It’s time to talk about something Star Wars has been avoiding for some time: recasting its original trilogy characters. There have long been calls for the likes of Luke Skywalker to be portrayed by new actors (Sebastian Stan, anyone?) but it has, by and large, been something that the franchise hasn’t needed to properly confront – until now.
The constant need to somehow tie back to the OG characters is what’s holding it back. You have a beautiful universe filled with all sorts of interesting shit. Why keep focusing on this one dynasty in a whole galaxy of fun characters.