Obi-Wan's Original Luke Skywalker Plan Would've Been Terrible
Originally, Obi-Wan Kenobi was set to have the titular character come out of hiding to protect Luke Skywalker, which would have been a terrible premise. Set ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, the show will follow Obi-Wan, one of the few surviving Jedi during the reign of the Empire as he is thrust into a mission he cannot ignore. The series went through hefty revisions in order to help differentiate it from some of its predecessors, like The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, otherwise it could have ended up being all too familiar. While it has been long understood that Obi-Wan’s primary responsibility was to watch over and protect Luke Skywalker on Tatooine, it’s exciting to think his purpose could be even more than this, shedding further insight into what the “crazy old man” as Uncle Owen calls him in A New Hope, was really up to all those years. If the Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer is any indication of what is in store, it is sure to delight fans of the first Jedi ever seen on the silver screen.
When Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau were brought in to look over the Obi-Wan Kenobi scripts, they believed that it was too similar to The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, which resulted in a number of changes. The role of Luke was recast and will now be played by Grant Feely, and Ray Park’s Darth Maul was written out of the script entirely, completely changing the direction the show would go in. Instead, Hayden Christensen will be reprising his Vader role in the new show, setting up the possibility of an epic showdown between the former master and apprentice duo.
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