Ewan McGregor’s uncle tried to persuade the actor not to sign up for Star Wars, because he didn’t have a great experience in the first three movies.
24.01.2020 - 05:26 / deadline.com
By Geoff Boucher
Genre Editor
Maybe the plot felt too forced? Specifics are elusive but the high-luster Obi-Wan Kenobi revival for Disney+ has been paused for a reshuffling of the creative team. Hossein Amini is no longer attached to write.and the show will go back to the drawing board and wait for a new hope to emerge for a show that has a star in Ewan McGregor but no clear battle plans.
The same day that Star Trek fan-favorite Patrick Stewart returned to active duty in a beloved
Ewan McGregor’s uncle tried to persuade the actor not to sign up for Star Wars, because he didn’t have a great experience in the first three movies.
Ewan McGregor’s uncle tried to persuade the actor not to sign up for Star Wars, because he didn’t have a great experience in the first three movies.
One of the highlights of the D23 Expo in 2019, which had every Star Wars fan screaming with sheer delight, was the revelation of Ewan McGregor reviving the beloved prequel character, Obi-Wan Kenobi for an upcoming Disney+ series.
"The priority in the next few years is television"
You're about to see one of Star Trek's most formidable villains in an entirely new light. Star Trek: Picard, which is now streaming on CBS All Access, will feature the return of the Borg, the hive-minded cyborgs who terrorized the galaxy by forcing other species into assimilation under the guise of achieving absolute perfection. These menacing foes, who briefly added Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) to their Collective in Star Trek: The Next Generation, will take on a different role in Picard.
You're about to see one of Star Trek's most formidable villains in an entirely new light. Star Trek: Picard, which is now streaming on CBS All Access, will feature the return of the Borg, the hive-minded cyborgs who terrorized the galaxy by forcing other species into assimilation under the guise of achieving absolute perfection. These menacing foes, who briefly added Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) to their Collective in Star Trek: The Next Generation, will take on a different role in Picard.
Star Trek: Picard is not Star Trek: The Next Generation, nor does it need to be. The CBS All Access series, which is now streaming, stands on its own as a thoughtful continuation of Picard's (Sir Patrick Stewart) journey, faithfully honoring the past while also pushing the iconic character in a bold new direction.
The issues on Disney Plus’ Obi-Wan Kenobi series are either a minor stumble or a portent of trouble ahead, depending on who you ask.
Ewan McGregor has insisted that reports of his Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series being put on “indefinite” hold are “not as dramatic” as they may seem.
In what came as sad news for Star Wars fans, rumours were rife that the upcoming Obi-Wan Kanobi Disney+ series has become the victim of an indefinite delay due to writer Hossein Amini's exit from the series. There was also the fact that the scripts were apparently not up the mark and had to be rewritten, which would shorten the series from six episodes to four episodes. However, Ewan McGregor, who immortalised Obi-Wan and is an integral part of the Star Wars franchise, debunked these reports.
You'll have to wait a little longer for more Ewan McGregor
Shooting of Disney Plus’s Obi-Wan Kenobi has been pushed to next year following the news that show’s writer is being replaced.
Don't worry, fans, the Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan Kenobi series is still the Disney+ show you're looking for.
Despite the success of it seems that the Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan Kenobi series will need some more work before it's ready to be the series that Disney+ is looking for.
Pre-production on the Obi-Wan Kenobi-focused TV series in the works at Disney Plus has been put on hold as the streamer and Lucasfilm look to overhaul early scripts and find new writers, sources tell Variety.