Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Ewan McGregor Says He Uses The Force In Real Life
During a recent interview, Star Wars prequel trilogy and Obi-Wan Kenobi star, Ewan McGregor, revealed that he has often pretended to use his character's Jedi Force powers in public. The Golden Globe award-winning actor will star in the highly anticipated Disney+ series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, which is slated to premiere on the streaming service on May 25, 2022. For McGregor, it is the first time in 17 years that the actor returns to the Star Wars universe since the release of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in 2005.
McGregor plays the titular character of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the upcoming six-episode limited series, a role he first played in the initial prequel trilogy entry, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, in 1999. In the new Disney+ series, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi keeps a watchful eye over a young Luke Skywalker on the desert planet Tatooine, while simultaneously evading elite Jedi hunters from the Empire during his exile. Fellow prequel trilogy star, Hayden Christensen, is also reprising the iconic role of Anakin Skywalker's Darth Vader in the big budget series.
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While being interviewed by EW, McGregor was asked if he has attempted using any of his famous character counterpart's Jedi powers in real life. McGregor admitted that he has, in fact, pretended to use Jedi Force powers to move things in normal everyday situations while in public. He enthusiastically shared, "I do it with doors!" as he demonstrated the finger-slash-Force move that his character Kenobi has used in previous Star Wars films. "I like to do that with automatic doors just for my own amusement." McGregor amusingly elaborated by saying, «I always do a little Jedi move
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