Followers React To Ewan McGregor’s Return As Obi-Wan In Disney Plus Sequence
After years of hypothesis and rumors, final night time it was lastly confirmed final night time that Ewan McGregor shall be returning to the Star Wars franchise to reprise the function of Obi-Wan Kenobi. An Obi-Wan spinoff of some description has been within the works for a very long time, and as not too long ago as final yr Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry was creating the mission as one of many anthology films, earlier than the failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story compelled Disney and Lucasfilm to rethink their huge display technique.
The announcement additionally revealed that the Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff shall be a restricted sequence unique to Disney Plus, marking the third Star Wars present headed to the upcoming streaming platform after Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian and the currently-untitled Rogue One prequel following Cassian Andor. With the studio internet hosting their D23 Expo subsequent weekend, it appears seemingly that we’ll get loads of new details about the present, and McGregor might even seem in individual. Till then, followers have been posting their very own reactions to the information on social media:
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— R33D (@iReedifer) August 16, 2019
A sequence! With Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan!!! I am so friggin comfortable!!!! pic.twitter.com/ZuA2MrfAsl
— Liz (@girlgeeking) August 16, 2019
me after each episode of the obi-wan present pic.twitter.com/2jk0gH4Qox
— Alex (@DrWarioMD) August 16, 2019
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Disney are already creating a large quantity of thrilling new content material for his or her soon-to-debut service at nice expense, and an Obi-Wan Kenobi restricted sequence creates each pleasure within the fan group and generates large buzz as a cause for folks to subscribe to Disney Plus. The solid, crew and price range behind The Mandalorian has proven that the Mouse Home aren’t afraid to throw their appreciable weight behind a small-screen Star Wars mission, and Obi-Wan shall be a equally excessive precedence.
Regardless of the criticism aimed within the common course of George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels, McGregor’s model of Obi-Wan Kenobi has at all times remained one thing of a fan-favorite, and the actor himself hasn’t been shy in saying in interviews through the years that he would welcome the prospect to play the character once more. The 48 year-old has lastly gotten his want, and will have discovered the very best platform on which to do it.
