Deborah Chow says were getting closer to seeing the Alec Guinness version of A New Hope.
That time willnotbe shown in the latest Disney+Star WarsseriesObi-Wan Kenobi.
(That’s what you get for going back to Tatooine!)
Ewan McGregor in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.Matt Kennedy / Lucasfilm Ltd.
DEBORAH CHOW:The story for us, it takes place 10 years afterRevenge of the Sith.
So we are right between the prequels and the original trilogy.
And really, it’s a character story about Obi-Wan.
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So we’re trying to tell that moment of transition of how did he get from here to here.
What sort of state is he in?
At this point, both for him and for the galaxy, it’s quite a dark period.
And that actually made it really interesting to be telling a story in this period.
It’s a time when the Empire’s ascending, it’s post Order 66.
So most of the Jedi have been killed.
A lot of them are being hunted by the Inquisitors.
So it’s a very dark time to be a Jedi and most of them are hiding or dead.
So it’s a tough period for Obi-Wan.
What can you say about giving us our first live action look at the Inquisitors?
So how does that process generally work?
Yeah, it was interesting.
So, it was so helpful having gone through that already before taking this one on.
But there really is a responsibility to it.
So there were definitely people that were extremely helpful.
Lucasfilm has a great team that helps support that.
But Dave also was a touchstone, and remains a touchstone for me for this series.
Anytime I have a question about canon, I go to him.
Finally, what was it like working with Ewan McGregor?
For me, he was honestly more than an actor.
