for a Disney+ Series, big question mark?

Hello there.

Let's take a little ride back to 2012, shall we?

The last "Star Wars" movie that had come out

was 2005s "Revenge of the Sith".

"Somebody That I Used to Know" was number one in America

and Disney had just purchased Lucasfilm

for a mind-blowing amount of dollars

announcing that they'd be making

a whole new slate of "Star Wars" films.

It's also the exact moment

that every single "Star Wars" fan realized

that they might be seeing the cinematic return

of a certain Jedi master

who sees things from a certain point of view.

- A certain point of view?

- That's right, ever since Lucasfilm

became the property of the house of the mouse,

fans have wanted,

nay, demanded to know when they'll see Obi-Wan Kenobi

back on the big screen.

- Hello, there!

- And while rumors have been swirling for months now

about when we would see an old Ben again

either in his own standalone movie,

- Hello, there.

- Or as an appearance as a Force Ghost,

this week some new info has come to light

about the wizard/crazy old man finally getting his due.

So what are these new details?

I hear you asking through your computers.

Well, according to the site Cinelinx,

Ewan McGregor has apparently signed on

to reprise his role as the Jedi Knight

turned desert baby-sitter.

And reportedly, he will be getting his own series

for Disney+.

Yes!

I'm so excited about this! (laughs)

Now this isn't exactly surprising though.

Fans may remember that there have been whispers

of Ewan McGregor making a cameo

in "The Last Jedi" as a Force Ghost.

And while "Star Wars" ended up going with Yoda instead,

the question of when we would see Kenobi next

still lingered.

And of course, when "The Rise of Skywalker"

went into production,

the rumor mill went full steam ahead.

This time saying that we would see Kenobi

in the last installment of the Skywalker Saga.

- [Announcer] No one's ever really gone.

- While we will still have to wait

to see if the latter ends up happening,

we think the likelihood

of the Obi-Wan Kenobi's Disney+ series being legitimate,

is pretty high.

Of course, as like all rumors,

we do encourage you to take this

with a crate sized grain of salt.

- (spits) Salt.

- (giggles)

Keeping everything in mind,

we think that it would make sense for Disney+

to facilitate an Obi-Wan story.

We're just not even being subtle here.

We want this to happen.

Disney, I know you watch this so,

- Do it!

- (inhales)

Was that threatening enough?

From what we know and from what we've seen

with "The Mandalorian",

this show seems to have an extremely high production value.

So with the amount of money

and prestige products being dumped into Disney+,

I mean, already we have "Loki", "Wanda Vision",

"The Lady and the Tramp" et cetera, et cetera,

adding an Obi-Wan series might just be

the perfect force push to get on-the-fence fans to sign up.

Let's be real here.

Not one person has needed convincing.

But if you did, there it is.

Well, there has a renaissance of late for "Star Wars"

"Episodes I-III" mainly due to the popularity

of prequel memes.

- Ironic.

- Those films are still considered pretty devisive

among "Star Wars" fans.

However, one things all fans seem to agree on

is that Ewan as Obi-Wan was the best part of those movies

and seeing him reprise the roll

would make most "Star Wars" fans young and old

absolutely sign on.

So, what could an Obi-Wan series look like?

Well, there are a lot of options for Disney to pull from.

Enough time has passed

for Ewan McGregor to play a bit of an older Obi-Wan

possibly living as a hermit on Tatooine

as he watches over Luke for those 19 years

when he goes from Ewan to Alec Guinness.

What happened?

I would like to know!

You obviously saw some (beep)!

There's a lot of scum and old villainy happening there.

We saw a glimpse of that in the recent Marvel Comics

but I'd like to see it brought to life.

Honestly, we'd actually like to see

sort of an exiled Obi-Wan solving crimes on Tatooine.

I mean, we did see his detective experience

in "Attack of the Clones"

and this could be a cool expansion on those skills.

- Yep.

- Or there could be a bounty hunter

attempting to track down baby Luke

and get his location back to Darth Vader

and Obi-Wan has to stop him.

Sign me up, please!

Another thing that we know about Obi-Wan

from the end of "Revenge of the Sith"

is that he shouldn't have taken the higher ground!

(intense music) (lightsaber whooshes)

You we're the chosen one!

Is that he was planning on learning how to communicate

with his former master Qui-gon Jinn per Yoda.

Now, while it's not likely

that we'll see Liam Neeson appear in an Obi-Wan series,

it would be pretty cool to show Obi-Wan exploring the force

in new and deeper ways

becoming more powerful than we could possibly imagine.

And to be fair, Liam did lend his voice to "Clone Wars"

so you just never know, eh?

These fingers are crossed.

Look, in any case this is all just speculation for now

while D23 is around the corner

and would be the prime moment

to announce a new Obi-Wan series,

we're just gonna have to wait

until this news is officially confirmed

by "Star Wars" before we know for sure

because for now the official word

that we got coming out of the "Star Wars" camp

is that it's all just a rumor for now.

Nothing to report on

until starwars.com reports any news.

You will go about your day (giggles).

- Move along.

- So there you have it but what do you freaks think?

I'd love to know!

Would you be down for an Obi-Wan Disney+ series?

Ha, ha, kidding, I'm not even asking.

Of course you do.

Would you prefer a movie, though?

And do you think Obi-Wan realized

that when he said, "Only a Sith deals in absolutes",

he was, too, dealing in only absolutes?

- Ironic.

And when Yoda said, "Do or do not, there is no try,"

that is absolutes as well so secretly they're all Sith?

- Ironic.

- Humph, yeah, that's what's up.

Let's discuss!

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