Disney’s “Moana 2” certainly made waves.

Originally conceived as a multipart Disney+ original series, it was reconfigured into a theatrical feature by Walt Disney Animation Studios, utilizing both the Burbank studio and a satellite studio in Canada, to make sure that the film looked – and more importantly – felt like a big screen adventure. The gamble paid off and the film, which featured returning stars Dwayne Johnson and Auliʻi Cravalho, took in more than $1 billion worldwide, which was enough to make it the year’s third most successful film (after other Disney heavy-hitters “Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine”).

In the sequel, Moana travels back into the ocean to defeat an evil demigod that has been keeping an island obscured for far too long, debilitating trade routes and keeping various Oceanic nations from meeting and interacting with one another in the process. But can she break through and keep her island vital in an ever-changing world?

If, for some reason, you missed “Moana 2” during its initial theatrical run, the movie is available digitally and just hit Disney+. Additionally, there will be 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD options available next week on March 18.

And to celebrate the feature returning to its ancestral home (Disney+), TheWrap spoke with two of the filmmakers behind “Moana 2” – Jason Hand and David Derrick Jr. – and got answers to all of your burning questions. Major spoiler warning, obviously.

At the end of the movie, Moana is now a demigod. What does that mean for her and how did you come to that decision?

David Derrick Jr.: It means a lot of things. We set out to tell a story about ongoing evolution and growth. [The movie] starts with that hermit crab that is brave enough to leave its shell to find a new one. What this new role is for Moana, nobody knows fully yet. That’s part of the beauty of life, is that we never know truly what we will become, but every day, we get to choose who we are. But I love that we leave that door open.

Jason Hand: I mean, it was such a fun part of the story that we were sitting on forever and we loved and it was actually… it took a while to figure out exactly how to craft that moment, how to get it to the point where we understood that Moana’s choices and her sacrifice she made, and even how Maui was brought into that. But I love the idea, and what does it mean? It means that Moana is as awesome as ever, and even more so. But to Dave’s point, I think we have more to explore on that.

There’s also a post-credits scene with all of the villains together. Where did that come from and what are the implications?

Derrick Jr.: It’s something we always played with, we always wanted Tamatoa to come in, in some way, we wanted to see Nalo and show the complicated relationship Matangi has – she’s team Moana, but she has to play both sides for a while because she’s in a tricky spot. And the placement of it, we wanted to go out on the most euphoric way possible, with Moana and her crew chasing the horizon, let some credits roll and then have some fun with our villains. There’d be a breath between them. But I love that. It hints at future problems.

And have you started thinking about those future problems?

Derrick Jr.: My favorite thing, honestly, is to see online what people are thinking and to see how our characters go beyond the original media, and then they become people walking around in parks. They become little kids re-enacting it. I love that it’s sending this message to everyone to be like Moana.

What are some questions that people come up to you and ask about “Moana 2?”

Hand: I think that, because of our post-credits scene, it’s like, Well, there’s obviously going to be a “Moana 3.” Are you already working on that part of it? We wanted to make sure that we had the ability to tell more stories. I think that’s the most common one, which everybody has asked.

Derrick Jr.: One that is important to me that I’ve gotten several different times from people of the community, is wanting to know who these other new wayfinders that we meet at the very end are. And that’s something that for Jason and I at the very, very beginning, we wanted to show because, you’ve heard me say the word ethnosphere and how excited I get about how the people of the Pacific were able to connect to all the different islands. And it wasn’t because of any one island. It was the collaboration of many different islands and cultures that was able to make those long journeys possible. To show, you know, people from Micronesia, from the Solomon Islands, from proto-Tahitian [culture], I’m so excited about that. Those are questions I want to ask and answer in the future.

“Moana 2” is available on digital and to stream on Disney+; its wonderful 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD home video release comes out this Tuesday.

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