@Red-Supernova
I hate ececutive and market meddling getting in the way of us enjoying the things we love. This is the reason why we never got the chance to see Luna throughout Season One (Hasbro thought that she was still a villain), or why Spike has been treated as an accessory for Twilight at best and a slapstick butt-monkey at worst (this is despite the fact that most of us latch onto Spike as a main character and often tries to see Spike as essentially being either a Seventh Element of Harmony or even Twilights' Son)

@Ohvist
This movie was put into development right after Season 3 so you are not far off.

If this was the movie we got instead of the first Equestria Girls, than I believe that Alicorn Twilight Sparkle would have been better recieved following Magical Mystery Cure, seriously, watch the Season 3 finale and then switch over to this movie; you can immediately tell that THIS would have been the perfect movie thematically to showcase Twilights struggles with Alicornhood and the faults that are still apparent in her character that would help the audience.

What did the comics go with regarding how the Storm King got the Staff of Sacanas again? Because the idea of learning that Scorpan is still alive sounds cool.

That would've been pretty cool to see.

Well, they put form over function rather than introducing Equestria…