The new Disney+ offering is being billed as a six-episode limited series, meaning that’s all we get.
When that didn’t work, we decided to try the director, Deborah Chow.
So that’s the way we’ve always approached it," says Chow.
Ewan McGregor as the titular hero in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.Lucasfilm
“The approach has always been that it is one full story.”
“It’s certainly something we talk about,” responds Kennedy of a possible extension."
Wait,WHAT?!
Ewan McGregor in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
“Mainly because everybody came together and had such an incredible time,” continues the studio head.
“Ewan had an incredible time.
Hayden had an incredible time.
Joel Edgerton and Ewan McGregor in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
So certainly from that point of view, everybody involved would love to see this not end.
But we have to really spend our time asking the question: Why would we do it?
“It was made as a one-off limited series,” explainsEwan McGregor.
And so, for sure, that’s true.”
Stop stalling, McGregor!
What’s the word?
Can we start talking season 2 or what?
“Would I like to make another one?”
“Yeah, I would like to make another one.”
I can’t tell you.
It was so wonderful to work on.
Right to the end, I just loved the experience of it."
“There’s something very nice about doing work that you know people are going to see.
For the actor, it’s all about delivering the goods.
“It sounds a bit pretentious, but it’s nice to make people happy.
I think they’re not going to be disappointed by it.
Maybe some will, but you’ve got the option to’t hey all the people all the time.
But knowing that people are going to be happy because of our work is a nice feeling.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, spoiler alert, we know Obi-Wan makes it out of the series alive.
But how do you think our perception of the character will change after watching this series?
So it fills that gap between those two entities.
And I think we did a great job.
So it really is her vision.
It’s one person’s vision from start to finish.
We don’t have different directors coming in and out.
And she worked tirelessly with the writers to find this brilliant story.
So what kind of swordsman is the Kenobi we find here in between those two time periods.
Well, we don’t know yet.
You’re going to have to wait and see if that happens.
You brought up Owen.
I think Owen feels like Obi-Wan only cares about the boy because he may show signs of the Force.
And especially at this time when the Jedi are all but wiped out.
That he feels like the time of the Jedi is over, that they lost.
And whether he really feels that, he sort of says it.
He feels that it’s done.
They lost the battle.
I mean, there’s so much of it.
There’s hours and hours of it because we did three movies.
And my memory of making them is so vague, because inEpisode IIandIII, there was barely anything there.
It was all blue screen and green screen.
So we were doing some motorcycling on the weekends, and I said, “Come on.
We’re doing the end scene where I deliver the babies.”
And they came down onto the set.
And, of course, it was just a blue stage with blue walls, three sides.
It didn’t move or anything.
And I got down and I gave the baby to Aunt Beru.
And George is shouting, “Look at the moons!
Look at the moons!”
