How Ezra Bridger Can Solve Disney's Luke Skywalker Problem

it’s unlikely that Dave Filoni’s Heir to the Empire story will be able to feature Luke in the same way that the original trilogy did. So, what then? It’s not like he can be excluded under the pretense of being away on some far-off mission. Legends fans would probably riot, and Luke being out of the picture while Thrawn was terrorizing the galaxy feels out of character anyway. So, he’ll have to be involved in some capacity – probably in a limited fashion, just like he's been a small but important part of the Disney+ live action series’s.

00:00 - Ahsoka Series
01:00 - What is Heir to the Empire?
03:27 - The Luke Skywalker Problem
05:11 - Ezra Bridger Is The Answer

But with Luke out of the picture and Ahsoka out of the galaxy (at least for now), Dave Filoni needs a protagonist for his Heir to the Empire movie. Luckily, he already has the perfect candidate in Ezra Bridger.

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[LordXerus]

They ought to recast the legacy characters and let some young actors shine! I’d love a Luke/Ezra buddy cop movie!

[willcrosbie]

Rebels made me fall in love with star wars all over again plus the fallen order and survivor games

[ColtNomad]

Ezra Bridger has become one of my favorites with the Ahsoka show and I would love to see his own movie.

[RustMonsterMilk]

Can we see Luke, Ezra, and Cal team up and just wreck shit for 3 hours?

[chaosspear]

Esra should be the next face of Star Wars Rebels built him up to be that.

[CATDRL]

So I'll go on to one more theory. Joruus C'baoth's character will be replaced by Taron Malicos, Mount Tantus will be replaced by Dathomir, and the Clone Armies from Mount Tantus will be replaced by the Night Sisters in those caskets. Sabin will be the Mara Jade replacement for Ezra.

I may be wrong with Mount Tantis as Thrawn may ship those caskets to Mount Tantis from Dathomir depending on his agreement with the Night Sisters. Mount Tantuis is currently being utilized in the Bad Batch and we have not seen its usage (proposed storyline) until Season Three.

Should they return in some fashion, Luke, Leia, and Han are a can of worms due to using AI, CGI, and de-aging tech, and the contract agreement recently approved from the two current Strikes (one resolved the other ongoing). These characters are a toss-up.


Star Wars is made for multiple generations. Those that love and still love the original trilogy characters will never give up on them (I'm from that generation, too). But others that grew up with Clone Wars and, more specifically, Rebels, are having their day.

[Olamchesed]

I think a movie with Ezra would be excellent and he should have a padawan also.

[danielgollahon]

I so want to see Ezra take on Thrawn. I really believe that somehow Ballin could end up switching sides and start to fight against Thrawn. But my main question is what are they going to do with Shin. That stupid Senator Xeono just kill him and be done with that jerk.

[crionics]

Nice to see someone who gets the Ahsoka finale rather than just shitting on it like everyone else

[ganumon]

Ezra Bridger started becoming my favorite Jedi ever since I first discovered that he had character inspiration from Aladdin and Daniel LaRusso from The Karate Kid and fans refer to him as “Space Aladdin”.

For Dave Filoni’s Adaptation of Heir to the Empire, I think it’s best that Luke, Ezra, and Ahsoka should be the main stars of the movie. I also prefer Luke to be casted by a young actor like Sebastian Stan and I don’t know if Din Djarin and Grogu would appear in the movie since The Mandalorian & Grogu is releasing but they would be a great addition to the Heir to The Empire Movie as long as they are both connected.

[ChosenOne-ilbm]

I said this

Ezra will be given everything Luke did in legends

Shin and Sabine replaces Mara

Ahsoka replaces Kyle katarn

Hera replaces leia

Din jarin replaces boba has the Mandalore

Boba replaces the leader of the crime lords

[inolynch]

even if ezra being the main character makes sense in a 'technical sense' since deaging is really not gonna cut it and with the history thrawn and ezra have, ezra defeating him will be like a full circle moment it still would feel off to 'nerf' or bench luke who's centric to the star wars galaxy. it doesn't make sense in-universe. it won't make sense that he'd ignore the thrawn threat in the galaxy and focus on the new jedi order. so really the only solution is recasting legacy characters.
the han recast for solo was perfect, why not recast luke and leia too ?
if disney dont want to do that then we have a big problem.

[smaariseth]

Imagine if Feloni gets to meke the Thrawn trilogy, with Sebastian Stan as Luke❤️❤️❤️

[Edward-nfnc]

Luke will likely show up in the last battle where he has already met Mara Jade and their issue and at the end he decides to settle down with Mara and the new Jedi Order and take Hera's son as a new apprentice.

[silentintrovert]

I do hope that the Ghost Crew will be appearing in the Andor TV series because both Rebels and Andor take place five years before Episode IV: A New Hope

[blade]

Recast Luke with Mark Hamil’s approval.

[octoberboiy]

So why can’t they deep fake Luke’s face with that actor like they did in The Mandelorean season 2

[osrishunter]

Well if ezra replaced luke role in the heir to the empire story arc then alot of starwars hard-core and toxic fans will not be happy

[rossgowran]

I think Ezra should take Hera's son Jacen on as his apprentice. Since Jacen is the son of Ezra's Master Kanan Jarrus.

[chadwi]

Ezra and Omega and Ventress will cause chaos.