Ewan McGregor predicts he’ll be back as Obi-Wan Kenobi some day
No one ever really leaves the galaxy far, far away. Liam Neeson’s Qui-Gon Jinn was the first character (chronologically) to master the art of a spiritual return from the grave (a spectacle known to fans as becoming a “Force ghost”) and the estate of Peter Cushing was the first to allow his character, Grand Moff Tarkin, to reappear thanks to creepy computer imaging in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” So, between the two, you can rest assured that as long as there will never be star peace, we’ll see Ewen McGregor back as Obi-Wan Kenobi is some kind of “Star Wars” project.
The Scottish actor spoke about his Jedi Knight character in a recent interview while promoting “A Gentleman in Moscow,” joking about how he’s had to keep appearances under wraps to preserve the surprise by intentionally obfuscating the truth. But this time, he swears, he currently has no plans to reprise the role.
But! The 53-year-old isn’t just ready, willing, and able to get back into his robes, he’s sure it’ll eventually happen. “I hope we get a chance to do another one and I’m sure we will. I’m pretty sure, you know, I’ve got a few years yet before I’m the same age as Alec Guinness was in ‘A New Hope,’” he said. “There’s time to tell more stories in there,” he added.
McGregor, who was nominated as a producer for an Best Limited or Anthology Series Emmy for “Obi-Wan Kenobi” last year (losing to “Beef”), was first cast in the role for George Lucas’s first “Star Wars” prequel “The Phantom Menace” in 1999. He followed up with two films, gave a voice cameo in J.J. Abrams’s “The Force Awakens” in 2015, then starred in the six-part series that was released in 2022.
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