Obi-Wan Kenobi Trailer Breakdown: 20 Story, Character & Canon Reveals
The eagerly-anticipated teaser trailer for the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series has finally dropped, and as expected it's full of Easter eggs and surprises. Disney has evolved Star Wars into a trailblazing transmedia franchise, with a range of Disney+ TV shows lying at its heart in recent years. The upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series, which will launch on May 25, is probably the most eagerly anticipated of them all.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is set during the Dark Times of Kenobi's exile, ten years after Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith. It will feature both Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, reprising their iconic roles as Obi-Wan Kenobi and his former apprentice—with Christensen finally getting the chance to play Darth Vader himself. Conceptually, this promises to serve as a bridge between the prequels and the original trilogy, exploring the fate of the galaxy and the role of the defeated Jedi, with a focus on Obi-Wan, as he attempts to keep a young Luke Skywalker safe.
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Lucasfilm has finally released the first teaser trailer for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV show. It still hides a lot of surprises, although there's no glimpse of Darth Vader, even though he's confirmed to play a major role. But it clearly establishes the series' premise, as the Empire's hunt for the Jedi brings them to Tatooine. Here's a full breakdown of the Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer begins with shots of Kenobi during his self-imposed exile to Tatooine. A voice-over stresses the Jedi Master's state of mind. "The fight is done," he reflects. "We lost." According to Ewan McGregor, viewers will «find Obi-Wan at the beginning of our story rather broken,
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