# Recast Luke and Leia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-luke-and-leia/665947>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 11, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-luke-and-leia/665947 "2013-08-11T17:55:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-luke-and-leia/665947/61 "2013-08-16T02:17:09Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> Only with the Fonz as Obi-Wan.
> 
> _“Who is more da fool – da fool, or da fool who follows him? Ayyy.”_

Leia: I love you.

Han: Sit on it.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-luke-and-leia/665947/62 "2013-08-16T04:48:32Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Holy fuck, if I ever get my hands on a time machine, I’m going back and making him take the role.
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> “Han Solo. I’m _Captain_ of… the Millennium FALLcon. Chewie here… tells me you’re lookin’… for _passage_… to the Alderaan system?”

He would have been great opposite [De Niro](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POKVd8hvCzs) (warning profanity).

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**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-luke-and-leia/665947/63 "2013-08-16T07:34:00Z")

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Only tangentially related, but here’s what Luke could look like for the new movies if Hamill went to the gym every now and again. [Luke Skywalker by Phil Noto](http://www.omega-level.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Luke-Skywalker-by-Phil-Noto..jpg).

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-luke-and-leia/665947/64 "2013-08-16T08:04:54Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Holy fuck, if I ever get my hands on a time machine, I’m going back and making him take the role.
> 
> “Han Solo. I’m _Captain_ of… the Millennium FALLcon. Chewie here… tells me you’re lookin’… for _passage_… to the Alderaan system?”

Sounds more like Shatner than Walken, to me. :dubious:

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