‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’: Trailer, Liberate Date, Plot and The entirety to Know In regards to the Superstar Wars Display

We have already taken a go back and forth to Tatooine in Disney Plus Superstar Wars display The Ebook of Boba Fett, however it may not be our handiest seek advice from to the wilderness planet in 2022. Exiled Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi is getting his personal collection on Might 25, with Ewan McGregor returning to the function he performed within the prequel trilogy. The first trailer for the Obi-Wan display dropped previous this month.

Disney and Lucasfilm introduced the collection again on the 2019 D23 Match. Listed here are the entire main points we’ve got realized since.

When is Obi-Wan Kenobi out on Disney Plus?

The collection will kick off on Wednesday, Might 25, Disney printed. That is the forty fifth anniversary of the unique Superstar Wars (aka A New Hope), the film by which Obi-Wan made his debut. 

It is going to run for 6 episodes, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter. Disney Plus typically drops episodes on a weekly foundation, not like the full-season drop means Netflix takes for its displays.

Is there a trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Yep, the primary trailer and imagery dropped in early March.

When within the Superstar Wars timeline is it set?

It is going to happen 10 years after Revenge of the Sith and 9 years sooner than A New Hope, in an technology after the Jedi Order has been all however burnt up.

Who is Obi-Wan Kenobi?

For those who truly have no idea, you will have to watch a couple of Superstar Wars motion pictures. The short model: Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Jedi grasp who first seemed on display screen in 1977’s A New Hope, performed by way of Alec Guinness. This film noticed him serving to younger Luke Skywalker take his first steps into the bigger international of the Power. Later in that film, Obi-Wan used to be struck down by way of his former apprentice Darth Vader, who used to be in the end printed to be Anakin Skywalker, Luke’s father and a Jedi became to the Darkish Aspect.

In spite of his demise, Obi-Wan returned as a spirit (a Power ghost, in Superstar Wars-speak) to steer Luke in The Empire Moves Again and Go back of the Jedi. He even gave Rey somewhat assist in The Power Awakens and The Upward thrust of Skywalker.

The prequel trilogy, which kicked off with The Phantom Threat in 1999, introduced in McGregor as a more youthful Obi-Wan and offered us to his grasp Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). Qui-Gon came upon Anakin at the wilderness planet Tatooine, however used to be slain by way of Darth Maul, and the duty of coaching the boy fell to Obi-Wan. 

Anakin succumbed to the Darkish Aspect in Revenge of the Sith and become Darth Vader, then helped Emperor Palpatine wipe out the Jedi as they established the Galactic Empire. Obi-Wan survived and fled to Tatooine with Luke, the son Anakin did not know he had, whilst Luke’s dual sister, Leia, went to dwell with the royal circle of relatives of Alderaan.

Forged: Who is in Obi-Wan Kenobi?

With the exception of McGregor returning as Obi-Wan, Hayden Christensen — who performed Anakin in Assault of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith — will go back as Vader.

“It used to be such a fantastic adventure enjoying Anakin Skywalker,” Christensen stated of coming again to the function. “In fact, Anakin and Obi-Wan were not at the largest of phrases after we closing noticed them… It is going to be attention-grabbing to peer what an excellent director like Deborah Chow has in retailer for us all. I am excited to paintings with Ewan once more. It feels just right to be again.”

Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse will go back as Owen and Beru Lars — higher referred to as Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. At this level within the timeline, they are elevating Luke a ways clear of now-evil dad Darth Vader. We additionally see any individual new enjoying a tender Luke within the trailer.

The trailer displays Moses Ingram as Jedi-hunting Imperial Inquisitor Reva and what looks as if Rupert Pal because the Grand Inquisitor, and it seems that that Sung Kang is enjoying the 5th Brother. The Darkish Aspect-wielding Inquisitors have been up to now noticed in CGI animated collection Rebels and online game Jedi: Fallen Order — their fort from the tip of the sport seems within the trailer too. 

Reva is a brand new personality, however the Grand Inquisitor and 5th Brother up to now seemed within the CGI animated collection Rebels. Indira Varma, whom you could take into account enjoying Ellaria Sand in Recreation of Thrones, is noticed as an Imperial officer.

Becoming a member of them are Kumail Nanjiani, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.

None of them has up to now been in Superstar Wars, and Nanjiani instructed USA Nowadays in November that his revel in at the display used to be “completely superb.”

“When you find yourself on set, it’s a must to put from your head that you are in Superstar Wars, which may be very arduous to do as it truly looks as if you are in Superstar Wars. I am dressed like I am in Superstar Wars,” he stated. “The fellow who I am speaking to appears so much like Obi-Wan Kenobi. It used to be my first process outdoor of quarantine: I were given vaccinated, went proper to set and truthfully had the most efficient 3 months.”

In April 2021, Selection reported that Maya Erskine (noticed in Hulu comedy PEN15) has been solid within the display. Her function is unknown.

There may be one different actor who’ll nearly indubitably display up, as instructed close to the tip of Revenge of the Sith.

“On your solitude on Tatooine, coaching I’ve for you. An previous pal has realized the trail to immortality — one that has returned from the netherworld at the Power. Your previous grasp,” stated Yoda as he and Obi-Wan move into exile. “Find out how to commune with him, I will be able to train you.”

Jedi grasp Qui-Gon Jinn died in The Phantom Threat, however Neeson returned to the function in The Clone Wars. He used to be the primary Jedi ever to turn into a Power ghost and information his allies within the subject material realm. By the point of the unique trilogy, Obi-Wan has realized this ability, having been taught by way of Qui-Gon. We will possibly see this within the display. Neeson instructed Collider in October 2020 he hadn’t but “been approached” about reprising the function, however it would occur someday right through the display’s 2021 shoot.

Be expecting Jabba the Hutt and his goons, in addition to one of the vital scum and villainy glimpsed within the Mos Eisley Cantina, to turn up too. 

Who is dealing with the tune for Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Composer John Williams, who scored all 9 Skywalker Saga motion pictures and became 90 in February, wrote the display’s theme, in keeping with Selection. Outdoor the films, he additionally wrote topics for Solo: A Superstar Wars Tale and Disney Parks’ Galaxy’s Edge. It is unclear who is composing the remainder of the display’s tune.

Who else is concerned with this Superstar Wars display?

Deborah Chow, who helmed episodes 3 and 7 of The Mandalorian’s first season, will direct the Obi-Wan collection, which used to be written by way of Joby Harold. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Chow, McGregor and Harold will function govt manufacturers.

What do we know about the plot of Obi-Wan Kenobi?

“During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi embarks on a crucial mission. Kenobi must confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire,” reads Disney’s synopsis for the show.

We know Obi-Wan — known to the locals as Ben Kenobi — will watch over Luke from a distance while in exile on Tatooine. Don’t think too hard about the fact that Vader failed to look for his son on his home planet, that the Galactic Empire didn’t notice a young man with the name Skywalker or that Obi-Wan’s alias is pretty darn similar to his own name.

The trailer reveals that Imperial Inquisitors will hunt the exiled Jedi on Tatooine, and he’ll be forced to leave the planet at some point.

It’s unclear what kind of role Vader will play in this show, but concept art suggests he and Obi-Wan (or some other Jedi) are going to fight.

We’ve had a few canon glimpses of this period. In the first volume of Marvel’s main Star Wars comic series, Luke finds Obi-Wan’s journals following the Jedi’s death in A New Hope. These recount a few of his adventures on Tatooine, like saving Luke from Jabba’s goons, protecting Jawas from Tusken Raiders and rescuing Owen from Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan (who just made his first live-action appearance in The Book of Boba Fett).

There’s also Marvel’s upcoming five-issue Obi-Wan comic miniseries, which will see him writing those journals during “the final days of his time on Tatooine,” the official Star Wars site revealed on Feb. 3. It sounds like the main story will be set after this show, with flashbacks to different points in his life. Disney loves synergy though, so it’s possible elements from the comic will appear in the show. The first issue comes out in May.

Obi-Wan’s final battle with Maul takes place during this time, around two years before A New Hope. We’ve already seen how that goes down in the CGI animated series Star Wars Rebels. The Jedi could also reminisce about fighting in the Clone Wars, opening up the possibility of flashbacks (so we might see Christensen playing pre-Dark Side Anakin as well as Vader).

If you’re eager to get a sense of this time period, John Jackson Miller’s 2013 novel Kenobi is worth a read. It’s no longer canon because Disney rebranded many pre-2014 Star Wars stories under the “Legends” banner, but it reveals one of Obi-Wan’s adventures as he tries to blend in on Tatooine.