A new picture ofEwan McGregor sporting a beardand looking very much likeObi-Wan Kenobitook the internet by storm over the weekend, leading many to speculate about whether or not the actor was going to return to theStar Warsuniverse in the near future. Ewan McGregor spoke to the press after winning a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a limited TV series inFargoand shared his thoughts about his future as the Jedi Master. It was announced that theObi-Wan Kenobispin-off movie is in the works with Stephen Daldry in talks to direct, which has led to a lot of talk of the return of Ewan McGregor.
Talks of Ewan McGregor’s return to theStar Warsuniverse really started to heat up whenThe Force Awakenscame out in 2015 when rumors started to circulate about the addition to Force Ghosts in the new trilogy.Ewan McGregorobviously didn’t show up inThe Force Awakens(well, except for his voice in Rey’s vision) orThe Last Jedi, but the actor has always stated that he would be interested in playing the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi again if the chance ever came up again. Now that a spin-off movie for the character is in development, those rumors have hit fever pitch.
In a new interview with press afterwinning a Golden Globe for FargoEwan McGregor was asked about his involvement in theObi-Wanspin-off movie to which he replied that there have been no talks between him and Lucasfilm. McGregor stated that there has only been unofficial talk and that he claims to know about as much about the situation as we all do, which either means he’s bluffing or there really have not been any official talks. However, McGregor said that he would love to return to playObi-Wan Kenobi, so let’s hope that some official talks start soon. McGregor had this to say.
“There’s a lot of talk, I’d be happy to play him again, but I don’t know any more about it than you do.”
While claiming to not know anything about theObi-Wanmovie, Ewan McGregor mentioned that he saw Rian Johnson’sThe Last Jediand that he really liked it, calling it “beautiful.” There were a lot of rumors surrounding McGregor’s return as aForce Ghostin the movie since it had been leaked that Yoda was going to make a return to the big screen. Obviously, Obi-Wan did not show up inThe Last Jedi, so now the rumors are getting shifted toJ.J. Abrams' Star Wars 9, which could happen.
Ewan McGregor claims that he has not been approached to playObi-Wan Kenobiin the upcoming spin-off movie, but that doesn’t mean that it won’t happen. McGregor is still young enough to realistically pull off a young version of the Jedi Master and the fans are clamoring for it, even more so than theHan Solospin-off, which comes out in May. It seems that we’re going to have to sit and wait with Ewan McGregor to see if and when he returns asObi-Wan Kenobi. In the meantime, you can check out the video interview with Ewan McGregor discussing Obi-Wan below, courtesy ofVariety’s YouTubechannel.
