The actor also teases his upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series for Disney+.
“[It] was hard they didn’t get well received.
That was quite difficult,” McGregor said in an interview forThe Hollywood Reporter’s latest cover story.
Ewan McGregor on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter.The Hollywood Reporter
“They were universally not very much liked.”
The actor starred in 1999’sThe Phantom Menace, 2002’sAttack of the Clones, and 2005’sRevenge of the Sith.
“George loves technology and loves pushing into that realm,” he said.
“He wanted more and more control over what we see in the background.”
“After three or four months of that, it just gets really tedious especially when the scenes are…
I don’t want to be rude, but it’s not Shakespeare,” he added.
It was quite hard to do."
“They project [the virtual backgrounds] onto this massive LED screen.
So if you’re in a desert, you’re standing in the middle of a desert.
If you’re in the snow, you’re surrounded by snow.
And if you’re in a cockpit of a starfighter, you’re in space,” McGregor said.
A representative for Disney didn’t immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
Given the timeline, a young Luke Skywalker seems like a sure thing for this show, as well.
“That’s very possible,” McGregor teases.
“I don’t know.”
“I’m really excited about it,” the actor says of the show in general.
