Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26443838-20160811151224/@comment-24674051-20160819213057

given Jafar's motivations (at least what we saw in Wonderland), I don't think he ever wanted to rule Agrabah. He wanted his Father to love him, and since you can't force someone to love you magically without breaking the laws of magic, this was Jafar's motivation. He may have ended up ruling for a short while, but gave up when someone else (likely Aladdin and/or Jasmine) came along.

However, you bring up a good idea, in that Jafar imprisoning the Sultan may have been the event that allowed/caused Aladding to become the Savior that stepped in to save Agrabah. The scene from SDCC is, I think, several years later, though, and is probably right before Jafar leaves for Wonderland. One final gloat, so to speak.

And I'm all for more Rumple (so long as they go back to character development for him). I just don't want him to replace Aladdin's genie.