On Sunday, Ewan McGregor won the first Emmy of his career for Halston, the Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix miniseries about the famous designer. And he may have a chance at another Emmy in the future, if Disney’s upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series is as good as he says it is.
Obi-Wan Kenobi sees McGregor return to the role of the Jedi master for the first time since 2005’s Revenge of the Sith. The Star Wars series is set after Revenge but before A New Hope, meaning we’ll check in on Obi-Wan during his exile on Tatooine.
“We finished shooting our series, and it was really, really good fun,” McGregor told the press after his win. “I really enjoyed working with Deborah Chow. I think it will not disappoint. I think it’s gonna be good. I had a really good time making it, and worked with some really wonderful people, lovely people. The new technology we employed doing it is cool, and it was a different experience than making the original three films that I did.”
Deborah Chow directed all six episodes of the Obi-Wan show. She previously directed episodes of The Mandalorian.
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Ewan McGregor talks up the Obi-Wan Kenobi series: “I think it’s gonna be good”
Not only will Obi-Wan Kenobi bring back McGregor in the title role, but it’ll reunite him with Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader! And it’s only one of several Star Wars series on its way to Disney+.
There’s no firm release date for Obi-Wan Kenobi yet, but expect it next year.
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