Star Wars: 10 actors we’d love to see joining the franchise

HOLLYWOOD, CA – OCTOBER 10: Actor Tessa Thompson at The World Premiere of Marvel Studios’ ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ at the El Capitan Theatre on October 10, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for Disney)

Tessa Thompson

Tessa Thompson wants to do an all-female Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, but really, we wouldn’t complain if she decided to take her talents over to Lucasfilm. After her work as Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, she’s shown she can own a supporting role that ends up playing a huge part in the plot of a film.

So why not let Thompson handle the main character duties herself? She’s familiar with what it’s like to work in CGI and big action scene-heavy films after Ragnarok, and she even manages to do a little piloting as Valkyrie, too. Let her lead a fantastic crew that mostly does whatever suits them and maybe actually has an impact on the galaxy or something.

She’d even make for a great bounty hunter if Lucasfilm still does the Boba Fett movie at some point.

SAN DIEGO, CA – JULY 22: Actor Michael B. Jordan from Marvel Studios’ ‘Black Panther’ at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2017 Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H on July 22, 2017 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

Michael B. Jordan

Now, I’m not saying that Michael B. Jordan has to be on this list solely because he deserves a good, big-budget heroic role after his efforts as Johnny Storm in the much-maligned (and pretty much rightly so, since that movie was … less than stellar) Fantastic Four reboot, but I’m thinking it very hard.

And, like Chadwick Boseman, he’s moving into the public consciousness due to a very big role in Black Panther.

As we so often do, Buckie Wells and I talked over this list a bit, and in talking with her, I came up with the kind of role that is a little Johnny Storm, but better, which about sums up my feelings about why Jordan should be in Star Wars: Poe Dameron’s rival in piloting, who might be a little better than him, and with whom there is an undercurrent of romantic tension.

Granted, Star Wars: Episode IX has a lot to handle without tossing this in, but it’d be a fun arc for Poe.

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If you had the opportunity to put one actor into Star Wars, who would it be?