Obi Wan Disney Plus Show Ewan returning
 

https://deadline.com/2019/08/ewan-mc...rs-1202669319/



Ewan McGregor may be picking up his lightsaber again. The 48-year-old Scottish actor may be reprising his role as the heartfelt but headstrong Jedi master known as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a yet-to-be-titled Disney+ series, Deadline has confirmed.

Details about the series following the Jedi master are being kept under wraps. McGregor played the younger version of the wise but irascible Star Wars icon in the three prequel films: The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005). McGregor also revisited the role to make a voice-only cameo in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

Plans in recent years to produce a stand-alone Kenobi feature film morphed into the current plan for a big-budget series for Disney+, the digital subscription service that has become an all-hands-on-deck mission for Disney with a bevy of shows from Marvel Studios and major-budget original programming, such as the high-profile remake of The Lady and The Tramp.


Alec Guinness introduced the role of Ben “Obi-Wan” Kenobi in 1977 in Star Wars, the original installment in George Lucas’ space opera, which was later renamed Star Wars: A New Hope. Kenobi was struck down in that first film during a heart-wrenching light saber confrontation with Darth Vader aboard the huge space station called the Death Star, but the old Jedi wizard returned as a disembodied voice or spectral vision in the film’s two mega-successful sequels, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).

Guinness died in 2000 after a storied acting career that included roles in The Bridge on the River Kwai, Dr. Zhivago, Kind Hearts and Coronets, as well as Lawrence of Arabia, the David Lean-directed epic that both Lucas and Steven Spielberg have described as a North Star influence on their own bodies of work. By casting Guinness, Lucas wisely imported the gravitas of that epic career into his Jedi universe but the actor himself was famously unimpressed with the filmmaker’s interstellar saga, which the British stage veteran dismissed as “fairy tale rubbish.”

McGregor inherited the beloved role with all the major pressure and smothering legacy that goes with any generational pivot-point in the fantasy saga, which long ago transcended blockbuster franchise status to become almost a quasi-religion (or pathological retail obsession) for millions of fans. McGregor delivered in a big way, adding dimension and depth to his character even when the often wonky dialogue did him no favors on either front.

McGregor had made a name for himself with memorable turns in compelling indie fare like Trainspotting, Brassed Off, and Shallow Grave, but the 1999 global relaunch of Star Wars took him to a new strata in his career. He would add notable successes with films such as Moulin Rouge, Black Hawk Down, Angels & Demons, The Ghost Writer, and Beginners, and this he will be seen in the role of Black Mask in the Birds of Prey film and in Doctor Sleep, in which he portrays the grown-up survivor of the Overlook Hotel massacre depicted in The Shining.

All Star Wars films will be available on the Disney+ platform.

The new Star Wars series will join the previously announced The Mandalorian from Jon Favreau and starring Pedro Pascal. That series takes place years after the events of Return of the Jedi and follows a lone Mandalorian gunfighter on the volatile rim planets beyond the reaches of law and order. The series will debut on November 12, the Disney+ launch date.

Disney+ will also have a Star Wars spinoff series starring Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk reprising their Rogue One characters Cassian Andor and K-2S0. Stephen Schiff will serve as showrunner.

I don't know... we've seen it several times over the "Ewan McGregor has secretly signed on to reprise Obi-Wan" FAKE news over the recent years.

I'm excited about this news. There's a whole lot of potential for an Obi Wan series taking place between Episodes 3 and 4. I wonder if Luke will make an appearance. But they would have to use the De-Aging Tech to recreate a young Mark Hamil.

Too many of the actual big industry sources dropped this at the same time tonight, so they're not just refreshing the headline for clicks.

D23 is next week, so expect it to become official official then.

Fair enough.

Well its confirmed now. Too bad they already used up and killed Darth Maul again in the cartoons. I bet Disney is kicking themselves now not getting to use the return of Darth Maul and Obi-wan in live-action.

Or you know, they'll just ignore the cartoons.

They said they wouldn't ignore the cartoons or comics when they do movies/shows. Granted they could change their minds, but after so long of saying everything in Star Wars is canon from when Disney rebooted everything and the main director of the cartoons with Lucasfilm, it would seem odd.

They're still making new episodes of the Clone Wars cartoon, would be very odd to say its not canon anymore.

They can ignore the cartoons.

Good that Obi Wan is returning finally.

They won't tho. Rebels and Clone Wars are as much a part of the canon as the films.

At some point, you'd think they'd call it quits and reboot the damn thing. There were some great elements to the prequel trilogy that were explored in the shows and novels, but the movies consistently missed the mark.

I would not be upset about doing a second go at the prequels where there is no Chosen One ********, Anakin is just really good at what he does and ends up backstabbing everyone. Call everyone back and just reshoot the films.

Would way rather just see a do-over of the new trilogy. Leave the prequels alone.

Wait is this confirmed now? That's cool. I wanted the trilogy to be true as well but a show is not a bad alternative, even if it gets cancelled after the first season it should still give us about 6 episodes minimum of one hour adventures which is basically like 3 2 hour movies.

Sure it'll have a smaller budget but that's not necessarily a bad thing, we'll have a more story focused tattooine story that's more personal instead of a big hollywood blockbuster the whole universe is in danger and only obi wan who should be retired saves the universe between Episodes 3 and 4 which would make no sense and likely happen if it were a trilogy.

Maul was killed in Rebels right? They don't need to retcon that, I mean they could just show that story again through different perspective in the live action show.

That's dumb, might as well remake the whole saga, you can't take one portion out, whether you hate or like the prequel/sequel trilogies, they're now a part of the saga, if you want to remove one part you have to remove everything. Most would also argue the sequel trilogy did far more damage than the prequels ever could.

The second George sold Star Wars, the franchise was dead.

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

From the moment of George selling Star Wars to Disney all the way to Force Awakens' release, there was a strong sense of excitement and wonder... but everything since then has been nothing but gut punches, one after another.

Kristian Harloff
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Here we go! So Kennedy said that it is happening!! Obi Wan!!!


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It’s happening! Ewan is out here and says he will be paying Obi Wan again!!! Scripts are already written and shooting next year

So far this is the only Star Wars series I plan on watching

Hello there, General Kenobi.

Woooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Obi Wan is set 8 years after Revenge of The Sith

http://collider.com/obi-wan-kenobi-t...source=twitter

So Luke is 8 years old at this point.

I am pretty jazzed about this - almost as jazzed as I am for Picard. I just hope both go well, and if they don't.... well I've always got the Orville.

Director for the whole show has been chosen. I'm certain just for their body of work and no other possible reason:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/deborah-...kenobi-series/

Everyone's Favorite Cancer to Star Wars Kathleen Kennedy isn't happy with scripts. Show loses a writer and its delayed

Also 4 episodes instead of 6

https://collider.com/obi-wan-series-...source=twitter

Shesus, how long are they going to leave her calling the shots? Everything outside of TFA has been a sh*show of a production. At what point are they going to realize it's her?

It's like the woman going around saying all of her past 20 boyfriends were nuts. At a certain point you have to realize... it's probably you!

It's like "Never give the fans what they actually want! If they ask for something, tease it and then yank it away from them!" is the official operating procedure over there.

"They wanna see the Original Trilogy characters have One Last Hurrah in these new movies? F*CK 'EM, let's go out of our way to do everything BUT that!"

"Ewan MacGregor as Obi-Wan was the one and only universally-praised thing about the Prequel Trilogy and something just about everyone would actually pay money to see at this point? F*CK 'EM, let's alternate between 'We're definitely doing it! / We are definitely NOT doing it! / It's back on again!' from one week to the next until absolutely nobody cares anymore, then do... FOUR episodes. And then probably cancel it after that anyway for budget reasons. IF we even do it. Which we still are, we swear! Maybe."

Not since WCW from 1997 through 2001 have I seen an entertainment brand so determined to never, EVER send the fans home happy under any circumstances. "Every match is a screwjob, Good Guys never win, and if you like someone a lot, we kill their push and bury 'em."

It's just like that, but in space.

Wait a minute this is only going to be 4 episodes? What can you really do in 4 episodes? Granted a running time of about 4 different 40 minute episodes does come out to a little over a 2 hour movie, but still.

Ewan confirms the show is still scheduled to air when it's supposed to, and does address that they are looking to make the scripts better

https://twitter.com/EwanDaily/status...021%3Fpage%3D3

I've got a fever...and the only cure...is...
more wahmen!

-kathleen kennedy

She must have a very good skills in certain areas, because, I can't fathom why Iger would keep her around after massive **** up with the SW brand.

respect wahmen! how dare you say that about our glorious all powerful leader.

never mind the fact that the only reason 'her' movies made millions of dollars is because she piggy backed(perhaps literally) off successful men who came before her or during her reign....

smh.

Kathleen Kennedy knows who all the secret pedos in Hollywood are, therefore she keeps getting work despite her overwhelming incompetence.

It's the only thing that makes any sense, therefore it must be true. Either that or pictures of Iger naked with a donkey and an eight-ball. SOMEthing.

Pushed back to 2022

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/st...t-year-a174377

not sure if new date is Covid related or Kathleen Kennedy's incompetence

With everything being pushed to 2022 I wonder WHAT will be released in 2021. It looks like 2021 will be an empty year.

More time for the actor to "grow old" into Obi-wan I guess.

LOL there's a guy with a small youtube channel who says **** like that all the time, hysterical

But the show doesn't take place that long after RotS, right? It has already been 15 years for Ewan to get "old".

Is anyone betting that we get the final word on Mace Windu surviving RotS in this?

He did kind of go out like a b*tch