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Ewan McGregor in Talks to Return as Obi Wan Kenobi in Disney+ Star Wars Limited Series: Reports

Ewan McGregor in Talks to Return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Disney+ Star Wars Limited Series: Reports 5i2g1o

It will be the third live-action Star Wars series on Disney+. 6h6z31

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 16 August 2019 12:41 IST

Ewan McGregor in Talks to Return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Disney+ Star Wars Limited Series: Reports

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Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a promo still for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

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Obi-Wan Kenobi film scrapped because of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Reports of Obi-Wan series being ‘top priority’ floated in February
McGregor played Kenobi in the whole of Star Wars prequel trilogy

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Ewan McGregor is reportedly in talks to reprise his Star Wars role Obi-Wan Kenobi in a limited series for streaming service Disney , adding fuel to reports from earlier in the year. It would be the third live-action Star Wars series at Disney , after Jon Favreau-created The Mandalorian — slated to premiere in November — and the in-development Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel centred on Cassian Andor (Diego Luna). McGregor played Obi-Wan throughout the Star Wars prequel trilogy, in 1999's Episode I – The Phantom Menace, 2002's Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and 2005's Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He had a voice cameo in 2015's Episode VII – The Force Awakens, the first chapter of the sequel trilogy. The role was portrayed by Alec Guinness in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Entertainment site Cinelinx was the first to report on Ewan McGregor's return as Obi-Wan Kenobi to the said to be in “early talks” at one point. But after Solo disappointed both critically and commercially, Disney paused development on anthology Star Wars movies.

As Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. It now seems that the Obi-Wan Kenobi project is that third one.

Beyond Star Wars, McGregor is a Golden Globe-winning actor for his dual performance in the third season of the FX anthology series Birds of Prey.

The McGregor-starrer miniseries will set itself apart from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which opens in theatres December 20 worldwide.

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