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Originally Posted by _Seth
Jackie Chan could be playing a completely different character. The only other thing he could be is Miyagi 2.0 from another universe and that just... wouldn't make sense.
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Not really, Chan didn't play an alternate Mr Miyagi (well... in terms of his role in the film he did, but he wasn't ACTUALLY Mr Miyagi) he played "Mr Han" and also, he taught Kung Fu not Karate. They can technically exist in the same universe quite happily - they'd likely have Daniel make some reference to how much he reminds him of "a great man he used to know" blah blah and if Johnny is in it they'd probably have him repeatedly forgetting the names and referring to Chan's character as Miyagi.
Basically they COULD merge Chan's reboot character into the "Miyagiverse" quite easily, I just don't hold out much hope that it'll be done smoothly.
Having checked, the whole IP is owned by one production company (the Will Smith one lol, which is why Will Smith has an executive producer credit on Cobra Kai despite no direct involvement) so while the actual showrunners of Cobra Kai aren't involved, it's not a completely separate project. My main worry TBH is that it'll be aimed squarely at a "kids" audience like the reboot was, whereas Cobra Kai is very clearly in the teen/young adult band and not intended for kids.