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The Master Plan
Ewan McGregor on returning to the role of a lifetime in Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi contemplates getting some carpet.
Luke’s uncle Owen is played by Joel Edgerton.
Stormtroopers need to be walked twice daily.
“How about… E4?” “You’ve sunk my batteship!”
Obi-Wan Kenobi is on Disney+ now.
Obi-Wan Kenobi didn’t have his own signature music until John Williams composed a theme for the TV show.
PERHAPS APPROPRIATELY FOR A FRANCHISE IN WHICH destiny is a way of life, Ewan McGregor’s return to a galaxy far, far away feels like it could have been written in the stars. While an Obi-Wan Kenobi comeback tour seemed highly unlikely when he settled down to a life of exile at the close of George Lucas’s prequel trilogy, it turned out that fate, the universe and – perhaps most importantly – Disney+ had other ideas.