This article contains spoilers for The Last Battle.

Aslan destroys Narnia in the last book of The Chronicles of Narnia movies never got far enough to portray the destruction of Narnia. Only the first three Narnia books were adapted, with the series stopped after the commercial disappointment of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Perhaps the Greta Gerwig Narnia movies can finally show Narnia's destruction as depicted in the source material.

Greta Gerwig, the director of Barbie, will be helming a new set of movies adapting C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia books for Netflix. The streaming service only has to get to C.S. Lewis' fourth chronicle, The Silver Chair, to beat the Noughties movie series by Walt Disney Pictures, Walden Media, and Fox 2000 Pictures. If it manages to make a movie per book and get all the way to the end of the series, Netflix may adapt The Last Battle, Lewis' final Chronicle. Then, audiences may finally get to examine the complex symbolism of Aslan's destruction of Narnia on screen.

Aslan Destroys Narnia In The Last Battle Because It's Time For The Land To Face Judgment

Narnia's Time Comes In C.S. Lewis' The Last Battle

Narnia is flawed and Aslan annihilates it because its time has come. In The Last Battle, Aslan says that he can't undo the evil that has been spread in Narnia, so it is best to make a clean break with it and start again. Narnia's residents gather to be judged, forming a perfect metaphor for a reckoning of the soul. Lewis' spiritual imagery always linked Aslan to Jesus Christ. As a Christian, Lewis wrote a strong allegory in The Chronicles of Narnia, and Narnia's destruction parallels many Biblical new beginnings - Sodom and Gomorrah, Noah's Ark, the apocalypse, and death.

The Chronicles Of Narnia's Ending Sees Aslan Leading The Characters To A New Narnia

Aslan Leads His Followers Somewhere Better Than Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia's ending in The Last Battle entails Aslan leading his followers to a place better than Narnia. While Aslan's faithful get to enter this better version of Narnia, any who opposed or deserted him lose the magic of their being, becoming normal animals. Lizards, salamanders, and dragons consume Narnia's plants, and it is flooded, recalling the situation Noah encountered in the Bible. Aslan leads his faithful to a version of Narnia that can't be corrupted by evil, unlike the previous one. In The Last Battle, it is King Peter who finally shuts the door on Narnia.

The "true" Narnia symbolizes heaven, which would be an amazing thing to see in an adaptation. As Aslan sheds his lion form, he is confirmed by C.S. Lewis as something far greater than the magical lion of the first few parts of the story. The Friends meet those who have been long dead, and it is revealed that they are dead too, killed in a train accident on Earth. Finalizing his heaven symbolism and his Christian allegory, Lewis masterfully tied off his The Chronicles of Narnia with Narnia's destruction and the creation of a perfect new world.