MLP FIM Season 9 Speculation & Synopsis (Spoilers)

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Several episode synopses have been revealed.

S9E01&02 "The Beginning of the End" Apr. 6, 2019 - Episode Discussion:

Spoiler

In the back-to-back season premiere episodes, titled "The Beginning of the End," Princess Celestia and Princess Luna decide to retire and hand off the ruling of Equestria to Twilight Sparkle and her friends, which sends Twilight into a tailspin of self-doubt. Meanwhile, an ancient villain bands together a legion of nefarious characters to conquer all of Equestria, challenging Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the Mane 6 to step in and save the day.

The Beginning of the End, Part I  When Celestia and Luna decide to retire and hand off the ruling of Equestria to Twilight and her friends, it send Twilight into a tailspin of self-doubt. The ancient villain Grogar plots to conquer all of Equestrian, but King Sombra has ideas of his own.
 
The Beginning of the End, Part II As Twilight and the rest of the Mane six struggle to come to terms with destruction of the Tree and Elements of Harmony, King Sombra sets his sights on conquering all of Equestria.

(sources: not specified, info. from EqD)

S9E03 "Uprooted" Episode Discussion:

Spoiler

The Young Six respond to a magical summons from the Tree of Harmony, only to learn it has been destroyed.

(source: https://whensiton.com/episode/uprooted/EP013304160240)

S9E04 "Twilight's Seven" (200th Episode) Episode Discussion:

Spoiler

Twilight and Shining Armor Pit their wits against each other to settle a long-standing sibling rivalry, but they soon discover they are not the only competitors.

(source: whenitson.com)

S9E05 "The Point of No Return" Episode Discussion:

Spoiler

Twilight realizes she never returned a book to the Canterlot Library and may have caused her favorite librarian to lose her job.

(source: whenitson.com)

[ Moderator Note: In order to reduce clutter, all FIM speculation threads will be condensed into this mega thread. Please refrain from making official episode threads until the episodes actually begin airing in April. Thanks. - Bekuno ]

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[bright rabbit 1]

Oh yeah! Grogar appears (does a happy dance).

[DreamvalleyMLP]

Hmm, interesting. The final bad guy at work so early on in the show, perhaps..? It would be cool if the big bad(s?) for this season were to have a season long mystery story arc (Much more fleshed out than season 4's keys arc)

EDIT: The destruction of the Tree happens in E01 & E02 according to the spoilers, so why does it sound like in E03 they don't know about it? Or am I misreading things?

[DreamvalleyMLP]

Wow, so far the spoilers seem to hint at an awesome season! Bring on April, please. MLP's final season, She-Ra's second; it's gonna be a funfilled month!

[Storybelle]

I was really, really hoping they wouldn't use Grogar. Gah.  Oh well. I am interested what they'll do with him.

[tailrustedtealeaf]

Good to see Grogar appears. I hope they do his character well!

[Storybelle]

Synopsis:

Twilight realizes she never returned a book to the Canterlot Library and may have caused her favorite librarian to lose her job.

(source: whenitson.com)

Hmm. Interested but sceptical.

[Carrehz]

ah, I forgot they were using Grogar.... I hope they do him justice and he's not yet another "in name only" recycled G1 villain.