Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2: Everything that's been said about a potential Star Wars return
Will there be an Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2? It's the question everyone is asking now that the show has wrapped up its six episode run on Disney Plus. But, so far, there's been no official word on the future of the Star Wars show – though both Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen have said they're open to returning (more on that later).
Considering Obi-Wan Kenobi had the streamer's most watched premiere ever, you'd think a follow-up is a certainty… but the show has always been billed as a limited series, so it's hard to predict. Below, we delve into the future of the spin-off, with quotes from the actors and creatives involved. Everything is completely spoiler free, so you can read even if you haven't quite caught up on the whole show just yet.
There's been no confirmation just yet that a season 2 is in the works. But, considering Obi-Wan Kenobi is set 10 years before A New Hope on the Star Wars timeline, there's a lot of time and potential stories left to explore. After all, Obi-Wan isn't all that forthcoming about his time on Tatooine in the original trilogy, so there's plenty to work with without running the risk of disrupting canon.
The good news is, just about every major player involved with the Star Wars show is keen to return for more – including McGregor himself.
"It was made as a one-off limited series," the actor told Entertainment Weekly (opens in new tab). "And in a way, it does do what I wanted it to do in terms of bridging a story between 3 and 4 and bringing me closer to Alec Guinness' Obi-Wan in A New Hope. And so, for sure, that's true." He added: "Yeah, I would like to make another one."
McGregor reiterated the point in conversation with RadioTimes.com (opens in new tab). "I hope it's not the last
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