And I know I might sound like a broken record at this point, but I’ll mention it one more time - I’m a huge advocate for redubbing the “parking violation” alien on Canto Bight. Maybe it doesn’t bother other people the same way it bothers me, but his southern drawl really takes me out of things. Plus including some alien language with subtitles would give it some OT vibes.
I would love something done about that. the OT established that if you are not human, you don’t sound human. Of course there are varying degrees, either in language or accent, but there is a clear distinction between human and non human. The PT mostly followed this as well, minus the Pod Race Announcer in TPM. This character felt VERY out of place as well as goofy. He would be more appropriate for the MCU than Star Wars.
I wouldn’t mind a dub or something that gives him an alien voice, or at least a more “alien” accent than a straight up Southerner. If you closed your eyes, you would picture a human saying his lines, not a non-human.
The same thing occurs with SOLO with Rio Durrant. He felt very out of place as well.
The southern drawl bothers me too. There’s only one instance in the OT where we hear a strong southern accent like that, and it’s just part of one line ‘Hold up here and wait for my signal…’ It feels like a bit of a mistake on the part of the actor, who has a much less southern American accent the rest of the time.
As someone who lives in the South, the accent feels very local and entirely the opposite of alien, but I’ll admit that means I don’t have the perspective of most of the world on this. I mean, there sholdn’t be any difference between a southern drawl and any other accent for someone in Star Wars, but the fact remains that it feels weird coming from aliens or even from other humans.