Characters can grow and evolve, saying that Jean has to be completely useless in this sequel series, even if her comic counterpart is more formidable is being devoted to aspects of the old show that didn't work, instead of trying to improve on the old show.
I think of the surviving voice cast, only Jubilee will be recast, Alyson Court herself says that they should hire an Asian voice actor to play her:
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