I hate recasting. And this one seems to have been for no good reason at all.
Since it is done, I hope that this tiny cameo was just to establish him to be used somehow later.
I'm sitting here thinking about it and I'm a little confused on some timeline. We are at 3 BBY and Bail is still the Senator. In 0 BBY, Leia will be, but Bail is still alive as of a couple days before Yavin. I guess I have always assumed that he died when Alderaan was destroyed, but his appearance in Rogue One (which I loved for itself) is a little confusing storywise. Mon Mothma totally outed herself to go be the leader of the Rebellion. Why did Bail step down from the Senate? Unless Leia primaried him! He can't out himself to go live on Yavin, because then Leia probably can't stay in the Senate either. It would have been simpler to have just said Bail died around now and then there would have been no temptation to recast him.
I mean, maybe we'll get the answer in the next couple of weeks, but unless something really compelling happens, I'm feeling sour about bringing in a new actor for a character that didn't need to appear.
Since it is done, I hope that this tiny cameo was just to establish him to be used somehow later.
I'm sitting here thinking about it and I'm a little confused on some timeline. We are at 3 BBY and Bail is still the Senator. In 0 BBY, Leia will be, but Bail is still alive as of a couple days before Yavin. I guess I have always assumed that he died when Alderaan was destroyed, but his appearance in Rogue One (which I loved for itself) is a little confusing storywise. Mon Mothma totally outed herself to go be the leader of the Rebellion. Why did Bail step down from the Senate? Unless Leia primaried him! He can't out himself to go live on Yavin, because then Leia probably can't stay in the Senate either. It would have been simpler to have just said Bail died around now and then there would have been no temptation to recast him.
I mean, maybe we'll get the answer in the next couple of weeks, but unless something really compelling happens, I'm feeling sour about bringing in a new actor for a character that didn't need to appear.
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