Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor, and Moses Ingram break down the making of the new 'Star Wars' series ObiWanKenobi.
The Disney+ and Lucasfilm original limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi begins 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and takes a journey with the warrior hero from the prequels, on his path to becoming the Jedi Master from the original trilogy. Having seen his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker , turn to the dark side and become the evil Darth Vader affected Obi-Wan both psychologically and spiritually, and this now broken man in hiding must find his faith again.
And then, Disney just asked me to come in one day for a meeting because they kept seeing on social media that I was saying that I would like to play Obi-Wan Kenobi again. It looked like I was touting for work at Disney’s door like, “Could you cast me? “ So, they got me in and asked me if I meant it and I said, “Yeah, I would love to play him again. I think there’s got to be a good story between Episode III and Episode IV.
Ewan, the affection and fondness for the prequels has really grown, over the years. What’s that been like for you? How was it to revisit those films while making this story? Was it a fun challenge for you to play different versions of this character, at different points in his life? McGREGOR: We did a lot of lightsaber drills with Jojo and his team. It’s something that you have to work on. It’s not there, right away. There were two things I had to work on, which was [the lightsaber training] and his voice. Deb and I did a casting for two roles in this series that we wanted. We did screen tests with different actors for those roles, and that was the first thing I did as Obi-Wan again, since 2003.
CHOW: I started using that technology, stagecraft, on The Mandalorian, so I was actually incredibly excited to be able to use it on Kenobi as well. The tech has advanced so much. Every passing year, there are advances. So, by the time we came to do Kenobi, there were already things that we could do, that we couldn’t do in first season of The Mandalorian. It was also really exciting to be able to design and to develop material knowing that I was going to shoot stagecraft.
INGRAM: The costume was already made, but her hair was different, in the initial envisioning of the character. It was just something that my hair didn’t do naturally, and Deb was so great about hearing me out on that. That’s how we ended up with the braids. It was really important for me to do what my hair does. The hair was a big deal. Growing up and watching certain things with my brothers, I would hear, “You’re not strong enough. It’s for boys.
Deborah, how did you figure out the right tone for this story? What were some of your goal posts or things that you were thinking about?
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