Oscar Isaac Open To Star Wars Return As Poe Dameron Beneath One Situation

Oscar Isaac has revealed what it will take for him to return to Star Wars as Poe Dameron. Though the Star Wars sequel trilogy proved divisive, there is no denying that it launched compelling new characters for the following technology, a few of whom by no means obtained the possibility to stay as much as their full potential.

One such character is Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron, a fiercely gifted Resistance pilot with a mysterious previous and an in depth relationship with Basic Leia Organa. After Poe’s misguided mutiny in Star Wars: The Final Jedi, the character was considerably sidelined within the Star Wars sequel trilogy’s closing installment, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, as the main target shifted to Rey, Kylo Ren, and Palpatine’s return.

Regardless of having beforehand distanced himself from any discuss of future Star Wars appearances – on the Venice Movie Pageant in 2021, Isaac stated he was “determined to do a personality research” after being in “inexperienced display screen spaceland for fairly a couple of years” (by way of IndieWire) – Isaac’s tune has since modified. In a current interview with Selection, the Frankenstein actor was requested if he’d ever think about returning as Poe Dameron:

“When requested if he’d return as Poe Dameron, he borrows a line from The Simpsons in a high-pitched baby’s voice: ‘I’m a Star Wars.’ Then he says, ‘Yeah, I’d be a Star Wars once more if there was one thing good to do with that.'”

This is not the primary time Isaac has talked about a willingness to return to the galaxy far, far-off. In 2022, Isaac advised SiriusXM, “If there was a terrific story and a terrific director and [Lucasfilm president] Kathy [Kennedy] got here to me and was like, ‘I’ve this nice thought,’ then I’m so open to it.”

The sequel trilogy’s story could also be over, however the period has undoubtedly influenced Star Wars‘ upcoming initiatives. Lucasfilm at present has two films in growth set after the Star Wars sequel trilogy. These are Star Wars: Starfighter, with Ryan Gosling, set 5 years after The Rise of Skywalker, and Daisy Ridley’s return within the tentatively titled Star Wars: New Jedi Order, set 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker.

Each movies are exploring uncharted territory for Star Wars, which might create the “good” or “nice story” that Isaac is searching for. There isn’t any motive Poe Dameron could not present up in both of those two movies. Particulars are being stored underneath wraps, so something remains to be attainable.

Our Take On Poe Dameron’s Potential Star Wars Return

Although Poe’s friendship with Rey means a cameo function in New Jedi Order is probably going, the perfect place for him to doubtlessly return is Star Wars: Starfighter. A standalone Star Wars film directed by Shawn Levy, the Starfighter title suggests it is going to concentrate on the galaxy’s pilots greater than every other Star Wars film or present thus far.

Whereas it has been confirmed that Starfighter will characteristic principally new faces, together with Ryan Gosling’s yet-to-be-named character, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy additionally beforehand teased that sequel trilogy characters might seem (by way of Deadline). By the top of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Poe Dameron is in his prime, having completed some unimaginable feats as a Resistance pilot. Who higher to introduce a brand new technology of Star Wars pilots?