Idk if its just me but there is something about his voice that I don’t like. I mean he looks promising, and I’m sure the actor is great, but when he talked it wasn’t what I was expecting.
It’s hard to tell because he only sorta mumbled a few words, but it sounds like he might just be using his usual Aussie accent?
And honestly, I can take the recast of Jafar….but I’m still questioning why they had to recast the stick. I know its such a petty thing to think about. Like, I know his old one isn’t a stick anymore, but I think I liked the design on that one better. But then again, this one looks thicker and heavier, so I guess I like it. Depending on where this takes place in the timeline, it will only make sense if the staff looks different after the events of WL (which means he got a new one). If its before…I guess Amara had a makeover.
The stick re-cast is bugging me too. For those who didn’t watch WL, the snake staff is actually Amara, who took in Jafar when he was an orphan and she’s the one who taught him magic. Eventually he turned on her, turned her into a snake, and the snake became his staff. So basically, his staff is magical because there’s a sorceress named Amara trapped in it. But eventually she gets freed from it. So if he’s now waving around a different magical snake staff, that just feels rather retcon-ish.