9 Star Wars Casting That Almost Happened

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Leonardo DiCaprio (for the role of Anakin in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith)

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Al Pacino (The role of Han Solo)

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Chloe Grace Moretz (the role of Kira)

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Saoirse Ronan (casting for a role in The Force Awakens, probably Rey)

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Paul Walker (he auditioned for the role of teenage Anakin)

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Michael Fassbender (Kylo Ren and General Hux

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Elizabeth Olsen (her Marvel obligations prevented her from auditioning for Rey)

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Michael B. Jordan (audition for Finn)

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