Obi-Wan Kenobi will satisfy Star Wars fans says Ewan McGregor. McGregor was speaking with Forbes recently and was asked what he could share about his thoughts on returning to the role he played in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
“Oh my gosh, well I loved playing him again. I mean it’s quite interesting, after the experience of making the first three films and living through sort of their reception in the world, which wasn’t always glowing, I have to say. And then now, meeting the generation who we made those films for, the children then – and now, people in their late teens or early 20s, those people who were kids who we made those films for, they loved them. To them, they’re their Star Wars films, you know? For us, it was the original films of the ‘70s, but for them, it was our films were their Star Wars. So to step back into his shoes again now and do a series, a whole series about Obi-Wan Kenobi for those fans, it just makes me really happy.”
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“It was a great experience. Deborah Chow directed all the episodes and she’s really good. She directed a couple [episodes] of The Mandalorian and she’s a really great director. She really knows the Star Wars world, inside out, far more than I do (laughs). We just had a great time. I think it’s no secret that Hayden Christensen comes back and we got to play scenes together again as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker and it was just fantastic to work with him again.”
“I’m not going to give away anything else about the storyline, only I think it’s really going to satisfy Star Wars fans. I always felt there was a story between Episode III where I finished playing Obi-Wan in the movies and Episode IV where Alec Guinness is Obi-Wan Kenobi. The [Obi-Wan Kenobi series] writers and Deb and I and everyone, I think we crafted or they crafted a very fine storyline. I think people are going to like it.”
Satisfy Star Wars Fans, But Which Ones?
Here’s the thing, Star Wars fans, I am one, but we’re crazy right? There are so many different opinions out there among the fan base about what Star Wars should be. I think as soon as the prequel came out and many older fans like me were unhappy, the fandom began to become more diverse. As Ewan McGregor says there are adult Star Wars fans out there now who loved the prequel trilogy because they were kids when it came out. I still don’t get it, I really don’t, but I am an old school fan and Star Wars has moved on. I accept it.
For every Star Wars project released you will have extreme views and everything in between. There are Star Wars fans who will love anything with a Star Wars logo on it and there are fans who hate everything that changes what they used to love. I guess I am somewhere in between, I dislike some projects and really like others. However whilst Obi-Wan Kenobi will satisfy some Star Wars surely, my guess is that no project will ever satisfy all Star Wars fans ever again.
Obi-Wan Kenobi will satisfy Star Wars fans says Ewan McGregor. Is McGregor right or like I said is that now simply not possible in such a huge fandom?
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