Casting the animated characters in a live-action show/spin-off

There have been TCW casting threads before, all of them inactive as far as Seerow has determined. I've been given tentative permission to start a new one with a broader scope.

Here's where you cast actors in the roles of the animated SWTV characters. Disney is on the point of announcing spin-off films and there may be live-action TV shows in the pipeline. These, or even the Sequel Trilogy itself, may involve some of the many and sundry animated SWTV characters in some capacity.

To keep things organised and relevant to this forum, try to follow these guidelines:

1. Make sure the character is one that was originally introduced in an animated show and one which does not share a genome with any film character*. The character must be one that has appeared in or is about to appear in Clone Wars (microseries), The Clone Wars, Rebels and/or one of the classics. An Expanded Universe novel/comic/game/sourcebook character that appeared in one of the animated shows would also be acceptable.
2. Specify the era of the live-action show or spin-off film. For example: pre-TPM, TPM-AOTC gap, Clone Wars era, early Dark Times, late Dark Times, Original Trilogy era, post-ROTJ, Sequel Trilogy era. It might be helpful to provide the year or range of years with the standard BBY/ABY notation.
3. Back up the casting decision with your reasoning for why this actor fits the role. Provide pictures if you wish. Do not embed videos; link to them.
4. Discuss casting choices.

*In other words, no clones.

Here's an example thought up on the spot to demonstrate the format:



Character: Sabine Wren, from Star Wars: Rebels
Era: Post-ROTJ, c. 20 ABY
Actor: Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh is experienced, having starred in films like Memoirs of a Geisha and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and she's also known for doing many her own stunts. Now in her fifties, she's still going strong. In a live-action TV show that delves into a growing rift between the increasingly militant Mandalorians and the New Republic, an older, more mature Sabine would find herself at a crossroad...

And so on and so forth.

 

...I'm honestly drawing a big blank for a lot of characters that originally appeared in TCW or CW, especially ones that could be used in any kind of spinoff.

I guess:

Character: Lux Bonteri
Era: c. 14-24 ABY
Actor: Bill Paxton or Ciaran Hinds

Both of these actors have impressed me in their respective HBO shows Big Love and Rome. Ciaran I feel has the look down better, but Bill I think can nail a character that is genuinely kind hearted but that never-the-less is capable of going to extreme lengths for what he loves, which I think having lived through the events of TCW, would be appropriate for a post-Imperial Lux, that does not want to re-live that nightmare again.

Character: Son
Era: Pre-TPM/2,000 BBY/however old the transponder was that the Father used to draw Anakin and company to Mortis
Actor: Sam Witwer

Why change something that works?

Character: Wulf Yularen
Era: Post-ROTS, Pre-ANH
Actor: Sam Neill

Sam Neill has played a variety of roles throughout his career, from paleontologist Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, to William Weir in Event Horizon. The man always maintains a gentlemanly composure, regardless of his role, or even when he's playing a downright evil entity as he does in the latter, I think he would be the perfect fit for an officer in the Imperial Navy, especially if dealing with the evolution of a character that was once good, but ultimately comes to find a place in a conference aboard a space station capable of destroying a planet.

 

Character: Satine Kryze
Era: Clone Wars
Actress: Cate Blanchett

I mean, she even sounds like Cate. Its perfect. Satine is strong but stubborn, and Cate would have fun with a character with such complexities.

Character: Cade Bane.
Era: Clone Wars or Dark Times.
Actor: Jeremy Irons.

The dude has got the voice, the mind, and the skills to pull of the roll.

 

Character: Sugi
Era: Clone Wars era, between the first Battle of Geonosis and the Battle of Coruscant.
Actress: Michelle Rodriguez

Visually they are a pretty good match, and the character of Sugi matches very well with the kind of characters that Rodriguez has frequently portrayed, be it Letty Ortiz, Trudy Chacon or whoever. A tough, spunky dungarees wearing female who is good mechanically and a good fighter, but still definitely feminine and quite pretty. Even the voice and speech patterns are a good match, you wouldn't need to use another person to VO the character, Rodriguez could do it herself.

Spoiler: Pics

 

Character: The Inquistor
Era: Rebels era. 5 years after ROTS
Actor: John Malkovich

Despite looking exactly like him he has been some of the most broad actors in the current age. He plays a vicious villian too.

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Wait... what?

 

I edited it..I copied your formatting and after I posted it I realized my mistake.

 

Topics such as these are fun, but just a side note: They are a much more satisfying experience if pictures of the character and actor are included.