Obi-Wan Kenobi
At last , we bed for certainthat Lucasfilm has heard fans ' cry and is planning a standaloneObi - Wan Kenobifilm . Obi - Wan is one of the few characters in all ofStar Warslore who manages to maintain a pure heart , with his nobility and integrity entire . Even the highest - visibility heroes of the saga have largely existed in shades of Lady Jane Grey .
But for such a beloved character , fan know astonishingly little about him . What was his birth and childhood like ? Did he have any living family while he was a Jedi ? How did he overhaul the time while living alone on Tatooine ? Some Marvel comics and an sequence ofStar Wars Rebels(inan episodethat proved the role still has plenty of stories left to separate ) fill in a few blank spots , but there are many year of his living that remain unaccounted for .
Nothing is currently known about what direction Disney and Lucasfilm intend to take with the Obi - Wan movie . No script has been save — or even screenwriters announced for putting pen to theme — so anything is potential . But Kathleen Kennedy ’s Lucasfilm is a well - oiled machine at this point withvery percipient ideasof what it does and doesnotwant to produce . So even if it ’s nothing but preliminary brainstorming among the Story Group … There ’s got to besomeinkling of an idea or two floating around those role .
Will they rewind in time , and give us a " life story " of Obi - Wan leading up to his becoming the learner of Qui - Gon Jinn ? Or will they give us a brand newfangled tale about an older Obi - Wan , endure on Tatooine and watching over Luke Skywalker from afar ? He lived there for almost 20 years , and that ’s averylong time . sure as shooting at some point , a crisis uprise that required him to get out the planet for a bit and undertake some all - important , and possibly deep personal , mission ?
When we first met Obi - Wan , as dally by the previous Alec Guinness , he was a kindly warrior monk . He was the guy cable in the room who always know more than anyone else , the mentor possessing wisdom and free grace that he was passed on to Luke Skywalker . He return a distich of times as a ghost to discourse with Luke , but never really got much screen time .
Unfortunately , the part ofStar Warsfilm account that Obi - Wan is most nearly associated with are the despised prequels . Ewan McGregor , a " serious " actor ’s actor , gave his all to the part of an Obi - Wan that go from young adulthood to mediate geezerhood . But there ’s only so much even the greatest of player can do when given a cookie - cutter script and wooden focussing .
As awful as the prequels were , the vast majority of fans still consider McGregor to be the best part of them . When the prequels were first being planned , and it was foretell that Ewan McGregor had been honk as a youthful Obi - Wan Kenobi , it was exciting news . McGregor was such a brilliant choice for an iconic fibre - a gifted actor whom everyone knew would not only do justice to the part , but even raise it .
alas , when the prequels arrived it quickly became clean-cut that McGregor ’s talents ( and those of many others ) had been wasted on a production that care more about CGI eye candy than type motivation and development . McGregor was always a joy to watch irrespective , whether he was keep on hot - head up Anakin in line , or engaging in some blisteringly fierce lightsaber battles — which , as true fans bang , McGregor do himself . But watching him in the prequels is bittersweet ; we love him for displaying actual talent in a soulless film series , but we long for what he could have done with stronger material .
Call it , very possibly , the most bitter escape chance inStar Warshistory .
That ’s why Lucasfilm would be seriously neglectful in ignoring this favourable opportunity to rectify a wrong and give fans what they ’ve wanted for decades : Obi - Wan Kenobi starring in his own pic , in a story withrealdrama that ’s worthy of Ewan McGregor ’s talent .
McGregor hasstatedrepeatedlythat he would gladly return to the role of Obi - Wan if Lucasfilm gave him a reason to . In other word , if they write it , he will come in . Thankfully , that may just come about .
The person Lucasfilm is considering to spearhead the Obi - Wan movie is director Stephen Daldry , the man who feed the existence " serious " motion picture likeBilly Elliot , The Hours , The Reader , and more . Daldry has never in his 20 + twelvemonth career done a big - budget , blockbuster , effects - grueling movie . Instead , he ’s got indie cred and jazz his way around real , human dramatic play .
If Lucasfilm wants McGregor to jump on instrument panel — reallyon board , fondness and soul — then what this yield needs is credibility . The hope of a story with substance . Could it be that Lucasfilm is attempt to hire a director known for play over spectacle at least part to reassure McGregor that anotherStar Warsmovie is deserving his clock time ?
No yield timeframe or release date has been set for the Obi - Wan film , though the sassy money has it pencil in on Lucasfilm ’s calendar for its 2020 button ( aka , the one afterEpisode IX ) . So it will be a while before Lucasfilm ’s intention for the movie become known .
Whatever it is , Ewan McGregor had well be a major part of it
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