Has Lucasfilm Learned Anything?

The sentence from the piece is driving me crazy. To keep minting fans, Lucasfilm must give new generations their own collection of characters to love and hate, and not every classic character can be brought back again and again. Kathleen Kennedy is aware of all this.

That's great, but it doesn't change the fact that the next Star Wars series are about Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ashoka, and Cassian Andor. It's possible that the Andor series has a major character like Mon Mothma, or that the character of Boba Fett was introduced in 1980.

The only plan for a new Star Wars story is the series The Acolyte, set 100 years or so before the prequels, but even it will be serving as a prequel of sorts. When I watched The Phantom Menace, I always wondered how we got to this point. What went wrong? What were the scenarios that led to this moment?

In The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, Mark Hamill, 70, delivered performances as 30-somethingluke Skywalker, but younger actors played him. It is now a team sport. That tech has limitations. Recasting does too.

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The film explored Han Solo's younger years, with Alden Ehrenreich taking on the role of the smuggler originated by Harrison Ford. Kennedy says that it does seem clear that it is too singular for another actor to duplicate.

Kennedy said that they need to use deep-fake technology to make new Star Wars stories. Classic actors should not be allowed to return as the characters they have been playing for 45 years.

Apparently not. I guess we will see how new The Acolyte really is when it comes out... Will it be in 2023 or so?

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