Kathryn Morris UK

The Return Of Najara: Xena Warrior Convention

It’s been quite a while since I wrote about Xena: Warrior Princess. In fact the last time was a fun April Fools post about the possible return of the hit show and some crossover with the less than subtle Spartacus programme. The lengthy menu on the left of this site gives links to our Xena-related posts.

Turns out that this year (2025) marks the 30th anniversary of Xena. The show first aired in 1995! Some of you were likely not even born at that time. Jeez, I’m getting old!

To celebrate this milestone, a Salute To Xena convention is being held next weekend (31st Jan – 2nd Feb 2025) in the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel in California. That’s the same venue used for the Hollywood Show fan convention event back October last year.

Any why might you ask is this being posted on this site, other than just another excuse to post the image above? That’s a good question which you’ve probably already guessed the answer too based on the title etc.

Yes, Kathryn is due to attend the event on both the Saturday and Sunday. The leading ladies (Lucy Lawless and Renée O’Connor) are listed as being there on Sunday.

Thanks to AJ for passing on this information. Apologies for the late posting of this and short notice.

I don’t know if the recent wild fires in California could impact the convention. Please check the relevant places for more information.

If you are attending the event, please let us know. We could put together a post with some of your experiences.

You can read more about the Salute To Xena event on the Creation Entertainment website HERE.

Spartacus Season 3 & Najara To Make A Comeback? – April Fool

*** SPOILER ALERT ***

This article and the linked interview contain spoilers. You have been warned.

Friday night (30th March 2012) saw the dramatic conclusion to season 2 (season 3 if you count the prequel mini-series) of the Starz TV hit show Spartacus.

The reluctance to shy away from killing off characters many would assume sacred was taken to shocking extreme as the finale drew to a close. You’d think that being the star that brought in the crowds, had worked with many of the crew before, and is married to one of the show’s Executive Producers would give you some job security. Apparently not, as the death of Lucy Lawless‘s character proves. This is not one of those “but they’ll bring them back somehow” deals either as Michael Ausiello’s interview with Spartacus Executive Producer Steven S. DeKnight makes clear.

So where does this leave Spartacus for season 3? A largely new cast including several new female characters. And what does this have to do with us here at KM UK? A well informed someone who has chosen to go by the name of Maj-kat has let me know that they would really like Kathryn to take a significant role in season 3. They know her well from her time on Xena, she is clear of her Cold Case commitments and has shown a willingness to take on more… errr… adventurous roles (*cough*Cougars, Inc.*cough*). Call make-up, we may need a blonde merkin! 😉

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Xena Part 2 – The Convert

Previously on KM UK: Crusader.

Najara’s back. Makes a change from her front, which made up much of the focus of the earlier episode 😉

Again I have to display my ignorance of the Xenaverse. I believe that the Najara character had such an impact that they decided to bring her back. What I do know is that that means more Kathryn

Najara’s back and this time it’s slightly less personal.

More screencaps and a video clip can be found in the Gallery.

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Xena Part 1 – Crusader

The Gallery

You’re reading this? Why? The image above wasn’t enough to make you go straight to the Gallery? The image is a link to the Gallery (as is that). I even put an extra link right under the image to make it very clear and to save you scrolling down through the text to find it!

Still reading? Really? So I have to write some more text? Damn!

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