-Welcome back, everybody.
We're talking with Ewan McGregor,
who you can see in the new "Star Wars" series
"Obi-Wan Kenobi."
In "Obi-Wan Kenobi," our pal, Hayden Christensen,
returns for the first time as Darth Vader.
-Yeah.
-What's it like working with Hayden again?
-It's lovely to work with Hayden again.
We spent such a long time together.
We shot episode 2 and 3 in Australia,
in Sydney, Australia, back in the day.
And so we spent a lot of time on set
and we had a lot of fight training to do
and we spent a lot of time off set.
So, it was nice to see him again.
-Yeah, he's a good guy.
-It was frightening to see him again, though,
in the -- I hadn't acted with Darth Vader, you know.
-Oh, yeah.
-So -- And I've been acting a long time.
I think I've done a lot of stuff.
But the first take with Darth Vader
scared the [bleep] out of me.
It's true. -'Cause he's just frightening.
-Yeah, we rehearsed, and he didn't have the helmet on.
And I was -- Then I was getting made up,
and I guess they were sorting him out.
And then they went, "Action!"
And I'm walking down and I hear something.
I turn around, to [bleep] Vader's coming at me.
I swear to God.
I just about [bleep] my pants, really.
-Yeah. But, I mean, when you're a kid,
that is probably one of the scariest villains you see.
-That's it, I think. -A lot of people say that.
-I was like 7 years old again.
It was really like a -- It was really genuine fear.
I've made horror films and stuff.
They're not frightening. But that was.
-That was, yeah.
The series is pretty much shrouded in secrecy,
but that does not stop fans from having ideas or speculating
what might happen or what they hope might happen in the series.
I was thinking, if it's okay with you,
can I ask you a couple things?
You don't have to say "yes" or "no," but --
-Oh, okay.
-But you can answer the best you can,
and we can try to figure out if
some of these things are happening.
-Okay.
-Fans want to know if we'll see Obi-Wan Kenobi interact with
a young Luke Skywalker?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Okay. -[ Breathes deeply ]
-Wow! Wow! Wow! Okay, just an exhale.
That one just got an exhale.
Okay, okay. -Maybe. Maybe.
-Okay. I'll take the "maybe."
It did get an exhale, which is pretty good.
The fans are gonna look into that.
Fans are hoping to see exploration of
the galaxy and other planets.
Wow. Okay, that was an exhale, but then swallowed it back.
You swallowed it back. -Yeah.
-It came out, and then you go, "Nope."
-I didn't want to repeat -- I didn't want to repeat myself.
-No, of course. Yeah.
Oh, fans want to know if there's a new droid sidekick.
Wow! That got a shift.
That got a shift and a flip. -There might be.
-That got a shift and a flip.
'Cause that's always fun, if there's a new --
-Shift flips. -No, yeah.
But, no, but if they -- The ship lapse.
-Oh. -A -- Yeah, exactly.
Flip ships, yeah.
If there's are new -- a new droid,
a new little buddy to hang out with,
that's kind of fun.
Okay.
Fans want to know if we're going to see Obi-Wan
try to redeem Darth Vader.
[ Audience "Oohs" ]
-[ Exhales sharply ] -Wow!
That one got a Steel -- Like Blue Steel looking at me.
You looked through my soul there.
-Yeah.
-Because you guys -- You guys are basically brothers.
You kind of started together,
and then he went to the dark side.
And then -- You know.
Okay. Alright.
Uh -- Ooh! Then the last one.
Fans want to see a rematch between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader.
[ Audience cheers ] That one got a "Whoo!"
Okay.
Alright, that one got a smile.
I'm going to take that as something.
What can we say?
Because I've seen every trailer I think known to man
that I can see about this thing.
-Yeah. -It's on Disney+.
They do such a great job, by the way.
-It's so cool.
It really is a nice -- It really is.
It sits like 8, 10 years after "Episode III,"
and there's lots of, like, satisfying threads between
"Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
and "A New Hope" with Alec Guinness.
And I think, you know,
we spent a long time finding the right story to tell.
And Deborah Chow is such a brilliant director,
and she directed all the episodes.
And she tells it her way, so it's really --
It's really got her mark on it.
And it's pretty -- I've seen them all,
and I think they're really good.
So I think people will not be disappointed.
-There you go.
I'm going to take it from you, bud.
We love you. I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Ewan McGregor in "Obi-Wan Kenobi."
Take a look at this.
-There's more to life than your farm, Owen.
He needs to see that.
There's a whole galaxy out there.
-I'm asking you to leave us alone, Ben.
I mean it.
-Is he okay?
-You don't care if he's okay.
You care if he's showing.
-He's my responsibility, Owen. -Well, I'm his uncle.
-We talked about this.
When the time comes,
he must be trained.
-Like you trained his father?
-Whoa! -Come on.
-Snap! That's what I'm talking about!
Ewan McGregor, everybody.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi" premieres this Friday on Disney+.