Speculation Recasting the Big 3

i have but the series on netflix doesn't have that episode.

 

i saw the one where harrison did the dialagoue. the end of it anyways.

 

If they do do this, I say Taron Egerton for Luke, since he was considered for young Han, but thinking about it, he seems like he fits Luke better IMO.

 

Well that's maybe because it's the only movie where Mark is...over 30.

The "meat" of the post ROTJ can easily be earlier. Since that time is now largely unexplored it should be difficult to do an Anthology film set earlier with a still relatively young Big 3 as leads. No different than the other Anthology films creating "meat" where hitherto there was none.

I actually think Han and Leia are more difficult roles to recast successfully. Harrison and Carrie had such distinct personalities, and looks, during the OT, more so than "straight man" Luke. Luke is a much broader character to cast, and is open to much greater interpretation. Leia and Han are far more specific.

 

Han, Leia and Luke will not get recast, as Kennedy explains below. They are not going to have a SW 4.5, 5.5 or 6.5....

The Saga films focus on the Skywalker family saga. The stories follow a linear narrative that connects to the previous six films. The Force Awakens follows Return of the Jedi and continues that generational story. The Anthology films offer opportunities to explore fresh characters, new storylines and a variety of genres inside the Star Wars universe.

 

well han already got recast lol so i guess her statement is open to intepretation. sure we probably wont see luke ala anakin TPM but maybe leia's adventures leading up to ANH at some point......

 

Han did not get recast. Not the Han we know, from ANH to TFA. Ehrenreich got cast as the younger version of the Han Solo character.

 

It depends on what they want to do. If they want to do some films set in the timeline between ROTJ and TFA that feature then Big Three, then a recast is probably necessary. If they want to limit that to books, comics, probably an animated TV show at some point, then not so much.

 

I don't think Ehrenreich will get to play the mature version of Han Solo. He will play a teenaged (18-19 year old) Han in a film taking place possibly 10 years before ANH.

I'm pretty sure this Solo film will be a very funny movie, so obviously Ehrenreich's version of Han will be more cheerful and "innocent" while exploring how he came to be that man Luke and Obi-Wan met in the cantina.

 

I will sum up my opinion on different actors playing young versions of the big 3:

 

I have to say it, Lucas really wasted a lot of time making more Star Wars films. We could of had the sequel and prequel trilogies come out in the same decade.

 

that doesn't make any sense.

 

Christ, dude, why do you always do that?

I'm talking about using Hamill, Fisher and Ford when they were a lot younger in another trilogy. Including the prequels, there could have been twelve movies at this juncture. We had to wait sixteen years for another movie...he waited way too long in my opinion.

 

i like sense.

 

your right. i mean carrie herself said why now, i looked better a decade ago.

 

No, you like people spelling **** out for you.

 

lucas makes movies his own way in his own time. they take three years. wishing he made films differently to get more, faster is nonsensical. that's how he works.

i don't need it spelled out for me i'm facetiously pointing out the statement is odd. calm down.

 

I really hope Lucasfilm ignores the vocal fandom on this, and considers recasting rhe OT3 for the OT and post-ROTJ timeframe. I want to see live action films for those periods. Not just comics, cartoons, coloring books and novels.

 

JabbatheHumanBeing "I really hope Lucasfilm ignores the vocal fandom on this, and considers recasting rhe OT3 for the OT and post-ROTJ timeframe. I want to see live action films for those periods. Not just comics, cartoons, coloring books and novels."



Yet another terrible idea as to how SW should go in the future. SW is a success because that's what it is, not LOTR or a Tarantino flick. Change is not always for the best.

 

I'd like to see all sorts of time periods caught on film, including the OT and post-OT time frame. Not sure why that's such a terrible thing. SW is a success for a number of reasons related to story, imagery, characters and tone. "Not recasting actors" has nothing to do with that winning formula.

I just think that is hugely and unnecessarily limiting. Hamlet has been played by thousands of actors. So can Han.

 

JabbatheHumanBeing "I just think that is hugely and unnecessarily limiting." What would be limiting is scratching around for ideas for the OT3 after ROTJ when there are thousands of years worth of stories in the GFFA. That's why I can't see an Obi-Wan story ever getting green lit, he just sat in his hovel watching Luke for 19 years.

 

I'm not arguing for limited things to the OT timeframe or the OT3. I'm arguing for no limits whatsoever, including for the OT timeframe and the OT3. I'd love to see a Jedi/ Sith origin film, for example.

People don't have to like it. But it's no use denying that rejecting OT3 recasts during those time periods is inherently limiting.

 

DARTHVENGERDARTHSEAR, though I question the feasibility of such a project, I do understand what you're saying and think it would've been a good idea if done correctly.

Just ignore those that don't have the capacity to understand it. Best not to get yourself in trouble.