![]() ![]() This was, of course, the Order 66 massacre, when the loyal troops turned on the Jedi, killing everyone, including younglings. And it is tragic! The series opened with a devastating sequence at the Jedi Temple, where a training session with a group of younglings was interrupted by marauding Clone Troopers. The rebels are outnumbered and outmatched, so Obi-Wan goes toe-to-toe with Reva, uncovering her history. In “Part V”, Reva’s cunning plan to place a tracker in Leia’s ( Vivien Lyra Blair) L0-LA59 droid leads her and Darth Vader ( Hayden Christensen/James Earl Jones) straight to the secret rebel base on Jabiim. In Episode 5 of the Star Wars show, Reva’s motivations and actions are explained. In the premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi, it was obvious Reva wasn’t like the other Inquisitors she had information few could have been privy to, and she had a secret agenda and a deep hatred of Obi-Wan Kenobi ( Ewan McGregor) that far exceeded her mandate to hunt Jedi. More details here.Editor's note: The following article contains spoilers up to Episode 5 of Obi-Wan KenobiFrom the moment she made her first appearance, Reva, Third Sister ( Moses Ingram), has been an enigma. ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ premieres on Disney+ on May 27 2022. “He had a twinkle… I always try and think of him, and try to feel him somewhere, hear him saying the lines.” He added: “It all comes from Alec Guinness - Alec Guinness had this wit behind his eyes all the time. “Just being closer to Alec Guinness in age (now) was interesting… my Obi-Wan now is just a bit closer to his,” said McGregor, now 51. ![]() Of course, the role of Kenobi was itself first played by veteran thespian Alec Guinness in 1977’s ‘Star Wars’ - a performance that McGregor still regularly refers back to. Shows such as ‘The Mandalorian’ have instead used computer technology to de-age the original stars, or even artificially generate the appearances of actors who have passed away. “Now it does seem so abundantly clear that we can’t do that.” Fifth Brother (played by Sung Kang) and Stormtroopers in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’. “There should be moments along the way when you learn things,” Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy said in a recent Vanity Fair interview. Other new ‘Star Wars’ series in the works include ‘Ahsoka’ and ‘The Acolyte’.īut Disney decided to slow down its big-screen output after the disappointing box office performance of 2018’s ‘Solo’, a movie that angered some fans by recasting Harrison Ford’s Han Solo character with a younger actor. The most star-driven ‘Star Wars’ show so far, ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ will be closely followed by ‘Andor’ - a prequel to movie ‘Rogue One’ - and another season of smash hit ‘The Mandalorian’. The wildly popular sci-fi franchise has been assigned a key role in growing streaming platform Disney+. ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ is a product of Disney’s recent decision to pivot ‘Star Wars’ resources from movies to television. Kenobi must also fend off the Inquisitors, a terrifying new set of villains charged with eradicating the remaining Jedi. “The only responsibility to his past life is looking over Luke Skywalker.” It’s like somebody who stepped away from their religion or something. “For 10 years Obi-Wan has been in hiding, he can’t communicate with any of his old comrades, and he is living a pretty solitary life,” said McGregor. Darth Vader is played by Hayden Christensen in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’. Taking place a decade after the tragic finale of ‘Revenge of the Sith’, which saw the evil Emperor seize power and turn Kenobi’s apprentice into Darth Vader, ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ finds its hero leading a lonely, broken existence. ![]() “So that warmed my feelings about them, I guess, or my experience of being in the ‘Star Wars’ world.”Īs a result, McGregor and Hayden Christensen - who played Anakin Skywalker - are back for a six-episode limited series, set in between the events of the prequel trilogy and the original ‘Star Wars’. McGregor added: “Gradually, I started realising that people really liked them, and that they meant a lot to that generation.” “Because there was no social media, there was no direct avenue to the fans at the time. “One of the difficult things about being in the prequels was that when they came out, they were not seemingly well received,” McGregor told a virtual press conference. By Manas Sen Gupta, Jun 28 Ewan McGregor in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’. ![]()
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