Obi-Wan Kenobi: this unlikely habit that Ewan McGregor kept 17 years after Revenge of the Sith

Returning to the distant galaxy has never been so close! This Friday, May 27, Disney+ will kick offObi-Wan Kenobihis new series based on the universe Star Wars. As its name suggests, this new production will center on the character of Obi-Wan Kenobi. To embody him, Disney chose to recall Ewan McGregor, interpreter of the Jedi Knight from 1999 to 2005 in the prelogy Star Wars.

During a press conference held on May 19 in Los Angeles, Ewan McGregor confided in his reunion with Obi-Wan. He explained that he immediately felt comfortable in the Jedi costume, and even resumed some of his bad habits on set. For example, he still can’t help mimicking the sound of the lightsaber during fight scenes. “It’s impossible not to, he joked. And if I don’t do it, I still do it in my head, I think.”

Kenobi and Darth Vader clash in the series “Obi-Wan: Kenobi”

Directed by Deborah Chow, to whom we already owe the irreproachable The Mandalorianseries Obi wan Kenobi takes place ten years after the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. After Order 66 and the disappearance of the Jedi Order, Obi-Wan Kenobi retreats to the planet Tatooine, where his mission is to watch over the young Luke Skywalker. after the death of his mother and the shift of his father, Anakin, to the dark side of the Force. For his part, Lord Vader tasks former Jedi sensitive to the dark side, the Inquisitors, to hunt down and eliminate all the Jedi Knights who survived Order 66, including Kenobi… The first two episodes of the series, which will have 6 in all, will be broadcast on May 27 on Disney+.

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