Obi-Wan Kenobi is coming to Disney+. The series will be about the Jedi Master played by Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor as he trains his young padawan, Ben Skywalker. There are still many details that we don’t know yet but this post will give you all of the information we have so far!
The action is coming to Disney+! Obi-Wan Kenobi a new, limited series written by Joby Harold and directed by Deborah Chow that will be set after Revenge of the Sith (2005) has been announced for release in 2020 on the streaming service.
Partially based on Dave Filoni’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated show, it will star Ewan McGregor as Alec Guinness’ character from that film while also introducing an all-new actor to take his place when he trains Ben Skywalker, played by another newcomer aged up from ten years old.
“Premise of Obi-Wan Kenobi Show”
The story begins with Obi-Wan Kenobi having a look over Luke Skywalker on Tatooine, ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005), and takes the character on a “rollicking adventure“.
About the” Obi-Wan Kenobi Show”
McGregor will be playing the role of Alec Guinness’ character, following in his footsteps as well as continuing his story onward from where he left off with him at the end of the first six Star Wars films.
He said that “I didn’t want this film to have an action sequence every few minutes”. For example, “there are sequences which take place during a battle between light and dark”, but they don’t involve action scenes or fighting because it’s about them trying to get away rather than engage in combat.
He also revealed that fans can expect different interpretations of characters like Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) and Yoda, because “these characters are so iconic that they can be interpreted in a multitude of different ways”.
How the story is told to viewers:?
The show looks at these points from Obi-Wan Kenobi’s point of view; he reflects on how life continues after Darth Vader is defeated. Whereas before there was action, now it centers around an older man who has lost everything but hopes for redemption through helping someone else fulfill their destiny.
The action sequences only come when necessary to maintain what the audience expects from Star Wars films rather than every few minutes throughout this drama series with little dialogue.
What do We Know so Far?
The show will be an action-adventure drama series with a running time of six hours. It is set ten years after the Revenge of the Sith, and it follows Obi-Wan Kenobi’s life on Tatooine as he protects a young Luke Skywalker from The Empire.
Although there are now Star Wars movies that take place in between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, they won’t have any connections to this new Disney+ series because George Lucas wanted all future films to start fresh with a new cast instead of continuing with just one character.
Plot Speculation of “Obi-Wan Kenobi”
The series will have six hours of action-packed drama, and the story follows Obi-Wan’s life on Tatooine. He protects a young Luke Skywalker from The Empire but he also trains him in the way of The Force. The show takes place ten years after Revenge of the Sith when Anakin Skywalker had already turned into Darth Vader and was told to be dead by Obi-Wan Kenobi until this new show comes out now!
Cast Details of “Obi-Wan Kenobi”
- Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader
- Joel Edgerton as Owen Lars
- Bonnie Piesse as Beru Whitesun Lars
Release Date of “Obi-Wan Kenobi”
Obi-Wan Kenobi is set to be released on Disney+ in 2022 and will consist of six episodes.
