But it will do more than just that.
Think back toStar Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
I want every part of this ship checked."
Darth Vader (David Prowse) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) in ‘Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope’.Lucasfilm
Okay, nothing remarkable there.
Sounds like pretty standard Imperial protocol.
But then the Dark Lord of the Sith mysteriously adds, “I sense something.
Ewan McGregor in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.Matt Kennedy/Lucasfilm Ltd.
“The circle is now complete,” Vader tells him when they meet up later inA New Hope.
“When I left you, I was but the learner.
Now I am the master.”
They then engage in a painfully slow lightsaber duel to the death… or afterlife, as it were.
We later learned inThe Empire Strikes Backthat Vader was actually Anakin Skywalker, father of Luke.
That resulted in the master chopping off his former padawan’s three remaining limbs.
And that was their last interaction untilA New Hope… until now.
“Maybe,” McGregor agreed before expanding on how the new series changes things in all directions.
“It’s fun.
It’s very clever how all these threads are created.
It’s like working backwards and forwards at the same time for the writers and for Deborah.”
That would be series director Deborah Chow.
“It was definitely something we were very mindful of,” she said.
“Obviously there is room for interpretation here,” Chow said.
McGregor has nothing but raves for his director and the way she handled the entire process.
“Deborah Chow is unbelievable,” he gushed.
“What an amazing director.
And what an amazing leader for us in the show.
It’s so great working with her.
She has got such quiet authority and she’s really, really on it.
It was brilliant working with her.”
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