Andor Bail Organa

Thought he deserved a thread as we know he will appear later in the show

 

Is Bail just appearing that one time or in later episodes?

I get scheduling conflicts but why not get Jimmy Smits permission to do the CGI thing?

 

He’s appearing later as well

Jimmy Smitts maybe didn’t want to do that. And maybe Tony didn’t either

 

Scheduling conflict.

Excited to see what his role will be in the next arc(s).

 

Even if both Smits and Tony wanted to do it, it's expensive as flark to make look good for a character not as iconic as Luke Skywalker.

 

And expenses aside, I doubt both of them would agree to it

 

And again...I ask how much of Bail are we actually going to get.

 

We don't know, but given how Gilroy doesn't like doing cameo for cameo's sake, it's probably only a role that Bail could fulfill.

 

Quoting this from the episode thread.

Yeah, it's a little jarring unfortunately. We also have a situation like that with Mothma, seeing her in this show, then portrayed (briefly) by someone else in ROTJ, then back to the same actor from before ROTJ in the timeline in Ahsoka.

Sadly this is just going to be the reality the longer Disney creates shows for the original Star Wars "timeline". There's gonna be Star Wars content being made long after all the original actors have passed. They're not going to deepfake/CGI forever once the original actors have passed/aren't available.

 

Given that a big chunk of Bail's appearances were actually performed by Phil LaMarr, I'm not too disappointed with this recast. Love Jimmy Smits, but Bail is bigger than any one man.

 

Poor Jimmy smith and yes Phill Mar is great as animated Bail Organa. I am interested in how Benjamin Bratt will do as Bail Organa. I remember him first from 24 season 9 as CIA agent.

 

Gilroy has confirmed he plays an important role in the second half of the season. Can’t wait to see what it entails, if Leia is mentioned, and how Bratt executes it. He pulled Bail off perfectly in the brief scene in episode 6, so I expect that to continue.

 

Jimmy Smits bailed. He's gonna!

 

Plus I would rather have a recast than a deepfake

 

I kind of hope they recast a young 19 year old Leia now, just to see a scene with Bail. Jimmy did a great job with 10 year old Leia, just to see them interacting could increase the audiences emotions when Tarkin blows up Alderaan.

 

I would be completely fine with it

 

We now have a recast Bail Organa, Breiah Organa and Leia Organa. Perfect for show about Alderaan

 

Incredibly glad to see a recast rather than a deepfake

 

Hope it becomes the new norm

 

Yup. And though I’m a hardcore Jimmy Smits fan, I think Bratt did an excellent job in that short scene.

 

Generally I'm not a fan of recasts. Obviously sometimes it just can't be avoided. So it’s okay in this instance. Jimmy Smitts is still Bail Organa to me. I presume it was down to scheduling conflicts?

 

Yeah, that’s exactly what it was.

 

Anyway this is from an interview and it really shows how much they all liked Gilroy

https://ew.com/andor-benjamin-bratt-weighs-in-playing-bail-organa-again-11733565


“Bail Organa died before we ever saw him on screen when Alderaan was blown up in the very first Star Wars movie, but he’s popped up since all over the place. So, that said, would you be open to playing this character again should the opportunity arise?


Wide open. Listen, as long as there's interest, I'd show up for Tony to do craft services on his next job. I just have such tremendous respect for him. And the shame of it was I didn't really ever see him on set. He was stateside and then was locked down because of the writer’s strike. He put together a remarkable team of writers and directors and actors, and the whole thing works from top to bottom. This is television as good as it gets, as far as I'm concerned. And I'm just so grateful and immensely proud of the fact that I am in some small part of it.”

 

I wanted to see some of the adventures young Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) and Bail (Jimmy Smits) could get into, unless in the unlikely event it occurs in another season of OWK, it won't happen. Could Bratt create the same connection with the young actress Jimmy did?

 

I assume they’ll get jimmy for any future appearances at least short term. Eventually he’ll age out of the role within a couple years