One by one, characters and actors from the Star Wars prequels have been making comebacks in fashionable Star Wars films and reveals. Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan bought his personal Disney+ sequence the place he confronted off together with his outdated apprentice, Hayden Christensen’s Darth Vader. Darth Maul confirmed up in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and even Ahmed Best — the actor greatest referred to as Jar Jar Binks — bought to play a new Jedi character on the latest season of The Mandalorian.
One of the few notable names who hasn’t made a Star Wars prequel comeback is Natalie Portman, the third lead in all these movies together with McGregor and Christensen taking part in Queen (and later Senator) Amidala. According to Portman, she’d really contemplate a Star Wars return — however one has by no means been supplied to her.
Speaking to GQ, Portman stated of the opportunity of a new Star Wars challenge “no one’s ever asked me to return, but I’m open to it.”
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Of course, there may be one teeny-tiny impediment to Natalie Portman taking part in Amidala once more: Amidala died, fairly conclusively and painfully, on the finish of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. One can all the time make a prequel after all, however Portman is now some 15 years older than she was when she made Revenge of the Sith so taking part in a youthful model of the character may very well be tough. But hey: This is Star Wars. How about Force Ghost Amidala? That may very well be a factor! There’s bought to be a million alternative ways she may present up in certainly one of these films or reveals now.
You can watch Portman’s full GQ interview under:
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