Ewan McGregor Hopes He’ll Play Obi-Wan Kenobi Again

Way backmost successful 2019, aft a batch of rumors and dropped hints, the quality was yet made official: Ewan McGregor would beryllium returning arsenic Obi-Wan Kenobi, the quality he’d played successful the Star Wars prequels, successful a Disney+ bid created astir the character’s pre-A New Hope clip connected Tatooine. The amusement premiered successful 2022 and was mostly well-received, but wasn’t a popular civilization sensation successful the mode of Andor oregon The Mandalorian. Still, fixed the character’s popularity, McGregor’s evident delight successful playing him, and the questions the amusement near behind, it’s astir astonishing that Obi-Wan Kenobi has yet to get a 2nd season.

And portion McGregor—speaking to Variety connected the juncture of his prima being added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame—has nary quality to stock successful that department, helium inactive speaks astir Obi-Wan Kenobi successful the contiguous tense. “I loved, much than anything, getting to cognize Alec Guinness’ enactment due to the fact that I was playing him arsenic a young man,” McGregor told the trade. “Even present with the series, that’s my idiosyncratic challenge—if a instrumentality feels a spot similar him, I’m happy.”

His clip playing Obi-Wan goes each the mode backmost to 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, but it sounds similar McGregor is acceptable to support exploring the character. (At 53, he’s conscionable nether a decennary younger than Guinness was successful A New Hope.) “I truly bash anticipation we get a accidental to bash different one,” helium told Variety.  “Between wherever we ended disconnected successful the bid and erstwhile Alec Guinness comes connected surface with Luke Skywalker, I deliberation there’s different fewer stories to archer successful there.”

Hayden Christenen, whose tenure arsenic noted Obi-Wan subordinate Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader kicked disconnected successful 2002’s Attack of the Clones and astir precocious included 2023’s Ahsoka, would emotion to squad backmost up with McGregor. “If it means that I got to bash much with Ewan, past that’s a no-brainer, but I truly anticipation that helium continues with the character. Just arsenic a fan, it’s truthful breathtaking to get to ticker him play Obi-Wan—he’s conscionable truthful bully astatine it.”

If a 2nd play of Obi-Wan Kenobi seems improbable astatine this point, it’s worthy remembering that there’s besides been nary authoritative announcement regarding the show’s future—something Lucasfilm and Disney+ did not clasp backmost connected regarding, to sanction different Star Wars show, the precocious concluded Acolyte. As of now, it appears to inactive beryllium a possibility, particularly since McGregor is truthful enthusiastic astir the idea. Would you beryllium successful favour of an Obi-Wan Kenobi return?

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