Yen Sid is the nickname of the fictional sorcerer in The Sorcerer's
Apprentice, one of the segments from Disney's Fantasia. He is an old
man with a long beard and robes that extended to the floor. The nickname ("Disney" spelled backwards) was given by Disney
animators, as the sorcerer in the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment of Fantasia had no onscreen name, nor does the
character in the original Goethe poem "Der Zauberlehrling", the inspiration
for the music piece by Paul Dukas.
In Kingdom Hearts II
Yen Sid appears in the Disney/Square
Enix video game Kingdom Hearts II. He lives in the Tower near Twilight
Town along with Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty
who give Sora, the game's main protagonist, his new clothes. Yen Sid
finally has a speaking role, provided by Corey Burton in English, and Takashi Inagaki in Japanese. He is a greatly revered sorcerer who instructed Mickey Mouse in the use of magic. He is almost worshipped by Donald
Duck and is held in high regard by many prominent characters. He is targeted to be turned into a Heartless by Pete, but thanks to
Sora's efforts the Heartless never even get near him. Yen Sid enables Sora
to once more know of the existence of Organization XIII, as well as a new method to
travel to worlds through routes opened by the Keyblade. He also gives the characters their Gummi
ship, which they had been without since the events of the first Kingdom
Hearts. He disappears afterwards and is not encountered for the rest of the game, seemingly abandoning his tower,
which becomes overrun with Nobodies. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, the three good fairies from Sleeping Beauty, also disappear
after seeing Maleficient return to power.
Live action
On February 12, 2007, Disney announced that actor Nicolas Cage would play the role of
Yen Sid in a live-action version of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. [1]
References
- ^ Hollywood Reporter article from 2-12-2007 with Nicolas Cage information
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