Legends introduces an all-new cast of original characters, with many of them filling the narrative roles of characters from the original.

As Entwistle shared with the outlet, he definitely thinks Jaden Smith’s The Karate Kid character is still absolutely canon and out there somewhere in the world of Karate Kid: Legends. It seems like perhaps he wasn’t deemed necessary to the story of Ben Wang’s Li Fong and therefore is not in this new movie.

Alright…we have to talk about Karate Kid: Legends.