’90s girl-power-action-hero-extravaganza Xena: Warrior Princess might be coming back to television! Or not. Maybe?

Cult female-led fantasy series Xena: Warrior Princess ran from 1995-2001 on NBC, and starred Lucy Lawless as Xena and Renée O’Connor as Gabrielle.

Although generally not referenced as much as similar shows like Buffy and Charmed, it was often credited with inspiring the wave of “girl power” action series that followed.

And now, 14 years after its emotional finale, there are rumblings that Xena might be coming back to television.

According to both The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter, inside sources at NBC say that the network is working on a reboot of the series, with original producers Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi set to helm.

However, Lucy Lawless was quick to debunk the rumor on Twitter, making our victorious war cries short-lived:

We still wouldn’t completely disregard the possibility, though. A Xena reboot isn’t totally implausible, considering the hype surrounding the Heroes miniseries Heroes Reborn, and of course the X-Files revival over on Fox.

Lucy Lawless herself has recently been speaking about a potential return to her career-defining role, telling HitFix, “I’m pitching my ass off to make it happen, whether it’s with me or not. I think it’d be funny to have a reboot like Ash vs. Evil Dead — like middle-aged Xena in a muumuu with a bad attitude and a smoking habit.”

To Den of Geek, she added, “The fans really do want that, and I’ve met some people who’ve crowdfunded some things, and I’m just like, ‘Why don’t we just do that?'”

Advantages of a ‘Xena’ reboot

According to THR, NBC wants a totally new cast and storyline for the reboot.

The new Xena is described as having, “the charisma and charm of Lawless and the smarts of The Hunger Games‘ Katniss,” whatever that means.

While we couldn’t imagine other actors in the roles, there’s a point to be made for a complete reboot. The original Xena: Warrior Princess was both iconic and influential, but it certainly had its flaws.

One of the major issues fans took with the series was how it constantly danced around the Xena/Gabrielle relationship, which is widely considered to be romantic in nature, although the show never explicitly “went there” — despite several ambiguous kisses throughout the series’ run.

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Post-Willow/Tara, however, same-sex relationships in fantasy fiction has become a lot more common. While some series still refuse to go there, others — most notably The 100, True Blood and Arrow — embrace same-sex relationships whole-heartedly.

Perhaps if Xena was remade today, NBC would not shy away from this pairing. Then again, if we were to pick up Xena and Gabrielle’s story 10 years later, we might see the relationship having become official while we weren’t looking!

(People who have seen the series finale might be wondering how exactly they could pick up Xena’s story… but if you’ve watched the show, you know that anything is possible!)

The legacy of ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’

Xena was conceived as a spin-off of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, but quickly surpassed its parent show in popularity.

Set in a medieval fantasy version of ancient Greece, the titular character was a legendary warrior who sought redemption for her dark past. She picked up Gabrielle as a travel companion, and the unlikely pair soon found themselves united against iconic enemies from Norse, Greek, and medieval mythologies.

Although it was technically a fantasy action-adventure series, the show format ranged wildly from melodrama to comedy, with musical interludes and flat-out parody episodes.

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Joss Whedon has freely admitted to taking inspiration from Xena when creating Buffy, and the show’s influence is still clear in present-day genre series like Supernatural, Veronica Mars and Legend of Korra.

As a character, Xena was allowed to be strong, emotional, weak, brave, clever, sexy, afraid and funny — and most importantly, she was allowed to be the hero of her own story. Even 14 years on, this is surprisingly uncommon in Hollywood.

Without Xena, we simply wouldn’t have had the surplus of action heroines we so enjoyed in the ’90s and ’00s. And if the series was to return, perhaps it’d launch another wave of badass female-led series.

Would you like to see ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ return to TV?

If nothing else, we’re really feeling a series rewatch coming on!