You may have known ObiWan was originally a spinoff movie. But did you know the initial plan was THREE movies? Says writer Stuart Beattie: '... there's three different evolutions that the character has to make in order to go from Obi-Wan to Ben.'
Before Obi-Wan Kenobi became a television series, it was conceived as a trilogy of films according to the original writer of the project. Obi-Wan Kenobi recently concluded its six-episode run, which saw Ewan McGregor reprise his role as the titular Jedi master. The series was a big hit for Disney+ as it had the biggest premiere of any series on the streaming platform.
Obi-Wan Kenobi originally was set to be a feature film. In 2017 Stephen Daldry was set to direct Obi-Wan Kenobi as a movie with screenwriter Hossein Amini set to pen the script. It was just one of many planned spinoffs based on popular Star Wars characters like a planned Boba Fett film from James Mangold and the then-yet-to-be-released Solo: A Star Wars Story.
"So when I pitched my Obi-Wan story to Lucasfilm, I said, 'There's actually three stories here. Because there's three different evolutions that the character has to make in order to go from Obi-Wan to Ben.' And the first one was the first movie, which was the show, which was, 'Surrender to the will of the Force. Transport your will, surrender your will. Leave the kid alone.' So then, the second [movie] was thinking about where Kenobi ends up.
The news of a trilogy of Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff films is an interesting look at how Lucasfilm intended to expand the Star Wars brand past the Skywalker saga. Had Obi-Wan Kenobi been released as a film, it or the planned Boba Fett movie likely would have intended to be released in 2020 following the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker before the COVID-19 pandemic would have altered those plans.
With how popular Obi-Wan Kenobi has been on Disney+ with audiences, there is a strong chance the planned limited series will return for a second season. No word has been made but McGregor seems to be open to reprising his role and with the reveal of Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn in the final episode it feels like there are more stories to tell.
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