It’s time to talk about something Star Wars has been avoiding for some time: recasting its original trilogy characters. There have long been calls for the likes of Luke Skywalker to be portrayed by new actors (Sebastian Stan, anyone?) but it has, by and large, been something that the franchise hasn’t needed to properly confront – until now.

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hard disagree. We’ve seen enough of these characters. They’ve told their stories. It’s time for new stories rather than just retreading the same ones over and over.

    The strongest shows to come out of the franchise lately have focused on new/and or minor characters — like Rogue One, Mandalorian, and Andor.

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      1 year ago

      Seriously! I am so tired of watching events that keep happening always within the same 50 years or so. With a whole universe and the possibility of going backwards/forwards thousands of years just for fun, MORE Luke and Leia is just a nuisance at this point.

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      Yeah. The world they live in is the main character… Not the same tired old stories.

      On this point, Lucas was right. There’s nothing more to tell. It’s finished.