimy, over-the-view villain from "Karate Kid Del III" to The big bad of "Cobra Kai". Similarly, Josen Togucci has almost killed Daniel Laruso on Ralph McCio in "Karate Kid Del II", only to turn Cobra Kai into one of Miyagi-Do's greatest allies. Even the stereotypical Sileotypical accompaniment of Johnoni Lawrence from the 1984 movie Karate Kid managed to make an emotional influence.

The only times of "Cobra Kai" really succumbed to the worst kind of inheritance of the sequel was when digitally (and unnecessarily) raised the late Morita Road briefly Repeat his role as Mr. Miyagi through some skin lifting. The series was so good to avoid this trap for so long, but I suppose this showed that someone could really come back, no matter how incredibly it might have seemed.

However, there was a big exception to this rule: Jululey Pierce of Hillary Swan from "The Next Karate Child", which never appeared at Cobra Kai. What happened?

In response to the investigation made during a Q&A Quick on x (formerly Twitter) For the absence of Swank, Cobra Kai co-creator Jonon Furwitz revealed that an attempt was made to reach the Oscar winner. Unfortunately, although the creatives of the show came in touch with its representatives, they never heard from the Swank itself:

"It wasn't for a lack of attempt. We've always wanted the idea of ​​Jululey's Pierce Swank to appear in () the last episodes (of "Cobra Kai"), but it shouldn't have been. We talked to her again, but she never had the opportunity to talk directly with her. C Solid believer that these things happen or do not happen for a reason.

"Next Karate Child" is noticeable for many reasons, not only is it that marked the first theater announced the leading role of Swank. /Movie BJ Colangelo even made an attractive case that "Next Karate Child" is not as bad as her reputation would suggest And that there is more in the story of Juluuli than most give him credit.

Ieuli, for those who are not known, is a Boston -based teenager who acts because of the pain that came with the loss of their people in a car accident in the "next karate child". In addition, she is constantly abused by the high school fraternal composition named Alfa Elite, which seems to not leave her alone. But as she closes naturally than the people who love her, Mr Miyagi sees the opportunity to channel Jului's frustrations into something more emotionally balanced.

What is interesting about the "next karate child" is that it plays as a pretty natural sequel to the franchise thematic, especially given "The Karate Child Part III" sees Daniel falling on a similar way to disappointment. Given this, it would make sense for Juluuli to withdraw from the mattresses of "Cobra Kai", at least from the point of view of storytelling.

Swank has not been so active in the industry in the past few years, with its latest loans being drama based on "ordinary angels" and secrecy, with a hidden guest on the current third season of the Yellowothlings. Given this in mind, I think the question becomes less "Why didn't she appear on" Cobra Kai "?" And more "where would you fit into the last season of the show?" To tell the truth, I imagine it would have been pretty difficult.

Season 6 of "Cobra Kai" had a lot on its plate. Spread in three installments, the last episodes dealt with Sami Taikai and the outcome of what eventually happened at the original location of the Global Karate Tournament in Barcelona. I don't know if you have noticed but there are a lot to the characters of this show, which caused some trouble when the time came "Cobra Kai" to complete things For good. Introducing a large veteran "karate kid" like juluels that late in the game-over short arrival, ie-just will add another thread to plot to the already glued pile.

Although Cobra Kai is over, there is still a chance that Swank will return to the "karate child" franchise one day. On top of any potential Spinoff series that may or may not happen, the worlds of "Karate Kid" films in 1984 and 2010 are ready to clash The upcoming theater feature "Karate Kid: Legends". With G -Daniel and Jackkeepi Chan's first meeting for the first time, it may be the perfect opportunity for Swank to finally appear again.

Every season of Cobra Kai is currently moving to Netflix.