‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Was Supposed To Be A Miniseries, Now All Cast And Crew Want Season 2

Games ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Was Supposed To Be A Miniseries, Now All Cast And Crew Want Season 2 Paul Tassi Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. New! Follow this author to improve your content experience.

Got it! Jun 17, 2022, 09:27am EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney Obi-Wan Kenobi has been a bit of an up and down rollercoaster ride for fans with less consistency than The Mandalorian, but less universal scoffing than The Book of Boba Fett. This past week was actually a pretty solid episode, but with only one more left, everyone is left to wonder, is that it? Well, according to all major players attached to the show, pretty much no one seems like they want it to be over, despite the fact that yes, originally Obi-Wan Kenobi was conceived and written as these six standalone episodes to be a one-off miniseries. Here’s showrunner Deborah Chow on the prospect to RadioTimes : “I mean, there are of course more stories that you could tell.

There’s obviously another 10 years before we get to A New Hope and with a character like Obi-Wan Kenobi, I think even just watching him ride across the sand sometimes is interesting. So, who knows? It’s hard to say right now, but it was not the intention. ” Here’s star Ewan McGregor: “I hope it’s not the last time I play him,” he noted.

“I had such a great time doing this, I’m sure we can think of a few more stories before I turn into Alec Guinness, don’t you think?” MORE FOR YOU ‘Demon Slayer’ Season 2 Finally Has An Actual 2021 Release Date Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Not A Sure Thing, Says Director ‘Genshin Impact’ Still Refuses To Increase Anniversary Rewards, Despite Fan Outcry And his co-star, Hayden Christensen: “Well, it was definitely conceived as a standalone story. But I would love to continue with this character. You know, I think there’s certainly more there to explore and I would be so excited to get to do so.

” Obi-Wan Disney That’s the same refrain from everyone, that even if this was supposed to be the end, there are surely more stories to tell. This also joins talk about spin-offs out of Obi-Wan like a Reva series, and Hayden Christensen has talked about the potential of a Darth Vader-focused series where he’d be the man in the suit/bacta tank. But Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2 does seem like it would be the most straightforward.

Of course, there are already other canon stories the remaining ten years between this show and A New Hope, namely the ones that were seen in Star Wars Rebels, which had Obi-Wan re-killing Darth Maul, after he returns. It’s a little hard to imagine that playing out in live action, but who knows. It does seem pretty clear that this Leia kidnap saga will resolve itself next week, as we know that she has to be safely returned to Alderaan and we also know that neither Reva or Darth Vader catch up and kill Obi-Wan and he returns to Tatooine.

Now Luke appears to be in some danger, as Reva has learned about his existence, but again, we know how this ends. But how could they end it to set up another adventure for Ben later? It seems that wasn’t really a consideration when writing, so it would have to be something totally new to take him out of hiding. I’m not sure if “actors want to keep acting as characters” is always enough to keep making more of a series that is already kind of struggling to justify its current existence.

But I also know there are many Star Wars fans who really just want to see McGregor and Christensen doing anything together as Ben and Anakin. In theory, you could just have them act out some of Clone Wars’ best arcs in live action, moving further back in time, I suppose. But who knows.

We probably won’t hear anything one way or the other for a while after the series ends. Follow me on Twitter , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram . Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls .

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