"Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+ Series)" News & Discussion (Spoilers)

[Yojimbo]

Oh I don't think you were completely wrong. As we really don't know exactly how this training was conducted. Was Luke ever trained in Episodes 4 through 6? No. So, IMHO, I feel like there's gonna be some retconning. I'm excited to see if they give us both Yoda and Qui-Gon in this film.

Yeah, I think Ghost Yoda taught Luke the Force Ghost technique between 6 and 7. But yeah, it would be cool to see them both. Episode 8 proved Ghost Yoda can be entertaining and meaningful, imo. I'd think Liam Neeson is game to reprise the role. I seem to recall back in January he said he was open to it.

 

[the greenman]

Yeah, Neeson could use a break from kicking human butt.

In 2015 he had this response:

I don’t know [how he would return], unless you went back in time or he becomes a hologram or something. He’s a Jedi, anything could happen. It’s Star Wars world!"

www.cinemablend.com/new/Liam-Neeson-Wants-Return-Star-Wars-Here-How-It-Can-Happen-69084.html

Yes, just this January he said this:

This is the first time I'm hearing of this. No one's been in touch with me. I know in the Star Wars world anything is possible. In the first one, The Phantom Menace, I died but we know, you know, Jedi come back and stuff but no one's been in touch. We'll see.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ci...-star-wars-as-qui-gon-jinn-heres-what-he-said

 

[Fone Bone]

What's so frustrating to me is that Neeson is NOT an unapproachable actor or an impossible get. He's done The Lego Movie, Family Guy, and A Million Ways to Die in the West. He even cameoed on The Orville. What do these projects all have in common? They actually went ahead asked him to be in them. I'm guessing the reason he hasn't been approached is because the producers assume he'll say no, due to him being by turns a serious actor, and more recently, a serious action star. Well, they won't know that until they actually ask him.

 

[the greenman]

What's so frustrating to me is that Neeson is NOT an unapproachable actor or an impossible get. He's done The Lego Movie, Family Guy, and A Million Ways to Die in the West. He even cameoed on The Orville. What do these projects all have in common? They actually went ahead asked him to be in them. I'm guessing the reason he hasn't been approached is because the producers assume he'll say no, due to him being by turns a serious actor, and more recently, a serious action star. Well, they won't know that until they actually ask him.

Don't be so hasty to think they haven't or won't. I think either 1 of 2 things. The writers didn't think about it, or they are simply keeping it under wraps.

 

[Yojimbo]

Yeah, Neeson could use a break from kicking human butt.

5/20: All this time I thought he was transitioning to less action movies because he said he didn't want to put his body through that abuse after he finished the Taken trilogy. So something where he's just a Force Ghost training Obi-Wan seems like a win-win.

5/28: Supposedly, Ray Park heavily implied a Kenobi movie is in the works.

 

[Fone Bone]

Will the film explain why he was dumb enough to change his first name, but not his last?

 

[Yojimbo]

Will the film explain why he was dumb enough to change his first name, but not his last?

Kenobi is the Smith of the Galactic Empire.

 

[Fone Bone]

Kenobi is the Smith of the Galactic Empire.

Even Smiths change their last name when they go into hiding. Ben Kenobi is a dumbass.

 

[Yojimbo]

Reported to be canceled. Or is it?

 

[Dreyfus]

Just keep the budget low. You can do that with this movie. I heard Han Solo spent more money in production than even the main trilogy movies. They had no business spending that kind of cash. This movie needs to be made though.

 

[the greenman]

Just keep the budget low. You can do that with this movie. I heard Han Solo spent more money in production than even the main trilogy movies. They had no business spending that kind of cash. This movie needs to be made though.

Solo had the budget of two films. Probably between 350mil and 600mil. Seriously. Howard reshot 80% of the film, and retooled nearly everything. It's similar with what happened with Superman Returns. They took the budget of Tim Burton's Superman Lives added to Returns which was why besides the critical issues some considered it a flop.

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[Yojimbo]

6/24: Daldry left the project six months ago and the movie might now premiere on the Disney Streaming Service.

8/15: Ewan McGregor in talks to return in a 6-8 episode Obi Wan Disney+ series.

8/23: Disney+ series confirmed at D23.

 

[RoyalRubble]

All the scripts are apparently ready and they plan on starting production next year.

 

[Yojimbo]

Series takes place around the time of the Solo movie.

8/28: 8 years after Revenge of the Sith.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Deborah Chow will direct.

 

[Yojimbo]

McGregor reveals he knew about series for 4 years. He also confirms it is between Ep. III and IV right after the collapse of the Jedi Order, films next summer, and will be six 1 hour episodes.

 

[the greenman]

McGregor reveals he knew about series for 4 years. He also confirms it is between Ep. III and IV right after the collapse of the Jedi Order, films next summer, and will be six 1 hour episodes.

Not sure if he means the film or series. It was probably a possible series option back then, but I don't think he knew indefinitely. I do believe he knew he would be reprising the role. He was a no-show for the 40th anniversary, I knew then he was under quarantine.

The big question remains if Neeson is coming back.

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[Yojimbo]

McGregor confirms it was a movie when talks started.

 

[the greenman]

McGregor says he didn't enjoy lying about Obi Wan:

Ewan McGregor Says 'Lying' About the Upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars Series Was 'Awkward'

Ewan McGregor Says Lying About Star Wars Series Was 'Awkward'

www.yahoo.com

“It’s awkward,” he said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday. “The studio and the franchises, they want to keep everything totally secret, of course, which I understand, but as the person being asked over and over and over again, ‘Would you do it again?’ And I’m already talking to them about it, but I can’t say that I am.”

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[Yojimbo]

11/8: Series writer Hossein Amini comments on why it will work better as a series.

12/29: Reportedly casting for a young Luke Skywalker.