OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES. After a few days of rumors, the release date of the Obi Wan Kenobi series has just been made official by Lucasfilm. Here’s when we can discover it on Disney +.
[Mis à jour le 10 février 2022 à 9h20] It was not until the publication of several rumors that Lucasfilm decided to formalize the release date of its limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Through its official social media accounts, the studio announced on the evening of February 9 that the upcoming series Star Wars would land on Disney + from May 25, 2022. The opportunity for fans to find Ewan McGregor in the role of the Jedi Master trainer of both Anakin and Luke Skywalker. To top it off, Lucasfilm also revealed a first-ever official poster for its Obi-Wan Kenobi series. We find there Ewan McGregor, two Suns in the back, walking in the sands of a desert planet which, without a doubt, is none other than Tatooine. Discover it without delay below.
While Lucasfilm is taking the time to prepare for the return of Star Wars to the cinema, it has been on the small screen that the saga has been developing in recent years. On Disney++, the success of The Mandalorian has given ideas to the studio which has announced a host of spin-offs and other projects in the galaxy far, far away. Among the most anticipated projects, an Obi-Wan Kenobi series promises the return of Ewan McGregor as the Jedi Master as well as Hayden Christensen as his fallen apprentice, Anakin Skywalker. The series is set to take place ten years after Revenge of the Sith and will be directed by Deborah Chow, who previously directed two episodes of Season 1 of The Mandalorian.
Long rumored, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series was made official on August 24, 2019 during the D23 Expo with the announcement of the return of Ewan McGregor in the title role. In December 2020, Lucasfilm confirmed that Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prelogy, would be in the series in the role of the Chosen of the Force become Darth Vader. At the end of March 2021, the production studio announced the start of filming for the series for the month of April as well as its cast. After the publication of some rumors about a broadcast in May 2022 on Disney+, Lucasfilm made the news official: it’s the May 25 that the Obi Wan Kenobi series will be broadcast on Disney+.
Which actors in the casting of the Obi Wan Kenobi series?
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series foresees the return of Ewan McGregor in the role of the Jedi master but also of Hayden Christensen who played the role of Anakin Skywalker who became Darth Vader at the end of the Star Wars prelogy. Other actors were announced for the casting of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series on March 29, 2021. We will notably find Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Gatsby the Magnificent) as well as Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, The Eternals). A star of the Game of Thrones series, Indira Varma (Ellaria Sand), will also be present in the credits of the Obi Wan Kenobi series.
- Ewan McGregor: Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Hayden Christensen: Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader
- Moses Ingram
- Joel Edgerton
- Bonnie Piesse
- Kumail Nanjiani
- Indira Varma
- Rupert Friend
- O’Seah Jackson Jr.
- Sung Kang
- Simone Kessell
- Benny Safdie