David Gallagher as Young Xehanort?

Hi, my first entrance into the forum, simply because something's been bothering me and I need a bit of backing from such loyal fans to the series as those who apparently dwell here... anyway. "Young Xehanort", confirmed as the character's name via the KH3D end credits. A few non-official sources, the IMDB and KHwiki.net specifically, are operating under the assumption that the character will be voiced by David Gallagher.

Are we sure about this? I get the feeling that "Young Xehanort", the KH3D antagonist in a black coat, is quite separate from "Young Master Xehanort", the guy watching the sun set on Destiny Islands in various flashbacks. I think the theory is that, in both major versions of BbS, Japanese and English, Young Master Xehanort was voiced by the same actor as Riku to hint at the many parallels between the two. As has been confirmed, in the Japanese KH3D Young Xehanort and Riku are NOT voiced by the same actor. Why would they do that for the English-language version if it wasn't in the original? I think that Gallagher will be voicing Young Master Xehanort, while someone else will be voicing Young Xehanort.

There might be a way to check up on this - I'm pretty sure Young Master Xehanort has a speaking role in 3D. Anyone with either a keen ear or else actual knowledge able to tell whether it's Mamoru Miyano (Riku) or Takanori Okuda (Young Xehanort) in that bit?

Of course, the obvious conclusion: there are too many goll-darned Xehanorts. Put all the characters in the series in one room and go "Hey, Xehanort!" and like seven people will turn around at this point... and two apiece if you call for Ansem, Jack, or Chip. Heh heh.

And, on a final note, despite what I said earlier I don't really trust the IMDB's page for Kingdom Hearts 3D. Demi Moore? Jeff Bridges? I think whoever updated that page is just being overly hopeful.

 

Re:Gallagher

Hmm. How peculiar. I have to say I'm disappointed... and thank you.

Well, obviously. I'm not an idiot. I'm saying the two might be a bit too high-profile to be in a video game.

 

Actually there was a panel with David Gallagher recently where he revealed he had a small role as Young Xehanort. Key word is "small" which I guess means he is voicing Young Master Xehanort like you said but not the Mysterious Figure Young Xehanort that is featured extensively as a main villain in KH3D. Of course he probably also has some sort of contract he that keeps him hushed up until the game is actually released internationally so that doesn't exactly throw him out as the voice of Young Xehanort.

 

Which can be found here, by the by.

Young Xehanort is supposed to have a large role in Dream Drop Distance (so I hear, I've not watched cutscenes/read big plot synopsizes yet), and in the video, Gallagher says it was just one line. I think he may be referring to Birth by Sleep there, and that he will be reprising the role in Dream Drop Distance.

The implications there are pretty interesting, though--I do have to wonder if Riku has some sort of tie to Xehanort that hasn't yet been revealed, as Sora has to Vanitas.

 

Well, they do have similarities. Both of them grew up on Destiny Islands. Both of them longed for freedom. Both of them have silver hair.

 

Yeah, I just really hope that Nomura isn't going to pull a father/son on us. :L

 

I have to completely agree with you. That would just piss me off. Don't need a star wars moment. Hell, KH2's big bad guy's weapons in some of the final fights looked like lightsabers. :/

 

But Nomura is a fan of Star Wars and Star Trek. He specifically requested that the US voice actors for Eraqus and Master Xehanort be Mark Hamill and Leonard Nimoy.

I found that out here:
http://www.khinsider.com/content/view/2255/339/

But family isn't really important in Kingdom Hearts is it? Those type of relationships are not really emphasized in KH characters, except for Terra and Eraqus though I think he just saw him as a father-figure not literally his father. It would technically be a new twist in the KH series if he does turn out to be a family member of some sort.

 

Yeah, I remember reading somewhere that he was a fan. Wasn't that site, but it was an interesting read. True, it would be unique to kingdom hearts, but practically everywhere else its not a major twist. To the average (especially American) person who pays attention to movie culture, that isn't a twist anymore. It's more of a slap in the face. Or a facepalm inducing moment.