Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

I could have seen her having a similar backstory. But they probably would have left out Kai

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

I don't think that was ever the intent. They seemed to make Rita her own character.

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

During seasom 1 I thought she was just some crazy alien witch that wanted to conquer all the planets she could. Which doesn't sound like Bandora.

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

Saban preferred Rita to have her own backstory.Thats why so much of her backstory ended up being different from Bandora.

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

It made sense to make her be different from Bandora. Herstatus as an Evil Space Alien shows that she was supposed to be different all along.

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

No I think the plan was always to make her an original character. Even though her season 2 and 3 backstories weren't written yet.

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

I don't think the production staff even knew the answer to that question at the time. Since so much was done on the fly.

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

yes he did but they didn't want him to have a family bond to Rita

true but they did know what they didn't want.

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

Probably not. But I think her character would have been better if she had Bandora's origin.

Re: Was Rita supposed to have Bandora's history?
 

They are two tottally different characters.