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Viral The Mandalorian Video Proves Sebastian Stan Was the Perfect Choice to Play Luke Skywalker


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It's been two weeks since The Mandalorian Season 2 premiered its finale but StarWars fans can't stop gushing about the episode which featured a cameo appearance from Luke Skywalker. It was a jaw-dropping moment for sure but some fans weren't exactly thrilled over the fact that they CGI'd Mark Hamill's face onto another actor's face when the obvious route would've been to cast an actor who shares a striking resemblance with the Star Wars veteran.

Fans were hoping to see Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker in "The Rescue" as a lot of them are pretty convinced that he could pass as Mark Hamill's double. Stan has previously expressed his desire to play a younger version of Skywalker in a future StarWars spinoff project and it can't be denied that Lucasfilm missed the boat on not casting him in The Mandalorian.

To further prove that the Marvel star would've been the perfect choice to play Luke, a viral deepfake video is making the rounds all over social media and it depicts The Falcon and the Winter Soldier actor as the famed Jedi Master. I wouldn't say that the likeness is 100% spot on considering Stan has stronger facial features than Hamill but man, it totally works! See it for yourself below:



Luke's future in The Mandalorian seems uncertain for now but if anything, the positive feedback his return generated in Chapter 16 is more than enough to make Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni reconsider bringing him back in future episodes or his own spinoff series even. Hopefully, they'll do the right thing by then and finally cast Sebastian in the role to please every Star Wars fan in existence. I personally think he has what it takes so just pull the trigger already.

All episodes of The Mandalorian can be streamed via Disney+.

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