Star Wars Reveals Obi-Wan Kenobi Poster For Young Leia
Star Wars unveils an Obi-Wan Kenobi character poster for young Princess Leia Organa played by Vivien Lyra Blair in the new Disney+ series. After years of uncertainty regarding Ewan McGregor's return as the iconic Jedi master, he is finally back in Obi-Wan Kenobi. The show's two-episode premiere this past Friday, on May 27 was one of the most-watched events in the history of the streaming service. In addition to McGregor, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Jimmy Smits, and Hayden Christensen also reprise their roles from the prequel trilogy.
Much of the Obi-Wan show's marketing campaign led audiences to believe that it would focus on the titular Jedi watching over a young Luke Skywalker on Tatooine, which he does for some time. However, it is young Princess Leia's kidnapping that forces Kenobi out of hiding and calls him on a mission to the planet Daiyu to rescue her. Leia's kidnapping was orchestrated by the Jedi-hunting Inquisitor named Reva a.k.a Third Sister (Moses Ingram) intended to lure Kenobi into a trap, setting the events in motion towards an eventual confrontation between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader.
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Considering how heavily she is featured in the first episodes, Leia has now gotten her own Obi-Wan Kenobi character poster. The official Star Wars Twitter account shared the poster highlighting young Princess Leia Organa, who is played by Vivien Lyra Blair in the new Disney+ series. The poster superimposes Tatooine's signature twin suns over young Leia's face with a silhouette of her protector, Obi-Wan, inside one of them. Check out the poster below:
Since the Obi-Wan show's marketing campaign chose to hide Leia's involvement and instead focus on Luke, audiences were
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