Mark Hamill was originally supposed to be the evil Luke Skywalker in Obi-Wan

In the past few days, some information has leaked out about Obi-Wan Kenobi’s original plans, starting with efforts to build a Star Wars trilogy of its own the broken Jedi to shoot, up to the death of villain Reva. So far we’ve only scratched the surface.

As it turns out, screenwriter Stuart Beattie wrote down a lot of ideas for the screenplays of his movies that didn’t make it into the Disney+ series. In an interview with The Direct he admits more exciting insights into the alternate film version of Obi-Wan Kenobi that we’ll never see.

Alternate Obi-Wan Kenobi plans: digitally rejuvenated Mark Hamill and an evil Luke Skywalker

One scene in particular sounds incredible where Obi-Wan is killed by a Vision of power on the planet Mustafar transported to the place where he left Anakin Skywalker at the end of Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith. However, it would not have appeared to him the father, but the son: a 19-year-old Luke Skywalker.

[Obi-Wan] sees a man in a dark cloak and wielding a red lightsaber. He says, ‘Anakin, Anakin, Anakin!’ However, when the caped man approaches and raises his lightsaber, we see that it is Luke. Mark Hamill, 19. Luke attacks and the two have a lightsaber fightthe [die Höhlenszene aus] The Empire Strikes Back reflects. Luke nearly kills Obi-Wan, but then Obi-Wan is snapped out of his vision.

Apparently, long before The Mandalorian Season 2 finale, the idea existed at Lucasfilm to have Mark Hamill as digitally rejuvenated Luke Skywalker bring back to the Star Wars universe.

The vision shows the future: If Obi-Wan trains Luke and puts all his guilt on him, then he will Turn Luke to the dark side of the Force. That’s one of those moments where Obi-Wan realizes, ‘I have to let this go because that’s the future I’m walking towards right now. Luke will become a Sith who wants to kill me on Mustafar.’ I thought the idea was fantastic [den 19-jährigen] Bringing Luke back… and that was before The Mandalorian. We would have been the first to do that [einen digital verjüngten Mark Hamill] would have shown.

Also associated with this scene was a religious group who believed in a deity that would have turned out to be the power in the process. Obi-Wan’s struggle with the Force, meanwhile, would have been inspired by Superman II, in which Superman lost his powers, but nobody knows about it except himself.

Canceled Star Wars Returns: Commander Cody and a Morbid Trip to the Sarlacc Pit

Beattie reveals another returnee that would have been an important part of his Kenobi trilogy: Commander Cody. The clone trooper, portrayed by Temuera Morrison, first appeared in Revenge of the Sith and later appeared in The Clone Wars animated series. He would have discovered Obi-Wan on Tatooine.

A scene was planned in which Cody tracks down Obi-Wan in the streets and pushes him into his back alley. Expectations were deliberately played with here. Last but not least, it was Cody who, in the course of Order 66, Opened fire on Obi-Wan Has. However, in the Kenobi trilogy, he would have revealed himself as an unexpected protector.

All of a sudden you’re like, ‘Oh, Cody walked away from the person who tried to kill Obi-Wan the last time we saw them. Now he’s trying to protect him. In the meantime the Biochip removed from his head and he questioned his actions: ‘Oh my God, what have I done?’ Like Obi-Wan, he is driven by guilt. They are two old warriors fighting like an old married couple.

In Beattie’s version, Cody would have babysat young Luke once Obi-Wan left the planet. In addition, the character would have been pursued by another personal conflict: as the clone warshe ages twice as fast like everyone around him. An expedition to the Sarlacc pit would have provided a distraction.

Cody was with Owen and there were some bounty hunters who spotted Obi-Wan… they had to get rid of the bodies somehow. And what do you do with dead bodies on Tatooine that you want to get rid of? Oh well, one visits the local Sarlacc mine. […] As they dump the bodies in the Sarlacc, a speeder comes by. They draw their guns and are spotted by the other people. [Die zwei Partien] staring at each other, ‘Are we all going to kill each other now?’ But then the others simply open their trunk and a couple of Stormtroopers come out, which they also throw in the Sarlacc.

Beattie would have taken the joke even further. The next speeder should have one drunk Jawa bring to the scene who wanted to get rid of a giant alien in the pit. At least one Jawa encounter made it into the Obi-Wan series as well. Meanwhile, we saw the Sarlacc in The Book by Boba Fett.

A reunion with Cody is still not off the table. Should Lucasfilm pronounce an extension, it is quite possible that the clone trooper will stop by in Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2. Until then, we’ll have to deal with that brief cameo by Temeura Morrison settle for the second episode.

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