Hello there. It’s no secret that the Star Wars prequels don’t feature the series’ most exciting acting. For a story where politics and talking heads are so central, performances are frequently wooden, and physical flourishes outside of fight scenes are kept to a minimum. That is, except for Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. Despite being firmly planted on the light side, Kenobi is easily the sassiest, most personable character in the cast, his off-hand remarks and frequent one-liners now earning him god status in certain meme communities. It’s no surprise, then, that Disney has recently started work on a new Disney+ show about Kenobi. However, recent news from the set reveals that the show is now apparently facing much of the same behind-the-scenes trouble as The Rise of Skywalker, especially when it comes to scripts.
Fans have been eagerly awaiting the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi show since it was confirmed at last summer’s D23 Disney fan expo. Unfortunately, news on the project since had been light, and in the past few weeks, rumors began popping up about the show potentially being cancelled. Word hit the internet that crew and workers had been sent home, and that sound stages booked for filming the show were being released for other productions. However, according to Vanity Fair, there’s no reason for audiences to get a bad feeling about this quite yet.
“Sources at both Disney and Lucasfilm insisted to Vanity Fair that the Obi-Wan Series remains actively in the works and is not being shelved,” Anthony Breznican wrote on the publication’s site earlier today. “Saying that the delay was due merely to further development of the story and script rewrites.”
Speaking to Variety at a recent fan event for DC’s Birds of Prey movie, Ewan McGregor himself also attempted to downplay concerns, giving more details on the show being delayed rather than cancelled. “I think we start shooting early next year as opposed to summer this year,” McGregor told the outlet. “I think the scripts are great. They’re in really good shape. They want them to be better. I think we keep our same airdate. All good.”
So it seems like the delay is simply on the production side of things, and won’t change the audience experience much. Speaking to Geek.com sister site IGN, McGregor also elaborated that because Episode IX is complete and Disney has more time to focus on scripts, it is simply taking advantage of that opportunity. He also personally vetted the show’s current scripts, saying “I’ve read about eighty, ninety percent of what they’ve written so far, and it’s really, really good.”
New Star Wars is no stranger to script rewrites, so the news isn’t exactly surprising. Further, McGregor himself also attempted to use his acting experience to pull back the curtain and put audiences further at ease, telling IGN that “Instead of shooting this August, they just want to start shooting in January, that’s all. Nothing more dramatic than that. It often happens in projects, they just wanted to push it to next year.”
Director Deborah Chow from The Mandalorian is also still attached to the series, giving it a degree of pedigree, as we’ve already seen how successful that show was in translating live-action Star Wars to the small screen. So while The Rise of Skywalker’s hasty production rework has left some questioning what happened, hopefully Obi-Wan will be able to have more of a happy landing.
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