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ST Keri Russell (Zorri Bliss) in Episode IX

Discussion in 'Sequel Trilogy' started by ewoksimon, Jul 6, 2018.

  1. cerealbox

    cerealbox Force Ghost star 6

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    *facepalm*
     
  2. JoJoPenelli

    JoJoPenelli Chosen One star 6

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    (It’s not like we can’t get MJ in some form. Stand-alone set soon after RotJ would be great. Not Luke’s wife ofc but I remember really loving her character as a tween and I think she would shine on her own.)
     
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  3. Darth Chiznuk

    Darth Chiznuk Superninja of Future Films star 8 Staff Member Manager

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    She could play younger. I mean Jyn is supposed to be 22 even though Felicity is in her thirties. So Russell could play a character in their thirties. That said I don't think a Solo daughter is suddenly going to appear out of nowhere. The only possible reason I could see that happening is if they decided to give whatever role Leia had in Kylo's (possible) redemption to a Solo daughter. But I think that'd be too awkward. There's no setup for the relationship to mean anything to us other than "Oh yeah, they're brother and sister. FEEL THE FEELS!"
     
  4. DarkGingerJedi

    DarkGingerJedi Chosen One star 6

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    Cool casting.

    Queen of Naboo
    Resistance Leader
    Pirate who's helping the Resistance
    Former Jedi student of Luke who escaped the massacre
    Spy working within the FO
     
  5. Avnar

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    Unfortunately... I'm not being negative, but the ST has been really uninspiring with their casting.

    Us "A new bounty hunter? Reys father/mother? A Knight of Ren? Mara Jade? Lukes wife? A new Sith? A Moff? A new Chancellor?" :eek:
    Them "A military leader! A mumbling con artist! A village elder!"
     
  6. GregMcP

    GregMcP Force Ghost star 5

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    Well I think we'll have to agree to disagree on that point.
     
  7. Krueger

    Krueger Chosen One star 5

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    Thank the Maker, some casting news. Was getting anxious there for a minute.
     
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  8. AhsokaSolo

    AhsokaSolo Force Ghost star 7

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    I’m with you 100%. The characters in the ST have no inspiration and no story. That’s why I like the idea of Mara Jade or a KoR so much. Are we finally going to get a new character that has an actual story to tell? Jeez even the new main characters, besides Kylo, spent the last movie spinning their wheels.
     
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  9. christophero30

    christophero30 Chosen One star 10

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    I almost don't want to get my hopes up. Maybe she's a gas station attendant for the First Order.
     
  10. themoth

    themoth Force Ghost star 5

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    Pssst! Don't tell anyone, but I've been cast as a war hero in IX. And Keri is playing my loyal and loving wife.
     
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  11. The Regular Mustache

    The Regular Mustache Force Ghost star 6

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    How about a Forceback?
     
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  12. Bor Mullet

    Bor Mullet Force Ghost star 7

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    Just as you don’t cast Max Von Sydow as a guy who dies a few minutes into a film?

    Exactly. You wouldn’t cast Forest Whitaker, for example, for a small role. Or Mads Mikkelsen.
     
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  13. christophero30

    christophero30 Chosen One star 10

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    Young Leia flashback. I like that idea.
     
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  14. The Regular Mustache

    The Regular Mustache Force Ghost star 6

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    I’m thinking she’s going to be the leader of a small band of people that are going to help out the Resistance.
     
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  15. christophero30

    christophero30 Chosen One star 10

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    Hopefully led by Lando and Wedge.
     
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  16. Organafan

    Organafan Jedi Padawan star 2

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    Haven't people learned not to speculate that a casting is of a known character? Laura Dern, Daisy Ridley, even John Boyega.
     
  17. Bor Mullet

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    I’m calling it. She heard Leia’s last call from Crait to the Resistance’s allies. And she leads that New Resistance.

    Either that, or she’s an electrician.
     
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  18. Jedi Master Scorpio

    Jedi Master Scorpio Star Wars Television star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    Her Aunt perhaps? But otherwise I have no idea. Not really a concern to me really.
     
  19. ComfortablyNunb

    ComfortablyNunb Jedi Master star 3

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    People seem to be overlooking this part of the Variety report (if they read it at all):
    Don't think it's some random military personnel (though I love those types of characters too).
     
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  20. The Regular Mustache

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    She’ll be somebody that will help the resistance carry out a mission beginning in the second act and the mission will go sideways in the third act.
     
  21. jaqen

    jaqen Chosen One star 5

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    Keri is such an underrated talent. Good choice.

    God bless you all who have the patience for 1.5 years of laughable Mara Jade/Rey's mother BS that will eat this thread alive.

    Naturally she'll turn out to be a brand new, totally unrelated character, ala the last Luke's Wife/Rey's Mama, aka Vice Admiral Holdo.
     
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  22. RandomGreyJ

    RandomGreyJ Jedi Master star 4

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    To be fair though, John kept working out and saying that his role in VIII would be much more "physical" than seven. And while he ran around a lot...it wasn't exactly what a lot of us expected...

    @jaqen Lol I'm fine with either. But it would be funny if the next "subversion" was that she was related to someone we knew. But even funnier if it was revealed in like one sentence and then the audience was left to wait for more stories. Like quicksilver and magneto in X-Men Apoc. Honestly I just get weirded out by all these similar looking actresses. Next they'll get Jennifer Lawrence to play 'Caro'
     
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  23. Solo88

    Solo88 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Calling it now. She will be playing Holdo's younger sister.
     
  24. PrincessKenobi

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    Hux's younger rebel sister.
     
  25. TheAnonJedi

    TheAnonJedi Jedi Knight star 2

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    If I had to guess Keri's going to have a sizable role, kind of like Benicio. Whether she be Resistance or First Order I have no idea but being an "The Americans" fan I'd really like to see her as maybe a badass bounty hunter or something, after watching 6 seasons of that show I know she'd absolutely kill it in that kind of role.
     
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