Cameron Monaghan lent his voice and likeness to Cal Kestis in the best-selling Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order video game and its upcoming sequel, Survivor, and Star Wars fans have been hoping to see him reprise the role in live-action one day.
Now, a new rumor is claiming that the actor is being lined up to play Cal in a currently in-development Disney+ series.
According to former Collider host Kristian Harloff on his YouTube channel, a show based on Kestis' adventures is in the works, and Monaghan has signed on to play the fan-favorite Force-wielder. Harloff stresses that this is very much a rumor for now, but he definitely seems to trust his source.
We don't really have much more to go on at this time, but Kestis has been rumored to appear in live-action form in other projects in the past, so while this is certainly worth keeping an eye on, we're going to maintain a healthy dose of scepticism until we learn more.
Given the Fallen Order game's popularity, it wouldn't be remotely hard to believe that Disney/Lucasfilm might be interested in some kind of live-action showcase for the character. The events of the game takes place before The Mandalorian, so if they decided to set this show later in the timeline, it could tie-in to future seasons of the likes of The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and more. Survivor, meanwhile, is said to take place around the same time as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
What do you guys make of this? Would you be interested in a Cal Kestis-centric Disney+ series, or would you prefer if the character remained part of the video game universe (the games are considered canon, as far as we know).
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