-I haven't seen you, because last time I saw you,
we were Zooming on our show.
-That's right. Yeah, that's right.
-And you were about to film "Halston" in New York City.
-Oh, yeah. -And everything got shut down.
-How is it to be back, with the audience and such?
-It's the greatest thing. Doesn't it feel great?
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's totally night and day. -The Roots, the band.
-The Roots. Everyone's here. It's night and day.
-Fantastic. -I want to say congrats,
'cause you ended up resuming filming.
-Can I say congrats to Questlove for his documentary?
-Oh, yeah. -[ Cheers and applause ]
-Beautiful.
-I mean, of course, congratulations to Questlove.
But congratulations to you. You won an Emmy for "Halston."
-Oh, yeah. -Come on.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Come on.
-It's nice. But he made a really beautiful film.
-He did, yeah. -That was pretty impressive.
-You know, every time you're on the show, I eventually start
to talk to you about motorcycles,
'cause I'm interested in them,
and you did a very dangerous stunt for us one time.
-That's right! -Yeah. Remember that one?
-I loved -- I had forgotten all about that. That's right.
-We should put that on -- back on YouTube,
'cause that was really dangerous.
-I jumped over -- I attempted a very dangerous --
You were talking about -- -Don't try this at home.
-You were talking about Tom Cruise earlier.
-Yeah. Doing his own stunts.
-Well, I've never seen Tom Cruise do something like this.
-Yeah.
-I jumped over an Obi-Wan Kenobi doll.
-Yeah.
A tiny figurine, like, about that size.
-Yeah. On a -- on a motorcycle. -On a motorcycle.
-It was about that size. -Yeah.
And I'm not sure if you jumped over it or through it.
But either way, you kind of...
The wheel had maybe this much clearance.
-Yeah. -It was amazing.
And we put it in slow motion.
-I got all those different angles and stuff.
-You did. You put a lot of work into that.
-Anouk did it with me, my little kid.
We had like, different -- We had an iPad and two phones.
And we edited it in slow motion. -I loved it.
-Oh, it was great. -We'll tweet about it
'cause it was actually worth it. It was so good.
But I -- I never wanted -- I never --
Well, I never have asked you, what got you into motorcycles?
Was it, like -- Do you remember your first motorcycle?
-I remember the first time I rode one, but I think
I was already -- I used to watch old Elvis Presley movies.
-Yeah.
-My favorite film, even as a little kid,
was "The Great Escape," and Steve McQueen --
I had one of those wind-up Evel Knievel toys.
-Yes. -You remember that?
-Sure, and you pull the rip thing, and it'd go --
-And off it goes. So -- I don't know.
The motorcycle was, like,
already an object of desire to me, I guess.
-Yeah. -And then my dad was --
was the chairman of this charity organization called
the Round Table in Crieff, where I come from.
And he -- he did this thing where he --
local kids would write to him, and he'd like -- you know --
Somebody wanted to ride a motorbike,
and he would make that happen.
So we went down. I went with him.
-That's nice. -And then this little kid
got to ride around -- and I was just a little kid, too --
on this little motorbike.
Like, a little 50cc twist-and-go bike.
And after he'd finished and went home,
my dad said, "Do you want a go?"
And I -- I just -- My life changed on that moment,
'cause I never got over -- I never got over it.
-Really? -I'm still the same now.
Like I'm -- I get on my bike.
I'm like, "Are they letting me do this?"
Like, "Am I allowed to do...?" -Really, yeah.
-It feels so much fun, it should be illegal, really,
riding a motorbike. -Yeah.
I mean, I could never be that guy.
I'm more of a person that sits in the truck and watches.
-In your electric truck. -In the -- yeah, in the fr--
If I park it, I could sit in the frunk
and watch you ride.
'Cause it's just rad. -It's cool.
Me and Charlie, did -- My mate and I did a trip
from the bottom of South America to L.A. on electric motorbikes.
-Oh, yeah! -Yeah, a long way up.
I think we talked about it. -We did. How was it?
Did you feel -- -It was good.
It was -- The bikes are beautiful.
Plugging them in, in Patagonia is an issue,
'cause there's nowhere to plug them in, but...
-If I'm next to you in the truck,
you could plug in and charge it!
-I could plug in your frunk! -Dude, come on, bud.
-Come on. Let's do another one. -I'm there for you!
I am there for you! [ Applause ]
Let's talk about the --
your new "Star Wars" series, "Obi-Wan Kenobi."
I mean, I'm freaking out! [ Cheers and applause ]
Fans are freaking out everywhere.
-Yeah. -This is your first time back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi in 17 years.
Does that make sense?
-Yeah, the -- We finished the third one in 2003.
-Oh, my goodness.
-So it's a long time ago. But it was so fun.
It was just like -- I went --
The first thing I had to do was go and do, like, a --
I had to read with other actors for two roles.
And there was like six actors.
So we borrowed "The Mandalorian" set
and we went in on a Sunday when they had a day off.
And they had a bit of their set, and their crew were there.
And I -- I went down, and there was --
I went to this dressing room,
and there was this sort of Obi-Wan-esque costume, you know?
They'd thrown -- sort of cobbled it together.
-Yeah. -And I put it on, and that was
kind of breathtaking, after 17 years, looking in the mirror.
But then I went on and I started reading with these other actors,
and I totally didn't have his voice at all.
It was really bad. I was just doing this sort of
vague English accent, and it didn't sound at all
like Obi-Wan Kenobi. -So, all the crew were like...
-Yeah. -..."Who the heck is this guy?"
-They were quite excited when I walked on.
I could feel that they were quite excited.
But then they were immediately disappointed.
[ Laughter ]
-But then you went -- you went --
-And I had to do some homework.
I just had to go back, and, like,
watch lots of Alec Guinness movies
and watch all the original films and...
I got back into it.
It was good. It was really good fun.
-You do something that I heard that's very funny.
You sometimes do, like, a Jedi-type hand move,
where you pretend to use the Force,
but just for your own amusement.
Do you know what I'm talking about? Like, like --
-Yeah, I know, like, an automatic door.
I can't help myself.
-Dude, I would freak out if I --
Yeah. [ Laughs ]
You go to the grocery store? -In the airport or something.
You know, there's always like --
In the airport, there's always automatic doors.
I always -- I always do it for myself, but...
[ Laughter ]
But I also hope somebody sees me do it, you know?
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Next time you see Ewan McGregor,
see if you can see him do it.
There's lots more to talk about.
I want to show a clip from "Obi-Wan Kenobi."
More with Ewan McGregor when we come back.
Stick around, everybody.