With their global press tour ongoing, it’s been made abundantly clear that both Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor are excited to return to their signature roles. While Hayden was unable to make the press conference, McGregor made it clear just what a return to the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general means to him.
LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 12: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white) Ewan McGregor attends the photocall for the new Disney+ limited series “Obi Wan Kenobi” at the Corinthia Hotel on May 12, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney) Obi-Wan Kenobi will be exclusively available on Disney+ from May 27.
EM: “Yeah, it means a lot. It means a lot, actually. Because it was one of the difficult things about being in the prequels was that they were, you know, when they came out, they were not — it didn’t seemingly well received because there was no social media. There was no sort of direct avenue to the fans at the time. And also, the fans were kids, you know.
We made those films for — when I was — when the first film came out, A New Hope, I must have — I was born in ’71. So, I think I was six or seven when it came out. And I’ll never forget that feeling and how my relationship with Star Wars, all those original first three films. I mean that’s one of the crazy things about being in Star Wars now at all is that I’m in it, you know, having been that little kid, you know. And so, once those kids who were my age, when the prequels came out, grew up a bit and I was able to meet them and I started hearing that people really liked them and have a, you know, they couldn’t understand why I thought that they weren’t liked when they came out, you know. It meant a lot to me, so it’s really — I’m sure it’s one of the reasons we’re all sit– you know, why I wanted to do this again was because of that.
It’s nice to — the Star Wars fans are amazingly passionate and they’re probably some of the strongest fans in the world, you know, for anything. And so, to be able to give them something like this. To make a series, the OBI-WAN series, which it seems that there’s been a hunger for, for some long time. And to be able to, like, give that to them now next week is really exciting.”
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart.
He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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With their global press tour ongoing, it’s been made abundantly clear that both Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor are excited to return to their signature roles. While Hayden was unable to make the press conference, McGregor made it clear just what a return to the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general means to him.
LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 12: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white) Ewan McGregor attends the photocall for the new Disney+ limited series “Obi Wan Kenobi” at the Corinthia Hotel on May 12, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney) Obi-Wan Kenobi will be exclusively available on Disney+ from May 27.
EM: “Yeah, it means a lot. It means a lot, actually. Because it was one of the difficult things about being in the prequels was that they were, you know, when they came out, they were not — it didn’t seemingly well received because there was no social media. There was no sort of direct avenue to the fans at the time. And also, the fans were kids, you know.
We made those films for — when I was — when the first film came out, A New Hope, I must have — I was born in ’71. So, I think I was six or seven when it came out. And I’ll never forget that feeling and how my relationship with Star Wars, all those original first three films. I mean that’s one of the crazy things about being in Star Wars now at all is that I’m in it, you know, having been that little kid, you know. And so, once those kids who were my age, when the prequels came out, grew up a bit and I was able to meet them and I started hearing that people really liked them and have a, you know, they couldn’t understand why I thought that they weren’t liked when they came out, you know. It meant a lot to me, so it’s really — I’m sure it’s one of the reasons we’re all sit– you know, why I wanted to do this again was because of that.
It’s nice to — the Star Wars fans are amazingly passionate and they’re probably some of the strongest fans in the world, you know, for anything. And so, to be able to give them something like this. To make a series, the OBI-WAN series, which it seems that there’s been a hunger for, for some long time. And to be able to, like, give that to them now next week is really exciting.”
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart.
He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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