ST Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux) in Episode VII

Well yeah, that picture just decreased the chances he is playing Luke's son IMHO. It's still a decent possibility I suppose, but from my POV, it's less likely now.

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Beards are cool. Plus if he hasn't started filming he could shave it

 

You seem to have some sort of insider info on him. I know as you said, you know nothing of what his look is going to be in the movie. However, any chance you could try to find out info on his role?

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Maybe the girl he gets in the ST will shave him on screen... with a lightsaber.

 

Luukeskywalker, I don't have any inside info personally on Domhnall or I'd of shared it. What I do have is inside info on Orlando Theme parks, both from the creative/booking end and the media end. The scheduling conflicts are something I was told about from ppl on both sides of that, but neither knew for sure that he had started filming or that the filming conflict was on the front end or the back end. In theory, they could of been concerned he wouldnt make it back to London in time to shoot and therefore, the beard could be shaved before that. Like I said earlier, the earlier London trip could of been for costume fittings.

Or he has started shooting at this is his look for Ep 7.

Regardless, he's been curiously quiet today at UO's media preview. All of the other Potter guests have been spotted numerous times- this photo I shared earlier of Domhnall is all i can get right now. The rest I have upwards for 20 of.

He will walk a red carpet of sorts at 7pm EST, so we will be seeing more of him.

 

I don`t remember Bill Weasley having a beard!

It might have been a doppelgänger...

 

Thanks. Keep us up to date.

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I have to agree with those who are worried about Gleeson not being relevant in the story, or not being a Skywalker. There are strong reasons not to be believe he is playing Luke son. The first one is that he was billed almost last on the cast reveal. And the second one is that if Boyega and Ridley are Jedis, having a third Jedi in the trio of leads would be weird. Or at least I think it would be less likely than having a third memeber more in the guise of Han Solo, which is what has been reported about Oscar Isaac, who is billed 4th in the cast announcement.

The reasons to believe he is a Skywalker is that he was so close to Hamill in the table read, and that he has the looks of Ben Skywalker in the EU. Not to mention the order of the cast reveal could be different to the one on the movie.

Regarding the beard, if he has not started filming, he could shave it from one day to another. His hairstyle, however, is pure Mark Hamill in ANH.

 

Actually his hair style is closer to that of Luke's in ROTJ than it is to his ANH hair style, just by the way it is combed.

Hopefully he is asked on the red carpet tonight if he will have the beard in the movie.

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Yep, really, I think if Lucasfilm does not allow him to say if he will feature a beard or not in the movie it will be clearly excesive. Even Mark Hamill could answer that question without any problem.

 

Yeah, right now, I'm leaning more towards Oscar being the third member of the new trio for all the reasons you stated. Domhnall could still be Luke's son, I suppose, but just not part of the new trio. Or he could be someone else entirely. If he does have a beard for the film, it does age him a bit and makes it harder to buy him as the 20-something son of Luke. The beard does make me think Jedi though - so maybe he is just some student of Luke's.

 

Agreed on the Luke's son points. not sure I am entirely convinced that Oscar Isaac is third member of the trio though. He is almost 40.

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Domhnall Gleeson is not Luke's son.

 

He's only 35, which is one year younger than Harrison Ford was for ANH. So I don't think age disqualifies Isaac from being part of the new trio. Both Domhnall and Oscar could play younger if needed.

 

How can he not be relevant to the story, if he is one of the first cast members announced and was at the reading?! Everyone sitting there will be relevant to the story somehow.

Unless he was there for decoration.

 

Source?

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Yes....I think that when Disney said a new "young trio of leads", they meant that the new trio would not be Luke, Han or Leia.

So trio of new young leads doesn't mean that the actors must be very young.

In that case, Isaac OR Gleeson could be part of that trio.

 

Nah, he is 35, which is only very slightly older than Ford in ANH. I still don't buy that Isaac is playing a "Han Solo" type of character. It would be a terrible retread of doing a cynical rogue.

I think Isaac is playing some sort of military type...

As far as Gleeson, I still think he is your third lead. But then again, I've been thinking for a bit of time that your potential Skywalker male was not the central character. That he would fit more as a tertiary lead. I've been playing with that ever since Ryan Gosling was rumored. That was enforced with Speelers, and Jesse Plemons. That character seems to be ranging between late 20's to early 30's.

So, Gleeson having a beard doesn't really change anything. That character seems to be a full fledge adult.

 

I want him to be Luke's son, I HOPE he is, but I can understand why people are having doubts. I'm starting to have them too. At the moment I'm just confused to hell over the third member of the trio. I just don't see how someone as important as Luke's son wouldn't be in the lead group, that doesn't make sense to me. But I also don't see 3 Jedi being the leads, and surely Luke's son WOULD be a Jedi, right? Maybe not, I don't know.

 

Well, maybe your central hero in this story doesn't inherent their hero status but earns it?

I mean there is a possibility that the offspring of Luke/Han/Leia are not either likable or even heroic starting out....

 

Assuming that Kasdan and JJ have kept George's character names and their importance to the story as George had in his treatment when he sold the company, it's simply hard for me to imagine a story he wrote without Luke having an offspring who is a central character. I just know the way Lucas thinks in those terms when it comes to Star Wars. He loves to tell stories of a family that passes from one generation to the next of fathers and sons, etc.

If there is no offspring of Luke, either George pulled something out of left field on us, or the new team has changed things.

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Though I don't want a Kenobi descendent, he could pass for one in this clip. At least that's what I think.

 

Sorry Luukeskywalker but nobody can say "I just know the way Lucas thinks"...

From everything we have heard.....Episodes 7-8-9 were to be "something out of left field"........and with JJ....all bets are off.