Talk:Sparra

Grey?

Really, how are Sparra grey? I'm curious on why they're listed as such, they don't seem as a group to be grey Are they judged to be grey based on the fact that just one member of the group was a grey character? I would call that king gray, not the Sparra themselves Elaboration/explanation/correction? ~Taggerung Warrior of Redwall

I totally agree. In Mattimeo, they are said to be loyal friends of Redwall and saved Matthias and his companions, as well as delivering the poem--Alderjack the Treescamp (talk) 03:12, April 24, 2015 (UTC).

Could the Sparra have returned?

As much as I missed the Sparra after “Mattimeo”, I can understand why BJ held off on bringing them back, since it was about 6 books before he wrote a book that took place after “Mattimeo”, and since Warbeak is such an iconic character, it might feel weird having the Sparra colony appear without her (which would be inevitable even if she’d survived “Mattimeo” since “Pearls of Lutra” seems to take place long after it. Plus, it meant that, in spite the transience of the Nelvana series, all of the Sparra’s appearances had the good fortune of being adapted.

But what if BJ had decided to bring them back? As we all know, the Redwall series ended prematurely due to the death of Mr. Jacques a little over a decade ago, may he rest in peace. Although there were more than enough books written for BJ to end the series, he seemed happy to continue giving us more Redwall stories for as long as he lived, and from what I can tell (I never read beyond “High Rulain”) he was still coming up with new ideas and completely new casts of characters with each book.

That’s definitely some level of commitment. But while new ideas and characters are always a good thing, it’s always nice to revisit old stuff. Bringing back the Sparra, albeit an entirely new cast of Sparra, would have accomplished both of these things. Considering book 23, had it ever happened, would have come about 16 years after “Pearls of Lutra”, it’s possible we could have seen new sparrow characters as soon as then, or perhaps it wouldn’t be until now that BJ felt they’d finally be worth revisiting. However long it would have taken, I like to believe the Sparra would return someday.

Despite Brian Jacques no longer being among us to make this happen, he sure left a lot of fans behind when he left this world, many of whom share their own stories online through fan fiction (some of which, I believe, can be found here on this very wiki!). If they haven’t already, I’m sure someday that the Sparra will pop up in one of those stories. Heck, maybe it will happen in something I end up writing! AsmodeusTheAdder03 (talk) 09:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)