Obi-Wan Speaks: Ewan McGregor Says “All Good”
But reports are telling a different tale about Kenobi’s Disney+ series
Han Solo once said, “Didn’t we leave this party?” And, yes, we did.
But it’s no more a party than the stormtroopers surrounding the Millennium Falcon in A New Hope.
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Yesterday, we posted about reports regarding a delay in the production of the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit just posted:
Disney+ and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars series centered on Obi-Wan Kenobi has been put on hold as the companies attempt a retooling, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The series, which sees Ewan McGregor reprise his role of the famed Jedi Knight, was in the throes of pre-production…Sources tell THR that the scripts – only two were written – and story became an issue and that the entire package has been jettisoned. Lucasfilm is now on the hunt for a new writer to pen the series. At the same time, sources say the series is being reconfigured from being six episodes to four episodes.
Of course, “Disney had no comment.”
But Ewan McGregor sure did.
"It's just been pushed back a little bit…It's very dramatic, it would seem, online. There's all kinds of **** online about it." Drama is what the internet does best! #ObiWanSeries #EwanMcGregor pic.twitter.com/7wO0dmN1CJ
— Ewan McGregor Daily (@EwanDaily) January 24, 2020
And ETonline.com added:
After rumors last week that the show — which was officially confirmed during the Disney+ presentation at D23 Expo last August — had been canceled, Collider was first to report on Thursday that the series had instead been put on hold, with crews sent home from Pinewood Studios in London, where they were preparing to begin filming.
ET spoke with McGregor on Thursday night at the “Harleywood & Highland” event for his upcoming DC Comics film Birds of Prey, where the actor sent a positive message to fans about the show’s delay.
“The scripts are really, really good. They want to make them better,” he explained. “And they just slid the production to shooting next year.”
“So it’s not as dramatic as it sounds,” McGregor added. “I just got here tonight, and it’s like, oh my god look at all this stuff! It’s not that dramatic. I think we have the same– We’re airing on the same day and all that stuff.”
The Hollywood Reporter also offered details on the show’s hold via sources on Thursday, reporting that the series is being reworked from six episodes to four. Deborah Chow, who became Star Wars’ first-ever female director due to her work on The Mandalorian, is set to helm the series, with Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini writing the scripts.
So. Everyone should just exhale. Breathe. And may The Force be with us all.