I mean, look at Law and Order and CSI franchises collectively and in each you'll see any number of actors playing more than one role across the franchise's lifespan.

They really are writing these for the lowest common denominator these days.

"...the MCU needed a change of this caliber in order to push Matt Murdock's story forward and establish a clear evolution..."

Or, the more likely scenario, they were never intended to be part of the story and these yahoos did the bare minimum to shoehorn them in to what they already had to appease viewers.

That headline may be the poorest use of the English language I've seen yet this year. Fully conceived, yes. Fully shown , if you need the space, sure.

Fully cast? Not if you go on to say it hasn't been cast at all.

No one is going to miss Dre. He had zero connection to Miyagi anyway. If the foundation that ties Legends together is Miyagi, the only character other than Danny that needs to be acknowledged or added is Julie, since I presume she will not be in The final Cobra Kai episodes.