Doctor Aphra Reportedly Coming to Live-Action | What to Know about the Rogue Archaeologist
Channel: Star Wars Transmissions
Date: 26/04/2021

Rumors are swirling that one of my favorite homegirls, Chelli Lona Aphra, better known as Doctor Aphra, is reportedly coming to live-action. Several outlets have reported that not only is Doctor Aphra making the leap to live-action, but that Lucasfilm and Disney already have their eyes set on a specific actress to play the anti-hero and rogue archaeologist. Actress Chloe Bennet is reportedly being eyed as Lucasfilm’s number one choice to play Doctor Aphra in a new Star Wars project, which would most likely be a project for Disney+. Bennet is best known for playing Daisy ‘Skye’ Johnson AKA Quake on ABC’s TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and was also recently casted to play Blossom in the upcoming Powerpuff Girls revival series. Doctor Aphra was a human female archaeologist recruited by Darth Vader after the Battle of Yavin. Aphra, along with her assassin droid companions, 0-0-0 (Triple-Zero) and BT-1 (Beetee), fulfilled several missions for the Sith Lord before falling out of his favor, and after faking her own death, continued to roam the galaxy with the two droids. Aphra went by the alias Joystick Chevron, first when introducing herself to recurring adversary and occasional romantic partner Magna Tolvan, and later during her time serving in the Accresker Penal Legion. Doctor Aphra’s backstory is quite robust and she's been one of my favorite characters that’s yet to make the jump to live-action, as she’s been featured primarily in comics and several novels, so this rumor is super exciting. Although this is a rumor that has not been confirmed by Disney or LucasFilm, I thought this would be a good opportunity to talk a little about Doctor Aphra, who she is, and why I’d be all about seeing Doctor Aphra in live-action. 

Additionally, we're only a few weeks away from the premiere of Star Wars: The Bad Batch! The series premiere will be 70 minutes long and drops on May 4th-Star Wars Day. The series follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in The Clone Wars) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch — a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army — each possess a singular exceptional skill, which makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew. In the post-Clone War era, they will take on daring mercenary missions as they struggle to stay afloat and find new purpose.

The Bad Batch is one of the many series discussed  by Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm at Disney Investor Day that I'm SUPER excited about, along with Star Wars: Ahsoka, Rangers of the New Republic, Lando, Cassian Andor and the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Hopefully, this is the first of many announcements will get from LucasFilm and Disney leading up to Star Wars Day about Disney+ series that are still come. Fans are still waiting for more details to come regarding The Book of Boba Fett and season 3 of The Mandalorian. Hopefully, Star Wars fans can expect more news to come regarding Star Wars: Ahsoka and Star Wars: Visions. It'd be dope if we also got some info on what Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, and Robert Rodriguez are working on behind the scenes.

Production for Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi has become, so expect more news to drop for that series as well. The upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series is set 10 years after Revenge of the Sith and will reportedly feature the rematch of the century between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Hayden Christensen has been cast to reprise his role as Darth Vader in the wake of the rise of the Galactic Empire under the rule of Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine). The series will feature Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan during his exile on Tatooine. 

What a time to be a Star Wars fan!

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