Disney has announced that Deborah Chow will direct its live-action Obi-Wan Kenobi series, set to air exclusively on Disney+ sometime in next couple of years.
Chow recently directed two episodes of The Mandalorian, Disney first live-action Star Wars show. That one’s dropping in November when Disney+ goes live. Chow has also directed episodes of Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Better Call Saul and American Gods.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 29: Deborah Chow poses in the press room at the 50th NAACP Image Awards Non-Televised Dinner at Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 29, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rachel Luna/Getty Images)
“We really wanted to select a director who is able to explore both the quiet determination and rich mystique of Obi-Wan in a way that folds seamlessly into the Star Wars saga,” said Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. “Based on her phenomenal work developing our characters in The Mandalorian, I’m absolutely confident Deborah is the right director to tell this story.”
Ewan McGregor is reprising the role of Obi-Wan in a story that set eight years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. That’s really all we know about the series. Extrapolating from what we learned in Star Wars: A New Hope, Obi-Wan stayed on Tatooine to keep a watchful eye on the young Luke Skywalker. Will little Luke make a cameo appearance? Or maybe Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen?
Chow and McGregor will also serve as executive producers on the show, along with Kathleen Kennedy and John Swartz (Rogue One). Obi-Wan: Middle-Aged Sand Man (until Disney reveals an official title we’re free to make stuff up) will be written by Hossein Amini (The Alienist).
As far as what the story could potentially be about, one need only look to an episode of the animated Star Wars Rebels for clues.
With Ray Park reprising the role of Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story, it would be neat to see these two rivals face each other again, before the final fight in the video above. Star Wars Rebels takes place 14 years after Revenge of the Sith, so there are about six years unaccounted for that could make for a solid series.
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