Obi-Wan Kenobi Was Originally Planned As A Movie Trilogy
Before Obi-Wan Kenobi became a television series, it was conceived as a trilogy of films according to the original writer of the project. Obi-Wan Kenobi recently concluded its six-episode run, which saw Ewan McGregor reprise his role as the titular Jedi master. The series was a big hit for Disney+ as it had the biggest premiere of any series on the streaming platform.
Obi-Wan Kenobi originally was set to be a feature film. In 2017 Stephen Daldry was set to direct Obi-Wan Kenobi as a movie with screenwriter Hossein Amini set to pen the script. It was just one of many planned spinoffs based on popular Star Wars characters like a planned Boba Fett film from James Mangold and the then-yet-to-be-released Solo: A Star Wars Story. However, after the disappointing box office returns for Solo, Lucasfilm altered their plans and reworked both Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi into streaming series.
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In an exclusive interview with TheDirect, writer Stuart Beattie (Collateral) reveals that the original plan was for Obi-Wan Kenobi to be a trilogy of films. Beattie reveals he first pitched Obi-Wan Kenobi in 2016, a whole year before Daldry and Amini were announced on the project and that wrote a full script for the Obi-Wan Kenobi feature film, and because the series was based on his script he received a writing credit on Episodes 1, 2, 3, and 6 of the series even though he had no direct involvement in the series. Beattie reveals he pitched Lucasfilm on three stories that he intended to be a trilogy, mapping out how Obi-Wan would grow into his character in A New Hope and explaining how and why he was ready to sacrifice himself on the Death Star. Beattie said:
«So when I pitched my
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