- [Maude] Ewan McGregor is back as Obi-Wan Kenobi
for a Disney+ Series, big question mark?
Hello there.
Let's take a little ride back to 2012, shall we?
The last "Star Wars" movie that had come out
was 2005s "Revenge of the Sith".
"Somebody That I Used to Know" was number one in America
and Disney had just purchased Lucasfilm
for a mind-blowing amount of dollars
announcing that they'd be making
a whole new slate of "Star Wars" films.
It's also the exact moment
that every single "Star Wars" fan realized
that they might be seeing the cinematic return
of a certain Jedi master
who sees things from a certain point of view.
- A certain point of view?
- That's right, ever since Lucasfilm
became the property of the house of the mouse,
fans have wanted,
nay, demanded to know when they'll see Obi-Wan Kenobi
back on the big screen.
- Hello, there!
- And while rumors have been swirling for months now
about when we would see an old Ben again
either in his own standalone movie,
- Hello, there.
- Or as an appearance as a Force Ghost,
this week some new info has come to light
about the wizard/crazy old man finally getting his due.
So what are these new details?
I hear you asking through your computers.
Well, according to the site Cinelinx,
Ewan McGregor has apparently signed on
to reprise his role as the Jedi Knight
turned desert baby-sitter.
And reportedly, he will be getting his own series
for Disney+.
Yes!
I'm so excited about this! (laughs)
Now this isn't exactly surprising though.
Fans may remember that there have been whispers
of Ewan McGregor making a cameo
in "The Last Jedi" as a Force Ghost.
And while "Star Wars" ended up going with Yoda instead,
the question of when we would see Kenobi next
still lingered.
And of course, when "The Rise of Skywalker"
went into production,
the rumor mill went full steam ahead.
This time saying that we would see Kenobi
in the last installment of the Skywalker Saga.
- [Announcer] No one's ever really gone.
- While we will still have to wait
to see if the latter ends up happening,
we think the likelihood
of the Obi-Wan Kenobi's Disney+ series being legitimate,
is pretty high.
Of course, as like all rumors,
we do encourage you to take this
with a crate sized grain of salt.
- (spits) Salt.
- (giggles)
Keeping everything in mind,
we think that it would make sense for Disney+
to facilitate an Obi-Wan story.
We're just not even being subtle here.
We want this to happen.
Disney, I know you watch this so,
- Do it!
- (inhales)
Was that threatening enough?
From what we know and from what we've seen
with "The Mandalorian",
this show seems to have an extremely high production value.
So with the amount of money
and prestige products being dumped into Disney+,
I mean, already we have "Loki", "Wanda Vision",
"The Lady and the Tramp" et cetera, et cetera,
adding an Obi-Wan series might just be
the perfect force push to get on-the-fence fans to sign up.
Let's be real here.
Not one person has needed convincing.
But if you did, there it is.
Well, there has a renaissance of late for "Star Wars"
"Episodes I-III" mainly due to the popularity
of prequel memes.
- Ironic.
- Those films are still considered pretty devisive
among "Star Wars" fans.
However, one things all fans seem to agree on
is that Ewan as Obi-Wan was the best part of those movies
and seeing him reprise the roll
would make most "Star Wars" fans young and old
absolutely sign on.
So, what could an Obi-Wan series look like?
Well, there are a lot of options for Disney to pull from.
Enough time has passed
for Ewan McGregor to play a bit of an older Obi-Wan
possibly living as a hermit on Tatooine
as he watches over Luke for those 19 years
when he goes from Ewan to Alec Guinness.
What happened?
I would like to know!
You obviously saw some (beep)!
There's a lot of scum and old villainy happening there.
We saw a glimpse of that in the recent Marvel Comics
but I'd like to see it brought to life.
Honestly, we'd actually like to see
sort of an exiled Obi-Wan solving crimes on Tatooine.
I mean, we did see his detective experience
in "Attack of the Clones"
and this could be a cool expansion on those skills.
- Yep.
- Or there could be a bounty hunter
attempting to track down baby Luke
and get his location back to Darth Vader
and Obi-Wan has to stop him.
Sign me up, please!
Another thing that we know about Obi-Wan
from the end of "Revenge of the Sith"
is that he shouldn't have taken the higher ground!
(intense music) (lightsaber whooshes)
You we're the chosen one!
Is that he was planning on learning how to communicate
with his former master Qui-gon Jinn per Yoda.
Now, while it's not likely
that we'll see Liam Neeson appear in an Obi-Wan series,
it would be pretty cool to show Obi-Wan exploring the force
in new and deeper ways
becoming more powerful than we could possibly imagine.
And to be fair, Liam did lend his voice to "Clone Wars"
so you just never know, eh?
These fingers are crossed.
Look, in any case this is all just speculation for now
while D23 is around the corner
and would be the prime moment
to announce a new Obi-Wan series,
we're just gonna have to wait
until this news is officially confirmed
by "Star Wars" before we know for sure
because for now the official word
that we got coming out of the "Star Wars" camp
is that it's all just a rumor for now.
Nothing to report on
until starwars.com reports any news.
You will go about your day (giggles).
- Move along.
- So there you have it but what do you freaks think?
I'd love to know!
Would you be down for an Obi-Wan Disney+ series?
Ha, ha, kidding, I'm not even asking.
Of course you do.
Would you prefer a movie, though?
And do you think Obi-Wan realized
that when he said, "Only a Sith deals in absolutes",
he was, too, dealing in only absolutes?
- Ironic.
And when Yoda said, "Do or do not, there is no try,"
that is absolutes as well so secretly they're all Sith?
- Ironic.
- Humph, yeah, that's what's up.
Let's discuss!
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