Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-28351839-20160501101335/@comment-27565137-20160508173138

Not buying into that! Come on! That would be like removing Tyler and replace him with another actor to be the new Scott. The show might as well end, because no one would watch it anymore.

If Dylan had died (knocking on wood) then yes, of course a new actor would be needed to fill in his shoes, and still, most likely  they'd simply eliminate the character altogether. So not to piss off Dylan's fans.