Obi-Wan Kenobi EP On What Sets It Apart From Other Star Wars Series
Obi-Wan Kenobi executive producer and director Deborah Chow talks about what sets the upcoming miniseries apart from other Star Wars shows. The series is set to premiere on May 30 on Disney+ with a six-episode run planned and Chow directing every episode. Chow had previously directed two episodes of The Mandalorian season 1.
Obi-Wan Kenobi will follow the titular Jedi master ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III -Return of the Sith while he watches over a young Luke Skywalker as he grows up on Tattoine, encountering new adventures in the process. Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen are set to star, reprising their roles of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader respectively, and will be joined by cast members Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Moses Ingram, and Rupert Friend. There's much speculation regarding which characters will appear in Obi-Wan Kenobi given its close narrative relationship to the Skywalker Saga.
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In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Chow talks about how the series sets itself apart from the other live-action Star Wars shows, citing the miniseries structure. She says the limited six-episode story allows for a higher character focus through Obi-Wan's journey and trauma. She goes on to say the miniseries is able to go much more in-depth with the character than a movie or ongoing series would. Read her quote below:
I think one of the things that was the most special about this series is that we were doing a limited series, and that's something that they hadn't done before. And we're also really focused on one character. So, it was a much more character-driven story that we've been trying to tell. For me, I was really excited about
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