Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor has addressed the recent rumors regarding his Obi-Wan Kenobi series for the Disney Plus streaming service.
During a recent press event, Ewan McGregor commented on the recent reports that production on the highly-anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series has been put on an indefinite hold. The same reports also claimed that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy wasn’t pleased with the scripts for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series.
While doing the press rounds for his role as the villainous Roman Sionis in Birds of Prey, Ewan McGregor addressed the drama surrounding the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, revealing that what has been reported about it is “bulls—.” Here’s what he had to say on the matter:
“We just pushed the shoot to the beginning of next year. The scripts are really good. I saw 90% of the writing and I really liked it.”
Ewan McGregor then explained that the production start date of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series has been delayed from August of this year to January 2021, giving the people behind the project enough time to improve its scripts.
“All this bulls— about creative differences and all that stuff is, none of it true. We just pushed the dates, they want — last episode, episode 9 came out, everyone had more time to read the stuff that had been written, and they felt that they wanted to do more work on it. So they slid the shoot. It’s not nearly as dramatic as it sounds online. I think they want to keep the same release date so it’s not really gonna affect the viewer in any way. It just simply gives them more time to write, make the scripts even better.”
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Deborah Chow is set to direct Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series, which is just one of three officially announced Star Wars shows for Disney Plus. The Mandalorian debuted on the streaming service this past November with stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog and Nick Nolte. The series was written by Jon Favreau, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist is also on board as a co-executive producer.
An untitled Rogue One prequel centered on Cassian Andor is also in development with Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk reprising their respective roles. The Americans producer Stephen Schiff serves as showrunner and the series is expected to begin filming this year.
Stay tuned for the latest news regarding the Star Wars franchise and Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series.
