“I don’t mean that like a jerk”: Freddie Prinze Jr. is Heavily Against Making Kanan a Live Action Star Wars Character
Voiced by actor Freddie Prinze Jr., Kanan Jarrus is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise who is featured as one of the main characters in Star Wars Rebels. In the Star Wars universe, Jarrus is a Jedi Padawan who managed to survive the Great Jedi Purge after his master sacrificed himself to save him.
The character embraces his Force abilities in his meeting with Ezra Bridger, with whom he starts training in Jedi arts along with a desire to finish his training to become a Jedi Knight. Kanan eventually just like his master sacrificed himself to save his friends but as it is said, his legacy goes on to live. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. addressed the possibility of the character making a live-action debut. Let’s find out.
Freddie Prinze Jr. says he is ‘done’ with Kanan Jarrus from Star Wars
Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. who has voiced the character of Kanan Jarrus from Star Wars, in his interview with ComicBook.com addressed the potential return of the character in live-action. He said,
“Kanan’s story-at least for me is done. I thought it ended beautifully. People cried, I was vey happy for that. I don’t mean that like a jerk: our goal was to make you cry. I didn’t even want to do the little voice over in the last Star Wars movie, (The Rise of Skywalker). I thought it felt forced.”
When suggested that he could probably do a flashback sequence, he said he not looking forward to expanding the character’s role in Star Wars in any kind of way. He added,
“To me, every time I’m asked to do Kanan it water down what a beautiful ending. It’s this amazing powerful moment. So for me, that story’s been told, and it’s done, and I wouldn’t have any interest in that. And it would be weird to play a different character in that universe. So I don’t have any ambition to be in Star Wars Universe.”
According to Slash Film, Kanan was never meant to be the same as that of Luke, Ahsoka, or Ezra. His arc in the Star Wars universe was always about becoming a Jedi Knight, embodying everything good about the order.
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Freddie Prinze Jr. says he was not willing to appear as Kanan Jarrus in Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Earlier this year, in his interview with Kristian Harloff, the actor revealed that he did not want to appear as Kanan Jarrus in Star Wars: The Bad Batch. He said,
“I was asked to, yeah. I didn’t necessarily want to. I feel like every time you hear Kanan’s voice since Rebels ended, it really kind of dilutes his impact.”
The actor has been highly lauded for voicing one of the fan-favorite characters in the Star Wars Universe. He also noted that he didn’t want to voice the character in 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker either but was asked to. He said,
“I didn’t want to do that either. I was asked as a favor and I feel like all my—all their favors are used up now. “
Dave Filoni shared noted that Ahsoka can be viewed as Rebels Season 5 via CBR,
“I suppose that’s one way of looking at it, because of the epilogue that I did in Rebels. We never want to create a sitiation where you feel like you have seen these things because then you’re missing out. I don’t know how fans feel, but like, do you have to have seen Star Wars: The Clone Wars to understand Ahsoka? No, you don’t have to have to seen that.”
Ahsoka is streaming on Disney+.
