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WARNING - This page contains Season 7 spoilers!!
Michael Ausiello in TV
guide online
stated:
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Amber
Benson — whose alter ego Tara was killed off last season — will return
in the fall for several episodes. Benson will most likely be playing a new
character."
Part one of Amber Benson's new Willow and Tara comic 'Wilderness' (co-written with Chris Golden) is out now. Part two will be available in September.
Emma Caulfield confirmed at the SFX event (23 June) that Amber Benson will be back next season for a couple of episodes at least. "...she won't be resurrected but she will come back as some 'thing'"
Joss Whedon also told Sci Fi Wire that Amber Benson and Anthony Stewart Head will make appearances in the coming season. He's not offering any details as to how Benson will return.
Alyson Hannigan said in an interview that she thinks Willow's greatest challenge will be "winning the fans' love back" after turning evil at the end of the season. "They probably hate me now, I just hope they forgive my evilness in the last few episodes."
Willow's addiction to magic will remain an issue for the character. "Oh yeah, once you go that far, don't you deal with it for the rest of your life?" she asked. After Tara's tragic death, will Willow begin dating again? "Oh dear, I hope not, She's got to have time to recover."
Alyson confirmed that she will travel to London to film scenes for the season premiere. When asked if those scenes included Willow's reconciliation with Giles, whom she tried to kill in the season finale, she was vague. "I don't know. Hmm. What makes you think that?"
According to one of the buffy team (i can't remember who) on the posting board Amber Benson won't be going anywhere. Does this mean another ressurection?
Other rumours suggest that Tara will come back as a ghost.
However Joss Whedon's end comments on the posting board on 22 May aren't too hopeful: "I killed Tara. Some of you may have been hurt by that. It very unlikely it was more painful to you than it was to me. I couldn't even discuss it in story meetings without getting upset, physically. Which is why I knew it was the right thing to do. Because stories, as I have so often said, are not about what we WANT. And I knew some people would be angry with me for destroying the only gay couple on the show, but the idea that I COULDN'T kill Tara because she was gay is as offensive to me as the idea that I DID kill her because she was gay. Willow's story was not about being gay. It was about weakness, addiction, loss... the way life hits you in the gut right when you think you're back on your feet. The course of true love never did run smooth, not on my show. (only Dennis Franz has suffered more than my characters.) I love Amber and she knows it. Eventually, this story will end for all of them. Hers ended sooner. Or did it......? Yeah, it did. "
