‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Film Originally Included Commander Cody

He would've been Obi-Wan's "secret buddy" on Tatooine!

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Obi-Wan Kenobi writer Stuart Beattie revealed Commander Cody played a big role in his version of the Star Wars story.

More of what was planned initially for Obi-Wan Kenobi when Lucasfilm was developing the project as a film continues to come from writer Stuart Beattie. The Kenobi screenwriter previously shared that the Star Wars story was planned as a film trilogy. Beattie also told The Direct that fan-favorite character Commander Cody was a part of his treatment:

“Yeah, yeah. Cody was the big one. I love the idea of Obi-Wan having a buddy on Tatooine. Like a secret buddy. So like the first time he goes into town, you see, Cody, and he’s following him through the streets and attacks him, takes him into an alley with a knife to his throat and says, ‘You’re dead.’ And then you realize, ‘Oh, no… Cody’s making a point.’ Like, ‘Come on. You got to be more careful.’ And you realize, ‘Oh, Cody has now morphed from someone who was trying to kill him when we last saw them to someone who is now devoting his life to protect him.’ Because by now he’s had the biochip taken out of his head, and now he realizes, ‘Oh my god, what I did was wrong.’ And he has driven by guilt, as much as Obi Wan is driven by guilt. So you got these two kind of old warriors bickering like this old married couple, bitching about, ‘God, it was so much better when we had an army at our backs,’ you know?’”

Luke’s Guardian

Temuera Morrison still turned up in Obi-Wan Kenobi as another Clone Trooper and Commander Cody will return in Star Wars: The Bad Batch season two. Beattie continued to reveal more about Commander Cody’s role in the live-action series, sharing that he was going to protect Luke while Obi-Wan was off-planet:

“And the idea of mine was that when Obi-Wan had to leave Tatooine, he left Cody in charge of Luke. And that gave us a fun little B-story to keep cutting away to. And yeah, he’s a really fun character and a guy racing against the clock obviously, because he’s aging twice as fast. He’s trying to atone for the worst thing he’s ever done in his life. So tragic in a way, but just fun… The way they bickered in my stuff, it was just, you know, put a smile on your face and, you know, (laughs) just arguing all the time.”

Here is the synopsis for Obi-Wan Kenobi:

During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi embarks on a crucial mission. Kenobi must confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire.

Directed by Deborah Chow from Joby Harold’s scripts, the series stars Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie.

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Source: The Direct

Ryden Scarnato

Ryden Scarnato

Ryden's affection for all things DC, Marvel, and Star Wars has led him to entertainment journalism at Heroic Hollywood as a News Editor.