FAQ

This is a prequel to L. Frank Baum's book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Edit

This version is not canon to Wicked or to the 1939 MGM musical film. It is canon to Baum's books. So Elphaba does not appear. In this movie, she is replaced with Evanora, to make us think that she's the Wicked Witch of the East and Theodora is the Wicked Witch of the West. Edit

The ruby slippers and various other elements were inventions of the 1939 MGM film. Due to legal issues, Disney was not able to use these elements. This extended to small things like the spiral yellow brick road design, to what color green the Wicked Witch's skin could be. Edit

In the books, Glinda is the Witch of the South. When Dorothy first arrives in Oz she meets the witch of the North first and Glinda at the end. The 1939 film combined the two witches. Oz the great and Powerful restores Glinda to being the Witch of the South with the witch of the North unknown/unmentioned in the film. Edit

It is thought that it only begins to affect Theordora when she starts to become evil, she shows no fear of it before. Hence her tears hurt her because she is beginning to have dark desires, the water is "washing away her sins". It's a foreshadowing of the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz who melted away at a bucket of water. Edit