Obi-Wan Kenobi was a decent TV show starring Ewan McGregor that was supposed to be a limited Disney Plus series. As of now, Lucasfilm has yet to announce any further plans, but that hasn’t stopped McGregor and Hayden Christensen from fighting for a return to a galaxy far, far away.
Ewan McGregor will receive his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today (Thursday the 12th), and ahead of the event he spoke to Variety about his career, focusing specifically on his unexpectedly long run as Obi-Wan Kenobi, first as one of the protagonists in the Star Wars prequels and years later reuniting with Hayden Christensen in the Disney Plus show.
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After expressing his love for Alec Guinness’ Obi-Wan Kenobi, he once again publicly admitted that he would love to do another season if given the chance: “I really hope that we get the chance to do another season… Between where we end the series and when Alec Guinness and Luke Skywalker appear on screen together, I think there are still several stories that can be told.” The (currently) limited series ends with Kenobi rescuing Leia from Imperial captors and confronting Darth Vader, ultimately freeing Anakin Skywalker, a man he left for dead on Mustafar. Afterwards, he finally meets a very young Luke and walks into the desert, only to be greeted by a Force ghost named Qui-Gon Jinn, explaining why he was able to become one with the Force years later, rather than simply dying at the hands of Vader, as was hinted at in Revenge of the Sith.
The thing is… even if the show retroactively fixes some of the continuity issues between Revenge and Hope, having Obi-Wan and Vader face off before A New Hope feels a bit far-fetched. In fact, many fans would argue that bringing Leia and Luke into the main conflict would cause another set of problems. Old Ben Kenobi has also already appeared in Star Wars Rebels, closer to the events of A New Hope, where he faced off against and thoroughly defeated an old Darth Maul who was still seeking revenge. On top of that, some (canon) comic books have him running around on Tatooine and doing cool stuff, so it feels like his “Tatooine days” are as colorful as they can be. It doesn’t feel right to have him go on another off-world adventure, but we wouldn’t be opposed to seeing him return as a Force Ghost in a project later in the timeline.
Meanwhile, Christensen will actually be extending his time as Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader in Star Wars, as he has the added importance of being Ahsoka Tano’s mentor, and we wouldn’t be surprised if he somehow appears in a big-screen Star Wars sequel (perhaps Dave Filoni’s event film), especially after the sequels oddly missed out on the opportunity, save for a small voiceover cameo with the other Jedi in The Rise of Skywalker. That being said, the actor is still open to working with his friend if possible: “If it means I get to work more with Ivan, then of course, but I really hope he stays in the role.”
With The Acolyte officially out after trying something new, The Mandalorian and Grogu (the next Star Wars movie) sounding like big fan-service events with Jon Favreau at the helm, and more potential Star Wars theatrical releases still in the works, we shouldn’t rule out Disney and Lucasfilm giving Obi-Wan Kenobi a second chance to easily win over the most conservative fans. However, that would be the exact opposite of what the series needs to find new fans and survive in the long term.
