Ewan McGregor's Latest Obi-Wan Kenobi Cameo Is A Bit Unexpected

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Ewan McGregor recently reprised his belovedStar Wars role as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and no, it's not from that Disney Plus series. It turns out he's done it again since then, but it may not be what Star Wars fans expected.

Despite the pretty complete emotional journey seen in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, it seems as though fans still want more. Granted, it's understandable that people who love a thing will always want more of that thing. But this may be a bit of a monkey's paw case. McGregor has indeed returned to the part of Obi-Wan Kenobi once again since the series finished, but it doesn't carry the same kind of weight this time around. It may have more in common with the Star Wars Holiday Special than anything else.

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A new sketch from Comic Relief, the British charity using comedy to raise money against poverty, features none other than McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a parody of the Peacock reality series The Traitors. The Peacock show features a plot inspired by games like Among Us, where contestants must root out a group of «traitors» in their ranks by voting them out. The parody sketch, airing on the BBC, featured several big names filling those roles, including comedian Stephen Merchant, Danny Dyer (EastEnders), Mary Berry (The Great British Bake Off), and Jennifer Saunders (Shrek 2). Helpfully, a good chunk of it was uploaded to Twitter, giving Obi-Wan fans a particularly surreal look at their hero.

McGregor cheekily references the Dark Side and Anakin Skywalker while Merchant calls him out for being «obviously green screened» and not even bothering to show up. McGregor then breaks character and hilariously claps back, saying, «hey, Merchant, pipe down, I'm just