Benjamin Bratt explains if he had any hesitation taking over the role of Bail Organa from Jimmy Smits for the Star Wars series Andor. The actor reveals the scene he unsuccessfully tried to talk ...

There were a lot of big surprises throughout season 2 of Andor — from Syril’s fate on Ghorman, to Dedra’s fate on Narkina, to that final shot of the series. But perhaps the most surprising thing of ...

But perhaps the most surprising thing of all was seeing Bail Organa show up… and it not be Jimmy Smits. Instead of the man who played Bail in three different Star Wars movies as well as the Obi-Wan ...

Actor Jimmy Smits played Bail Organa in Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and 2022’s Obi-Wan ...

Bail Organa's appearance in Andor initially caused somewhat of a stir given that Benjamin Bratt played the character as opposed to the usual Jimmy Smits.

(*) Tony Gilroy has said that Jimmy Smits couldn’t play Bail Organa because production on the season began while Smits was committed to the short-lived CBS cop show East New York.