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D23: Obi-Wan series with Ewan McGregor confirmed!
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Today at the D23 2019 Expo, Lucas film and Disney+ officially
announced the long-rumored Obi-Wan series, and confirmed the
return of Ewan McGregor as the iconic Jedi!

McGregor received a warm welcome when he arrived onstage to
make it official. It was also revealed that scripts are
currently being written and shooting will happen sometime
next year. The new series will take place eight years after
the events of Revenge of the Sith, where we last saw Obi-Wan
delivering the infant Luke Skywalker to his Tatooine
homestead. An updated timeline graphic shown at the event
places the Obi-Wan show as happening somewhere in the middle
of the span of events in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

McGregor took over the role of Obi-Wan for the Star Wars
prequel trilogy two decades ago from the late Alec Guinness.
His last live-action appearance was in 2005's Revenge of the
Sith. However, McGregor also lent his voice to Rey's Force
vision in The Force Awakens. Additionally, McGregor hasn't
been shy about his desire to reprise his role.

Two years ago, director Stephen Daldry was supposedly lined up
to direct a standalone Obi-Wan film. Unfortunately, the dismal
box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story put all the
spinoff movies on hold.

No other details about the potential Obi-Wan series are
currently available. A few Star Wars novels and comics have
explored Obi-Wan's life on Tatooine between Episodes III and
IV. Obi-Wan also had a memorable rematch with Darth Maul in
Star Wars Rebels. But any story direction for the new show is
simply conjecture at this point.

Disney+ already has two live-action Star Wars series lined up:
The Mandalorian and the untitled Cassian Andor series.


<https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1094663-d23-obi-wan-series-with-ewan-mcgregor-confirmed>

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