Found this on TV.com
On why and how he picked Xena's weapon.
I had a book of ancient weapons and I saw this weird discus called a chakram and I said let's give her this because it can return and we'll never have another character use it. John Schulian [series writer] said he hated it and said we should cut around it. I told him 'that weapon is the coolest thing I'd ever seen' - it's her signature piece.
John Schulian created the Xena character, and to think he hated the Chakram!
On why and how he picked Xena's weapon.
I had a book of ancient weapons and I saw this weird discus called a chakram and I said let's give her this because it can return and we'll never have another character use it. John Schulian [series writer] said he hated it and said we should cut around it. I told him 'that weapon is the coolest thing I'd ever seen' - it's her signature piece.
John Schulian created the Xena character, and to think he hated the Chakram!
