fan have been talking about an Obi - Wan Kenobi movie for days . Meanwhile , Ewan McGregor has repeatedly said he ’d wish to retort to the office . Now , if rumors are to be believed , Disney could soon announce it as the next Star Wars Story cinema , perhaps as too soon as this weekend , during the D23 Expo . But between Marvel ’s comics and the Rebels TV show , do we really require to see the further adventures of young Obi - Wan ?
Given McGregor ’s age — along with the fact that Disney seems to be shying away from any picture show put around the prequel era — the film would almost sure be arrange between Episode III , when we experience Kenobi turn the infant Luke Skywalker over to Owen and Beru Lars , and Episode IV , when the teenaged Luke receive Old Ben . Since Obi - Wan ’s ego - appointed end was to watch over Luke , his motion-picture show would presumably be lay out only on Tatooine .
This epoch has been explore twice in the new canon : first in Marvel ’s main comic , see through flashbacks as Luke read Obi - Wan ’s old journal , and more recently in Star Wars Rebels . The comics have so far included stories about the Jedi captain protecting Luke and the Lars family from various threats , such as gangsters sent by Jabba the Hutt , as well as the wookiee H.M.S. Bounty huntsman Black Krrsantan ; but it ’s Rebels that ’s tell the Obi - Wan story that may have render a alive - action cinema moot .
In“Twin sun ” , Darth Maul arrived on Tatooine to battle Kenobi , having spent the 10 since The Phantom Menace searching for the Jedi who cost him his small torso . Although Obi - Wan only appear briefly , the affaire d’honneur between the two is one of the most compelling stories produced by the newfangled canon . With one swing music of a lightsaber , I commence to worry about the Kenobi motion picture .
It ’s the mop up of a long spark for Maul seeded in The Phantom Menace and continued in The Clone Wars toon . The fact is the rivalry between the Jedi and the ex - Sith is so good , and such a milestone in the story of Star Wars , it ’s genuinely hard to guess what other Obi - Wan story there is to tell ( specially when you supply the comic strip to the mix ) . sure enough an Obi - Wan movie could n’t just recreate the picture in live - action , since we ’ve already look it .
This exit us with a bunch of questions — and we ’d like to know your answers . Do you still want an Obi - Wan Kenobi standalone movie ? Would you be hunky-dory with a movie take place entirely on Tatooine ? Would you in reality like to see the post - Episode I Obi - Wan / Darth Maul contention in live - action ? Most significantly , if the motion-picture show does n’t revisit this consequence , can you imagine a better story than what we ’ve already receive ?
Now , the authoritative matter here is the last question . Obviously , in the infinite land of creative possibility , some epic story is out there wait to be separate . Obi - Wan was on Tatooine for about a X and a one-half before Darth Maul get hold him ; there ’s more than enough time for almost anything to materialise .
It ’s just that recent Star Wars movies have all revolved around , or linked to , important effect in the other movies . Rogue One ’s Death Star plans , Han Solo meeting Lando and Chewie , etc . In term of Obi - Wan and important story beats that we ’re already aware of , there ’s not much on the mesa that could ’ve happened during this windowpane .
I ca n’t , for the life history of me , think of a concept , upshot , or connection in Obi - Wan ’s timeline that could somehow be good enough as to make that confrontation with Maul something relegate to TV and itself movie - desirable .
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