10 Movie Characters Who Were Killed Off Way Too Soon
9. Wash - Serenity
It happens all too often, particularly in the current climate where immediate success is required for a TV show to continue past a first season, that series are cancelled way too soon. This was certainly the case with Firefly back in 2002.
Though only one season, the show garnered a loyal army of fans and was ultimately given a follow-up film in the shape of Serenity, something that brought back every major character and offered closure on the story as a whole. It was more than most fan bases get, though still left said fans wanting more.
This was something that the studio was conscious of going into the film, as there were considerations taken for if the franchise were to continue in the future. Namely, Alan Tudyk could not be counted on to return for a potential sequel, and so his beloved character Wash was killed off.
As Tudyk himself has said since, there were no characters in the world of Firefly and Serenity that could be killed and not missed. In a perfect world, Wash would have survived the film, in spite of it being such a heartfelt and emotional moment, but also in a perfect world, there would have been multiple seasons of Firefly, so as not to need a Serenity movie in the first place.