Ewan McGregor Has Pitched a Star Wars Return Where Obi-Wan Kenobi Hunts for Yoda

Obi-Wan Kenobi histrion Ewan McGregor has pitched a caller Star Wars communicative thought for his legendary Jedi.

McGregor was past seen successful the robes of Obi-Wan Kenobi successful the character's so-so Disney+ spinoff series, which saw him reprise the relation helium portrayed passim the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Since then, McGregor has repeatedly expressed involvement successful further Obi-Wan Kenobi stories, and has present revealed that he's personally pitched Lucasfilm president and main originative serviceman Dave Filoni connected a caller post-Episode 3 idea.

Speaking to Variety, McGregor said he'd suggested a caller communicative wherever Kenobi goes hunting for Yoda, who we cognize goes into hiding post-Clone Wars and yet settles down successful his swamp connected Dagobah. Exactly what much we request to cognize astir each this, I'm not sure, but McGregor sounds beauteous excited.

"I said there's got to beryllium something," McGregor explained of his "very casual" chat with Filoni. "Because Yoda's determination else. After the extremity of Episode 3, erstwhile we each spell to the 4 oregon 5 corners of the postulation — oregon nevertheless galore corners it's got! — I won't person been successful interaction with him. But he's retired there. So I deliberation determination could beryllium a communicative determination wherever I'm trying to scope retired to him."

Viewers past saw McGregor's Kenobi settling down successful a cave connected Tatooine, acceptable for a catchup with the Force shade of Qui-Gon Jinn and an eventual handover to Alec Guinness. Perhaps Liam Neeson could besides beryllium tempted backmost for immoderate swamp clip with Yoda earlier then? Alas, there's nary proposition that Filoni volition instrumentality up McGregor's proposition and determination it forward.

McGregor has, astatine least, accepted the information that it's precise improbable helium volition beryllium fixed a romance with Hera, the quality from Star Wars Rebels and Ahsoka played successful live-action by his woman Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

"I got precise excited erstwhile Mary started moving connected Ahsoka," McGregor said. "I thought, possibly this is the large emotion communicative — Obi-Wan and Hera." Subsequently, however, McGregor said helium had acknowledged that the characters were present "in antithetic clip frames."

Will McGregor ever get his privation to play Obi-Wan Kenobi again? While anything's possible, Disney appears to person notably scaled backmost its accumulation of live-action Disney+ Star Wars series. Following the merchandise of Ahsoka Season 2, nary further projects are presently known to beryllium successful production.

Image credit: Emma McIntyre/FilmMagic.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social