Obi-Wan Kenobi is a decent TV series starring Ewan McGregor that was supposed to be a Disney+ limited series. To this day, Lucasfilm has yet to announce plans for more action, but that’s not stopping McGregor and Hayden Christensen from returning to a galaxy far, far away.
Ewan McGregor received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today (Thursday 12th), and ahead of the event he spoke to Variety magazine about his career, with a special focus on His surprisingly long-running role as Obi-Wan Kenobi, first as his star in the Star Wars prequels and years later in the Disney+ show opposite Hayden Kristen Sen reunited.
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After expressing his love for Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, he once again publicly admitted that he would continue filming another season if given the chance: “I really hope we get the chance to do another season …Where Between?” Where we end up in this series, when Alec Guinness and Luke Skywalker are on screen together, I think there’s some other story to be told there. ” The (current) limited series ends with Kenobi rescuing Leia from Imperial captors and confronting Darth Vader, ultimately leaving Anakin Skywalker to die on Mustafar. . After that, he finally met young Luke and wandered into the desert, where he was greeted by the Force ghost Qui-Gon Jinn, which explained why he successfully became one with the Force after many years instead of Simply die by hand.
The thing is… having Obi-Wan and Vader face off before A New Hope already feels a bit far-fetched, even if the show retroactively resolves some of the continuity issues between Vengeance and Hope. In fact, many fans felt that this brought Leia and Luke into the main conflict, creating another set of problems. Ben Kenobi Sr. has also appeared in Star Wars Rebels, closer to the events of A New Hope, in which he faced and permanently defeated the elder Darth Maul, who was still seeking revenge. On top of that, some of the (canon) comic books also have him running around Tatooine and doing some cool stuff, so it feels like his “Tatooine era” is as eventful as it can be. It doesn’t feel right to have him enter another alien adventure, but we wouldn’t be opposed to seeing him return as a Force Ghost in a project set later in the timeline.
Meanwhile, Christensen is actually set to play both Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader in the second Star Wars film, as he’d be extra important as Ahsoka Tano’s mentor if he were to appear on the big screen We also wouldn’t be surprised if the Star Wars (perhaps Dave Filoni’s The Affair movies) featured in one way or another, especially since the sequels oddly skipped the opportunity, except in The Rise of Skywalker “After a small voiceover cameo with other Jedi Knights. Despite this, the actor would still like to work with his friend if possible: “If it means I have to do more with Ivan, of course, but I really hope he continues to play this role .
With Acolyte officially cooked after trying something new, The Mandalorian vs. Grogu (the next Star Wars movie) sounds like a big ball of fan service directed by Jon Favreau , and with the more potentially refreshing Star Wars theatrical release, whose script is still in the oven, we shouldn’t rule out Disney and Lucasfilm giving Obi-Wan Kenobi a second chance, giving the most conservative The fans scored easily. But that’s the exact opposite of what a team needs to find new fans and survive long-term.
