It’s time to talk about something Star Wars has been avoiding for some time: recasting its original trilogy characters. There have long been calls for the likes of Luke Skywalker to be portrayed by new actors (Sebastian Stan, anyone?) but it has, by and large, been something that the franchise hasn’t needed to properly confront – until now.
Yeah. The world they live in is the main character… Not the same tired old stories.
On this point, Lucas was right. There’s nothing more to tell. It’s finished.