![]() ![]() Shan Yu pulls his sword out of the body and clearly wipes the man's blood off the blade. The soldier gasps in pain and then falls to the ground dead. At the same time that the falcon catches and kills the canary, Shan Yu brutally stabs the short Hun in the chest with his sword. As Shan Yu says all this, Hayabusa takes off after the fleeing canary and catches it. But then he says that freedom is not without its consequences and those he deems weak will be punished. Shan Yu then sneers at the short Hun's "little friend" and says that all creatures should be given a chance at freedom, letting the canary fly away. The short man fearfully lies to him, and Shan Yu pulls the canary out of his shirt and holds it as it by its wings as it chirps in fear. However, Shan Yu smirks and approaches the short Hun, asking him if he is sure they've killed everything. ![]() The Huns all shout that they have left absolutely nothing alive. He demands his men to tell him the truth if they have left anything alive. Shan Yu then comes out from his yurt next to where Hayabusa is perched. The angry falcon's eyes glow bright yellow meaning Shan Yu has seen what the soldier has done. Unfortunately, what he doesn't know is that Shan Yu's falcon Hayabusa is watching him on a perch from behind. The Hun rushes over to the cage, clearly taking pity on the canary, then making sure the other soldiers aren't looking, he takes the bird and hides it away in his shirt before quickly rushing back to join the others. A short lone Hun then spots a cage with a living canary inside tossed aside by the other soldiers. they then push over a wagon filled with Chinese goods and start tossing everything they can get their hands on into a fire pit. In this storyboarded scene the Hun Army is shown at their camp at night after burning a village (which is briefly shown burning in the background as the camera pans across the scene). The scene is also known as being one of the darkest and most graphic deleted scenes in Disney films. However this scene cut because it meant taking away focus and exploring the titular character Fa Mulan. According to Tony Bancroft they originally were trying to figure out who and what Shan Yu's character should be like so they came up with him being a mystical or spiritual character who had a supernatural connection to his falcon and the scene was to show and explore a little bit of Shan Yu's character. The scene is also known for featuring an unused concept of Shan Yu having a spiritual connection to his falcon Hayabusa and having the ability to see through his eyes. This is a deleted scene from Mulan during earlier production that was focused on Shan Yu and his army destroying and burning a village. ![]()
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