Obi-Wan Kenobi Sets Up A Perfect Live-Action Cal Kestis Appearance
The new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer featured several scenes that led viewers to speculate that certain Star Wars characters, such as Cal Kestis from the video games, could make an appearance. In the trailer, Obi-Wan Kenobi appears to have lost faith in the Jedi Order after the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, but even so, he is keeping his promise to watch over Luke Skywalker from a distance on Tatooine. Disney+ has debuted live-action versions of many of Dave Filoni’s Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels characters, such as Ahsoka Tano, Cad Bane, and now, in Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Grand Inquisitor. But the live-action shows also keep referencing another Star Wars tale, EA/Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order game.
Fallen Order is widely regarded as one of the best Star Wars games in the modern era, and a sequel is already being developed. The story of the game takes place five years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, and the new Obi-Wan show is set to take place ten years after Revenge of the Sith. In the game, actor Cameron Monaghan voices and does the motion capture for Cal Kestis, a young Padawan who escapes the Order 66 purge of Jedi throughout the galaxy.
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Since the timelines of Fallen Order and Obi-Wan overlap, this show would be a perfect opportunity to introduce a live-action Cal Kestis played by his original voice and motion-capture actor in Fallen Order. Of course, this could be little more than a cameo, similar to Ahsoka's first appearance in The Mandalorian. But the opportunity to introduce the young Jedi is clearly there, especially given all the other connections to the game across multiple Disney+ shows. For example,
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