I just hope the character development would not be as simple as "I am a badass who smirks while I shoot guns, but one time in my past something bad happened and it makes me sad"
You know that is exactly what it would be :P
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Should cara dune be recasted or written out?
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You know that is exactly what it would be :P
Isn't she just a random mercenary? Why can't the writers just make another mercenary? Recasting is reserved for situations where if it was like she was Mando's sister or Boba Fett's daughter. There's nothing linking Cara Dune to anyone in the universe in terms of integrated plotlines.
the show takes place in an entire galaxy with quadrillions of sentient beings, why do the same characters need to keep showing up?
Yo I voted write out, but I changed my mind when I read this. Lucy Lawless would be perfect.
Why do that when you can make a new actually cool character for her
The answer to this is kinda complicated because Lucas often had recast-due-to-age parts supplant the originals in their own scenes.
If they want to keep the Alderaan connection, they can use Evaan Verlaine, from the comics/novels, who also worked as Leia's bodyguard. I don't think she's been used in anything post Mando, so she's free.
Show never needed the character. She was never truly important or impactful to a story that is already pretty basic. And now since it sounds like they're shifting focus to Mandalore (which hopefully means more Sasha Banks and Starbuck) then her character is even more worthless to the show.
I guess that new spinoff Rangers show was supposed to be her character's big coming out party. But as it's a new show, just create a new character in her place. Cara Dune is basically just a gruff buff woman who uses heavies and has a tragic backstory and an axe to grind against the Empire; she speaks few words and is devoid of any charm.
So LF should consider this as an opportunity to start fresh and do much better with a new character outright.
I guess that new spinoff Rangers show was supposed to be her character's big coming out party. But as it's a new show, just create a new character in her place. Cara Dune is basically just a gruff buff woman who uses heavies and has a tragic backstory and an axe to grind against the Empire; she speaks few words and is devoid of any charm.
So LF should consider this as an opportunity to start fresh and do much better with a new character outright.
She's bland and uninteresting; she's just a heavy.
Introduce a new character. Preferably played by Lucy Lawless.
Introduce a new character. Preferably played by Lucy Lawless.
yeah I love lucy lawless but I think most people are imagining her as she was and not as she is
she still looks great! but she'd be in her mid 50s for mando, can you reasonably expect the same physicality from her now in order to play Cara?
plus she's 15 years older than gina, that's a bit of a jump for a recast
however if they wanna cast lawless as a new character that basically supplants Cara Dune, sure. that'd be awesome to have her in star wars.
Then there's no existing mold she needs to try to fit into, she can be whatever she is
Friendship ended with cara dune, now dara cune is my best friend
hire lucy as a new character that fulfills whatever roles they had previously planned for cara
then cara isnt even part of the conversation anymore
she can show up as an existing ranger and say that Cara sent her, since cara is busy handling the [insert scifi nonsense here]
then she can just slot right into whatever trajectory they had planned for cara
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Apparently she was supposed to be announced as part of another show in the December 'Investor Day' event, but that mention was omitted due to the bad press around her.
I think this makes the most sense. Also probably elevates the series up several notches if they can get someone like Lucy Lawless who can actually act.
Just create a clean break with the character via the new show and if they are worried about continuity just mention Cara is off on some distant planet.
I'm all for Lucy Lawless in Star Wars, but she's too good to be wasted in a recast like this.
Recast.
I want people to go "hey, what happened to the previous actor" and look up why she was replaced.
I want people to go "hey, what happened to the previous actor" and look up why she was replaced.
This too, lol. Lots of opportunity here.
Oh yeah, for sure if that show started, it would have been an issue, but without the show, who cares?
In fact, if Disney wants to continue this show with a new cast, then whoever is the star of this show can crossover into The Mandalorian no problem.
She's a worthless character. Get rid of her. The new characters introduced in this season are far more interesting.
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Lucy Lawless needs to be in this show. Don't care how. Even as Xena!
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Lucy Lawless needs to be in this show. Don't care how. Even as Xena!
Just make like that Jack Ryan show.
First season: he meets his girlfriend/wife-to-be.
Second season: she literally doesn't exist.
But yes, add Lucy Lawless please.
First season: he meets his girlfriend/wife-to-be.
Second season: she literally doesn't exist.
But yes, add Lucy Lawless please.
you could easily write her out and no one would care. you could also just not mention her again and it would work the same way.
Turns out it's a bad idea to just give randos with no flight experience their own X-Wing. They can't all be Luke Skywalker.
Her character has been diminishing returns since her debut. I'm not even done season 2 because I'm stuck with her character in the show.
Something fun or creative to get her out the show would be preferred. If nothing, then just show the brutality of the world with people dropping in and out.
Something fun or creative to get her out the show would be preferred. If nothing, then just show the brutality of the world with people dropping in and out.
Recast with Lucy Lawless, change the wikipedia to "she was always Cara Dune, she originated the role, no one else ever portrayed Cara Dune" and lock it so it cannot be changed.
Erase what's-her-face, it's not her character-- it never was and she doesn't get to retire it.
Erase what's-her-face, it's not her character-- it never was and she doesn't get to retire it.
On one hand, I don't think people are fully acknowledging the diversity question interlaced here. Gina Carano's whole acting career, like Ronda Rousey's before her, was built entirely on the fact that she's an attractive woman who looks like she lifts. It's one thing to have a badass woman, it's another to have one that's visibly muscular since female body image bullshit emphasizes women being lithe. There's an intrinsic value in a female character who looks and plays the part of The Muscle/Tank, a value Gina Carano filled in her roles and a value Cara Dune fills in the Star Wars universe.
On the other hand, with how minor Dune is it's easy and natural to just write her out, and with how hateful Carano is I can't blame people for being thirsty in wanting to see Dune killed off shamefully and meaninglessly. And then tends to trump a lot of things. So while I'd personally like to see a new actress found to retake and rehabilitate the role, I wouldn't be too arsed if she was thrown away, especially with Mando's upcoming focus with Mandalore.
On the other hand, with how minor Dune is it's easy and natural to just write her out, and with how hateful Carano is I can't blame people for being thirsty in wanting to see Dune killed off shamefully and meaninglessly. And then tends to trump a lot of things. So while I'd personally like to see a new actress found to retake and rehabilitate the role, I wouldn't be too arsed if she was thrown away, especially with Mando's upcoming focus with Mandalore.
Been going back and forth between new character or recast, but have settled on new character.
I do hope they're a swole woman merc though. It would be a shame to lose that representation over this.
The character being nothing more than cool-looking was never a problem for me considering the whole show is the result of a "nothing" character having looked cool decades ago—but I do want a new character to fill that same archetype for fans of the character.
I do hope they're a swole woman merc though. It would be a shame to lose that representation over this.
The character being nothing more than cool-looking was never a problem for me considering the whole show is the result of a "nothing" character having looked cool decades ago—but I do want a new character to fill that same archetype for fans of the character.
