Recast Luke and Leia

For the original trilogy. Your goal is to have actors who are just as capable in 1977, but who will age more gracefully so as to have a more Hollywood-ideal appearance in the new glut of Star Wars movies.

Yeah, that’s an assholish premise, but I phrased it as delicately as possible. Look, I’m sure they’re both great, talented people and equally irreplaceable and fan favorites and blah blah – but you KNOW some Disney exec is looking at Harrison Ford and wishing the rest of cast could have aged as handsomely.

So, which two working actors could you get in 1977 that struck the genetic / lifestyle lottery age-wise?

If you say Donny and Marie, I will force choke you.

We don’t know their names. Yet.

Part of Star Wars’ charm was that it was almost entirely unknown actors, or at least little-known, Alec Guinness aside. I’d far, far, far rather see any extension or recasting or reboot done with a search for exactly the right actors, rather than which stars of the week can be shoehorned into the roles. I think BSG is a good example: a complete re-imagining rather than a Psycho-like shot for shot remake. Or even trying to get an “unused footage” feel for new material. Start from the very good scratch and move on.

Excuse me? Peter Cushing?

Otherwise I agree completely with your premise.

I see that I misread the question. Never mind prior answer.

Denzel Washington and Katey Sagal.

I always thought they looked alike!

That’s a better question though. I think a threadjack is in order.

Carrie Fisher’s looking pretty good. Mark Hamill has, alas, not aged so gracefully.

And David Prowse was very well known, at least in the U.K., as the Green Cross Code Man.

Gabriel Byrne, Ed Harris, and William Hurt are around the right age. All of them were unknowns just beginning their career in 1977.

Or how about Kurt Russell? He was an established teenage actor and 1977 was when he was trying to find more adult lead roles.

Christopher Reeve and Patrick Swayze were the right age.

And if you want to have continuity, there’s Liam Neeson. He was just starting his film career in 1977. (There’s something worth reflecting on for people my age. Luke Skywalker is nine months older than Qui-Gon Jinn.)

William Katt (from the Greatest American Hero) auditioned for the role of Luke. Christopher Walken reportedly turned down the chance to play Han Solo.

My phone ate my logic, but I’ll post it again later at home.

My picks are Bruce Greenwood and Linda Hamilton.

John Travolta and Jacqueline Bisset. Or maybe Teri Garr.

Jane Fonda as Leia

Al Pacino as Luke

You wanted longevity, there ya go.

At first I thought the title was “Recast Luke and Laura”, and that just ain’t gonna happen.

Nice. Lot’s of good options here. Ed Harris. That’d be something.

What about C. Thomas Howell?

Michael Keaton and Debra Winger.

Or if you want to go in a different direction, Robin Williams and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark)

Recast Luke and Leia?

I will cut you!!!:mad::mad:

Bill Pullman would be wonderfully ironic.

I was thinking, use Harrison Ford as Luke, but then you have to re-cast Han Solo…