Obi-Wan Kenobi’s third episode premiered on Disney Plus today, and just like its first, it left us with some questions. The episode features an odd cameo, a mysteriously produced voice, and a deep-cut Clone Wars reference, so let’s unpack everything that’s going on here.
[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3.]
Yep! You heard correctly. The Scrubs actor and Garden State director makes his debut in a cameo as this star-nosed mole man, Freck, who offers Obi-Wan and Leia a ride to the nearest spaceport. Unfortunately for star-nosed mole representation, Freck turns out to be an Imperial sympathizer, sporting the Star Wars equivalent of a Confederate flag on his space-truck.
In the inevitable fight, Obi-Wan appears to have just knocked him out rather than killed him, so Freck and Braff could potentially come back in future episodes.
Yes… sort of. Jones’ voice is used to give life to his most famous character, Darth Vader, but whether Jones was directly involved remains to be seen. Jones recorded his own voice as Darth Vader most recently in Star Wars Rebels and Rogue One (and also a very small part in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker). But it hasn’t always been so smooth.
The 91-year-old actor went uncredited in the first two Star Wars movies, and though his voice seemed to be used at the end of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, the line was accomplished either through an imitation or use of previous recording material. Jones himself said at the time he was unaware of whether the voice was his and had not been directly involved with the production.
He gets his due in the credits of Obi-Wan Kenobi, but again his voice may have been manufactured rather than recorded anew. Among the effects
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