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Deadpool works because it’s a parody of the super hero genre. What’s fun about those movies is that he’s deliberately doing things that are out of place in the Marvel universe - which includes going far more violent than usually allowed in the Marvel films. That’s kind of his challenge.
I’m not sure an equivalent in the Star Wars universe would work.
The only way I could see that style working in Star Wars is with Reynolds playing Jaxxon T. Tumperakki to fully lean into the absurdity and snarkiness, but I don’t think he’d be willing to play a green-colored comic book astronaut again any time soon
He specifically says he does not want to act in it, as [his comedy] is a bad fit for Star Wars. He also says he wanted it to be r-rated in terms of "sneaking" in emotions.
And let's be honest, lightsabers could be much more violent without parodying anything. They should be, but they're censored down because of ratings and target demographic.