Ewan McGregor Wants to Spend the 'Rest of His Career' Playing Obi-Wan Kenobi

Ewan McGregor is truly anxious to prime up his lightsaber for different Obi-Wan Kenobi adventure, should Disney springiness him the opportunity.

When speaking with E! News, McGregor was asked astir caller comments stating that determination are a decennary of stories near for Obi-Wan Kenobi and that helium wants to support telling them. He reaffirmed that he's raring to go, but Disney isn't.

"I'm acceptable whenever they are," helium said. "They conscionable look to not beryllium ready, but I'm up for it. At the extremity of the Obi-Wan series, I'm walking disconnected into the desert, I've decided to leave. I've realized I can't support the unit connected Luke. I realized helium has to person his ain childhood, truthful I permission him with Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. And I rotation off... and Qui-Gon's back. And we spell off... but wherever are we going? And past the adjacent clip we find Obi-Wan Kenobi, he's Alec Guinness up successful the mountains.

"What happens betwixt those 2 moments is what I privation to bash and walk the remainder of my vocation doing these stories. Stories, you know, bid oregon movies. We've got plentifulness of time; I've got 10 years earlier I americium Alec Guinesses' age. So travel on, Disney!"

McGregor is, of course, referring to the information that helium played a young mentation of Obi-Wan Kenobi successful the Star Wars prequel films. He was brought backmost a decennary and a fractional aft Revenge of the Sith to reprise the relation successful a mini-series acceptable aft that film, filling successful immoderate of the gaps betwixt the 2 trilogies. However, the doorway was near unfastened for Obi-Wan's return, arsenic determination are inactive years of stories wherever the quality is unaccounted for.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi bid was well-received by critics and attracted precocious viewership connected Disney+. Some were captious of definite aspects of the show, specified arsenic a young Princess Leia and the information that Darth Vader comes look to look with Obi-Wan anterior to A New Hope. However, fans were inactive blessed to spot McGregor backmost successful the relation alongside Hayden Christensen, who returned arsenic Anakin Skywalker/Vader. Disney has pulled backmost a just magnitude connected its abundance of live-action Star Wars shows successful caller years, meaning a 2nd play of the amusement whitethorn beryllium successful doubt.

A movie whitethorn not beryllium retired of the question, but it mightiness beryllium connected the show connected Star Wars: Starfighter adjacent year. The Mandalorian and Grogu was a large flop, particularly fixed it was the archetypal Star Wars movie successful 7 years. If Starfighter besides underperforms, it could make immoderate questions astir the spot of the franchise connected the large surface going forward.

It's wide McGregor wants to archer arsenic galore stories arsenic Obi-Wan arsenic possible. Whether oregon not that accidental arises remains to beryllium seen. The Obi-Wan Kenobi TV bid was initially planned arsenic a trilogy of films, but that program was tossed retired the model erstwhile Disney+ became a precedence for the company. Maybe there's a mode to resurrect that thought now, but it seems wide that thing is happening anytime soon.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.