Star Wars has quite a lot of characters, and followers like to level like Leo every time their Glup Shitto exhibits up. Andor has had just a few randomly acquainted faces pop in right here and there, and since this season goes proper into Rogue One, we’ll be seeing extra of ’em—simply don’t go anticipating everybody to be performed by their authentic actor.
In a current interview with the Hollywood Reporter, showrunner Tony Gilroy mentioned how the actual world and a few “budgetary points” required some adjusting to the present’s season two plans.
Some episodes “modified dramatically” due to this, he mentioned, and within the case of a minimum of one legacy character from the start of Rogue One—in addition to “a pair folks in we needed to have in Yavin”—that undisclosed position can be performed by a unique actor.
Bringing again returning characters with their authentic actors is usually a “actually difficult” feat to drag off, he defined. It may be “very, very costly” for the present—or some performers simply could have prior commitments. In recent times, Star Wars’ strategy appears to have depended totally on the mission; Ahsoka has a brand new Baylan Skoll in Rory McCann following Ray Stevenson’s passing in 2023, and has Jim Cummings again as Hondo for Star Wars Outlaws.
Conversely (and controversially), generative AI and deepfakes have been used to recreate Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader’s vocal performances in lieu of recasts. We’ve additionally seen iconic characters performed by deceased actors recreated in CG.
For the continuity-obsessed, seeing these new actors at could create a slight disconnect after they ultimately back-to-back Andor and Rogue One to see how they play off one another. However such is the case of the Glup Shitto: they could not at all times be the identical particular person on the display, however they’re the identical Glup in our hearts.
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