Ewan McGregor will reprise the role of the Jedi Knight in the new live-action series of starwars called as his character, Obi-Wan Kenobi, which will be released on May 25 by Disney+. After revenge of the siththe third episode of the prequels that premiered in 2005, the actor returns to the role and the first images were revealed today when the magazine Entertainment Weekly released the cover of its latest paper edition.
The streaming service had already published the first official poster of the series and now gave the magazine the honor of showing the first images of the actor and the rest of the cast. In addition to mcgregor What Obi WanEW showed the return of Joel Edgerton as Uncle Owen and a first preview of the villain of the series, Inquisitor Reva, interpreted by Moses Ingram. It is true that they kept the winning card: there are no images of Hayden Christensen What Anakyn Skywalker/Darth Vader.
Below are the images of Ewan McGregor on his return to the skin of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
In a preview of the exclusive interview that EW conducted with Ewan McGregorthe actor spoke about the history of his character in the series: “At the beginning of the story we find Obi-Wan quite broken, without faith, beaten and somewhat delivered”, after the events of Star Wars Episode III. It should be noted that the character will be on Tatooine where he must protect the little Luke Skywalker of the hunt released by the Empire.
In addition, the actor revealed that he will not only be on Tatooine, but will visit other planets such as Daiyu as seen in the following image. “It has an air of Hong Kong,” said Joby Harold, a screenwriter for the series.
As mentioned before, Joel Edgerton He is also back to his Uncle Owen character who he already played in the prequel trilogy of StarWars. In his first images, he looks challenging with who will be the villain of the series played by Moses Ingram. Edgerton, playing Owen and being part of Luke’s adoptive family, is one of the main cast of the series along with McGregor, Ingram and Hayden Christensen.
“They share a common goal on the dark side,” Ingram advanced about his role and relationship with the Grand Inquisitor and Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen), the villains and main force weapons of the Empire at that stage of starwars. Inquisitor Reva It will be the character of Ingram, a rival at the height of Kenobi, sensitive to the Force and a Jedi hunter of a still unknown power. About her character, the actress assured: “Everything is heart.”
Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi will arrive at Disney + on May 25 with the protagonist of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensenwho will see their faces again as Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, but will also have the return of Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa, the adoptive father of Princess Leia and Joel Edgerton like Uncle Owen.
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