- Obi-Wan, more like Obi-Gone from relevance.
Sorry.
- But is he?
Is old Ben returning to the main
Star Wars saga in a big way?
- Find out on Nerdist News.
- We're gonna.
With the first Star Wars anthology film,
Rogue One coming out in just a few short weeks,
we're starting to get pretty amped with the idea
of even more spin-offs to come.
I mean, why would we focus on what's just
directly in front of us?
We are proper nerds. - Proper!
We have our cards.
We've gotta keep our eyes on the future, dudes!
- Oh man, the future, that'd be pretty cool.
Right, and with episode eight, the Han Solo spin-off,
and the close of sequel trilogy, episode nine,
ahead of us, we're wondering:
What's next?
- I don't know. There's the Boba Fett movie
that Josh Trank was attached to,
which is now uh, stuck in the Sarlacc pit
of development hell.
- [Kyle] Give us that Fett!
- There's our very own pitch for When Yoda Met Yaddle,
a romantic comedy that would fill us in
on exactly what happened in that lusty affair
that in many ways is a cornerstone
of the entire Star Wars franchise.
- Is it?
- Yeah, look up Yoda Yaddle sex toy.
Don't do it in front of your parents,
but it's an amazing story.
- That's a subreddit I'm not subscribed to.
And then of course there's the one spin-off
literally every Star Wars fan has been clamoring for
since the possibility of spin-offs
presented themselves in the first place.
- Jar Jar Bi--
- So uh...
- An Obi-Wan, yeah, Obi-Wan.
Like, three or five, or 10 of them.
There's a lot of time that passed between
Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope,
and while we know that Ben spent plenty of it
watching over baby Luke,
there's a whole lot of room
for some Jedi badassery in there.
- Just watching baby Luke, yeah, he's sleeping.
I mean--
- You are the chosen one still!
- Shut me down. Oh wait, wrong guy.
Wrong guy.
- "I love death sticks!
I mean seriously guys,
just imagine Obi-Wan as sort of this ronin,
a master-less samurai roaming the galaxy
doing good and trying to redeem the parts of himself
that feel responsible for Anakin's fall into lava
and the Emperor's rise out of lava.
While we're psyched for both Boba Fett and Han Solo movies,
we're not sure yet where the story comes from
and what kind of fresh insight we can actually get
into those characters.
But with Obi-Wan it's abundantly clear.
- So why haven't we gotten the Ob-Wan dodecology
we so rightfully deserve?
- Yeah! Well, Entertainment Weekly
writer and Star Wars news savant Anthony Breznican
thinks he might know.
While talking to Rebel Force Radio,
old Brezzy spilled a pretty damn
- Old Brezzy! Old Brezican.
- Back in my day.
- We only had this sweet, juicy rumor,
which he believes to be true.
That an Obi-Wan spin-off is on hold until after Episode 9
because the sequel trilogy ain't done with him yet.
- Say what?
- You heard what I said!
- Could Ewan McGregor actually show up
in one of the next two saga films?
Is there some reveal coming that's so major
it would have to be addressed
in any potential Obi-Wan spin-offs?
Well it looks like all signs point to yes.
But what could it be?
- Well Dan, the easiest and likeliest guess
is that Rey's lineage is somehow tied back to Obi-Wan.
We know that her mysterious parentage
will be revealed in episode eight,
and that the manifestation of her Force abilities
began with a flashback in which
she heard Obi-Wan himself calling out to her.
So, could she be a secret Kenobi?
- Secret Kenobi!
Perhaps an illegitimate granddaughter?
- [Both] Oooh!
- Moulin Rey-ge?
- Wow.
I mean, he did spend a lot of time secluded on Tatooine.
You're telling me he didn't bang a single Jawa?
- Not a single Jawa, he banged all the Jawas.
He's almost definitely a Rey ancestor,
making it rather poetic that Luke will now
have to train his master's descendant.
But what form will the Obi-Wan reveal take?
How are they gonna introduce the new,
kind of complicated wrinkle to Star Wars lore?
Are we gonna see true flashbacks
for the first time in Star Wars history?
Like, not in the form of a weird trip-out sequence
but actual, legit flashbacks?
Are we gonna see, like, a Force ghost
that for some reason looks like middle-aged Obi-Wan
instead of like Old-bi-Wan?
- No, for God's sake stop redacting Force ghosts,
my heart can't take it.
- Kyle feels strongly about Force ghosts.
Perhaps more strongly than anything else in pop culture.
It's his passion. - Sure. Sure.
Look at his Pinterest board.
- Leave the Force ghosts alone, please.
- Dude loves ghosts!
- Look, busting Force ghosts makes me feel good.
However they wind up nodding to Obi-Wan in the sequel tril,
let's all keep our fingers crossed
that the 19-film series that will
bridge the gap between the young Obi-Wan and Old-bi-Wan
will give us what we all want in the deepest,
truest hearts of hearts or not.
Or it could be...
- [Both] Jawa sex!
- But what do you guys think?
Is Rey Obi-Wan's granddaughter?
How do you think they'll actually fold Kenobi
into the sequel trilogy?
And how many Obi-Wan movies do you actually want?
- And how many alien species
do you want to see Obi-Wan bang?
It's not a desecration of your sacred Jedi vow of celibacy
if one one's around to see you do das bangin'.
- [Both] Let's discuss.
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