As Obi-Wan’s return approaches, we reveal what we want to see…
Major spoilers follow. This article also assumes that you are up-to-date with all things Star Wars (so eleven films and three boxsets, but don’t worry about the books and computer games). Else, what are you doing here, exactly? Though it was originally intended to be the third Star Wars standalone film, following on from the success of 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the box office bomb that was 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, Obi-Wan Kenobi has now been re-imagined as a six-part TV mini-series for Disney Plus. The show comes in the wake of two seasons of The Mandalorian and one of The Book Of Boba Fett. Set in the bit between Episode III: The Revenge of The Sith, and Episode IV: A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi features – you guessed it – everyone’s favourite bearded Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and everyone’s favourite bad guy, Darth “dun dun d-dun” Vader. Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen reprise their roles from the prequels. McGregor, who swore off Star Wars after the bruising experience of the prequels, has been tempted back for this new run, which begins on Disney Plus on May 27. Ahead of the show’s debut, and to celebrate the fact that today is May 4, we thought we’d get excitement and round up six things we want to see from Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus… Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place 10 years after the events of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Baby Leia has been hidden on Alderaan, and baby Luke on Tatooine with step-uncle Owen and step-aunt Beru Lars. Kenobi has retired on Tatooine to keep an eye on toddler Luke. We know from Episode IV: A New Hope that Luke grows up safely. Old man Kenobi doesn’t sound like he’s been up to much.
