Star Wars Fan Suggests Casting Popular Singer As Young Luke Skywalker And Fans Aren't Having It

02.03.2024 - 17:13 / gamerant.com / Luke Skywalker / Mark Hamill / Disney Plus / Ademilade ShodipeDosunmu

The Star Wars franchise bringing back a young Luke Skywalker on its Disney Plus shows has stirred some interest in recasting the iconic role for future appearances, and one fan online has given their suggestion on who could take on the challenge to the overt disapproval of others.

Star Warshas grown as a franchise since the original film trilogy. However, its original protagonist, Mark Hamill's iconic Luke Skywalker, has stayed relevant in more recent media, appearing as an older, less optimistic recluse in the sequel trilogy to mixed reactions from Star Wars: The Last Jedi fans. More recently, the character has returned in the Disney Plus shows The Mandalorian andBook of Boba Fett.This younger Luke Skywalker comes to fansvia a combination of CGI, stand-ins, and a sophisticated artificial neural network trained on old clips of Hamill's voice.

While the cameos were certainly enjoyed, the consensus is that these AI-assisted Luke Skywalker appearances in Star Wars shows were missing an actor’s touch, leading to online discussion about potentially recasting the role with a younger star and a barrage of fan casting by way of edits and social media posts. One such post from Reddit user Timothy7475 would meet with almost universal disapproval after they shared on the site’s r/StarWars subreddit that they believed that English singer and former One Direction member Harry Styles would be a good fit for Star Wars' most important role. The post, titled “Hear me out, harry styles as a younger Luke Skywalker. Like,you can kinda see it,” originally featured an image of Styles. Moderators have since removed the post.

Other fans were quick to shoot down the idea, with the responses filled with nearly universal disapproval for the casting, despite a few commenters conceding that Styles did look the part. While many of the top comments are simply variations of “No Way,” some fans were a bit more creative with their responses, with one going so far as to suggest that implementing that casting would turn them to the Dark Side of the Force. While fans have made several unorthodox suggestions for the role, including a Star Wars Deepfake that imagines Sebastian Stan as Luke, this particular hypothetical seems to be the most unpopular.

It’s easy to see why Star Wars fans would be thinking up a recast, with even casual viewers noting that Luke's voice sounded inexplicably strange in the Book of Boba Fettand the character’s visual appearance striking many as uncanny. While no suggestion will ever receive universal approval, Styles seems to be viewed as completely unsuitable across the board. Despite having the looks for the role, many fans cited a myriad of potential problems that ring true, including acting ability, familiarity