# Recast the original Star Wars movies for a hypothetical remake. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-the-original-star-wars-movies-for-a-hypothetical-remake/304537 "2005-05-19T04:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-the-original-star-wars-movies-for-a-hypothetical-remake/304537/41 "2005-05-19T23:28:37Z")
I wanna be Vader. I’m not quite large enough to wear the suit, but I can do the voice pretty well. Just to be silly, you could do a kung fu remake of Star Wars, starring Jet Li as Luke, Zhang Ziyi as Leia, and Chow Yun-Fat as Han. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-the-original-star-wars-movies-for-a-hypothetical-remake/304537/42 "2005-05-19T23:30:21Z")
I’m no star wars expert but I’ll give 'er a whirl… Luke: Topher Grace Leia: Portman (I would give her every role on earth) Han: cool and athletic…hmmmm…don’t hate me…Russell Crowe? Obi Wan: Is there any reason he can’t be black? Morgan Freeman Darth: Al Pacino (voice and body, come on, that’d be funny) C3PO (voice): Hank Azaria (either him or the guy who does the acne faced teenager on the simpsons) Lando Calrassian: Samuel L Jackson ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-the-original-star-wars-movies-for-a-hypothetical-remake/304537/43 "2005-05-20T01:20:05Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Just to be silly, you could do a kung fu remake of Star Wars, starring Jet Li as Luke, Zhang Ziyi as Leia, and Chow Yun-Fat as Han. Chow Yun-Fat’s a bit old for Han nowadays. He’d make a _very_ interesting Obi-Wan, though. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-the-original-star-wars-movies-for-a-hypothetical-remake/304537/44 "2005-05-20T02:05:56Z")
Han: Jeff Bridges, if he was younger. When I was little I liked his character in Tron because he reminded me of Han Solo. If Christopher Walken wasn’t Palpy, he could be Tarkin. I think he’d make a better Tarkin than a Palpy in fact. Vader: Tom Waits does acting, right? How about him? If Steve Buscemi wasn’t Lando, he could be one of the Imperial officers in ESB that lived longer and had a fairly big role. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-the-original-star-wars-movies-for-a-hypothetical-remake/304537/45 "2005-05-20T02:56:57Z")
> [@Talon Karrde](#): > > Vader: Tom Waits does acting, right? How about him? Heh. After he kills Palpy he could sing, “And now he’s dead, he’s so dead, forever dead, and lonley now.” I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-the-original-star-wars-movies-for-a-hypothetical-remake/304537/46 "2005-05-20T09:49:36Z")
Lorene Darnell - - C3P0 Daphne Zugina - - Princess Leia Bill Pullman - - Han Solo Rick Moranis - - Darth Veder Mel Brooks - - Yoda [What?!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-the-original-star-wars-movies-for-a-hypothetical-remake/304537.md?page=2)