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Star Wars’ reluctance to recast Luke and Leia is holding the franchise back (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 11 months ago by scops@reddthat.com to c/star_wars@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 102 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] forensic_potato@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months 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.

[–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

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.