Ewan McGregor Struggled To Get Back Obi-Wan Voice Ahead Of Kenobi Show
Ewan McGregor struggled to re-learn his Obi-Wan Kenobi voice ahead of Disney+’s upcoming Star Wars series. 22 years after Alec Guinness made Ben aka Obi-Wan Kenobi famous in 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope, McGregor (whose uncle played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy) made his debut as a young version of the character in The Phantom Menace. He would go on to portray the legendary Jedi Master in George Lucas’ subsequent prequels, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
Director Deborah Chow’s upcoming series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, is set 10 years after its titular character left his fallen apprentice, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen), for dead in Revenge of the Sith. It follows Obi-Wan during his time in exile as “Ben" on Tatooine as he watches over Luke Skywalker (Grant Feely) — a situation that is complicated by Vader’s band of Inquisitors dispatched to exterminate any Jedi who managed to survive Order 66. In addition to McGregor's Obi-Wan and Christensen's Anakin/Vader, the limited series also stars Joel Edgerton's Owen Lars, Bonnie Piesse's Beru, Rupert Friend, Moses Ingram, Kumail Nanjiani, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Benny Safdie, Sung Kang, Indira Varma. That said, it’s been 17 years since the series’ main character said, “Hello there!”
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In a recent interview with On Demand Entertainment, McGregor discussed his screen test for Obi-Wan Kenobi on the set of The Mandalorian. While trying to get back in his character’s skin, the actor realized he was out of practice and needed to go do his homework before production began. Read the full quote below:
«When we came to do the actual scenes, I totally didn't have his voice. I was just
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