Liam Neeson Says The Magic Of Star Wars Has Been “Taken Away” Due To So Many Spin-Offs

Actor Liam Neeson has mentioned he believes the variety of Star Wars spin-offs is “diluting” the attraction of the broader franchise. Showing on What Occurs Stay not too long ago, Neeson–who performed Qui-Gon Jinn within the Star Wars prequels, mentioned he has no need to play Qui-Gon once more. This story incorporates some spoilers for Star Wars and the character Qui-Gon.

Requested if he was desirous about reprising his Star Struggle character, Neeson mentioned, “No, I am not.”

He added: “There’s so many spin-offs of Star Wars. It is diluting it to me, and it is taken away the thriller and the magic in a bizarre means.”

Neeson performed Qui-Gon once more within the Disney+ collection Obi-Wan Kenobi as a part of a quick cameo. He is higher identified for portraying the character in The Phantom Menace, although Qui-Gon’s time within the Star Wars movie universe did not final lengthy, as he was killed by Darth Maul. In 2022, Neeson instructed ComicBook that will come again to play Qui-Gon once more, however provided that it was a brand new movie, not a TV collection. In actuality, Neeson got here again to play Qui-Gon in a TV collection, not a film.

The primary Star Wars movie collection obtained two current spin-offs, Rogue One and Solo. For TV, there have been a bunch of reveals previously few years, together with The Mandalorian, The Guide of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor. There are extra to return as nicely, together with The Mandalorian Season 3 in March, Andor Season 2 in 2024, and all-new collection Ashoka and The Acolyte.

It isn’t simply the Star Wars collection that some consider is getting overwhelmed with new releases. Followers have commented that there are too many Marvel TV reveals to maintain up with. In response to this, Marvel’s Kevin Feige mentioned Marvel TV reveals will decelerate and unfold out.