The long awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi series premieres THIS week! With the first two episodes dropping on Friday, May 27, the show brings Ewan McGregor back as the heroic Jedi Master. Obi-Wan is someone that every Star Wars fan immediately recognizes, being one of the main heroes and biggest fan favorites of the entire saga, but [...]
The upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series will see the iconic Jedi Master face off against his former pupil, the formidable Sith Lord Darth Vader, but he will also face off with plenty of other villains who wield red lightsabers. These villains, glimpsed in the trailers for the show, are making their live-action debuts, meaning that they [...]
The Inquisitors are most known for their appearances in Star Wars Rebels, but they will soon reach a much larger audience in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. And one thing to know about them from Rebels: they can use their spinning double-bladed lightsabers as helicopters and fly with them! It might sound absurd - and it [...]
Vanity Fair recently ran an article on the future of Star Wars that was largely focused on the shows coming to Disney+, and that makes sense. In many ways the future of the franchise is aimed at streaming, at least in the near future, with tons of shows in various stages of development. But since [...]
In a line in Revenge of the Sith, early in the film after surviving the Battle of Coruscant, Anakin Skywalker tells Obi-Wan Kenobi that he owes him for saving his skin for the tenth time. To this, Kenobi counters by saying that it's only the ninth time, since that business on Cato Neimoidia doesn't count. [...]
In Anthony Breznican's recent feature article on Star Wars and the future direction of the franchise (primarily looking at the coming shows on Disney+), there was a very interesting quote from Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy that caught the attention of many fans. The quote is given context by Breznican, so I'll quote his entire paragraph [...]
Star Wars publishing wasn't going to let Disney+ have all the fun when it comes to Obi-Wan Kenobi, as Del Rey recently published Brotherhood, by Mike Chen, which explores the relationship between Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in the very early days of the Clone Wars. Without delving into many big spoilers, the book takes place [...]
One thing many Star Wars fans have wondered in the lead-up to the highly-anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series is whether we'll see the Jedi Master actually learn that Darth Vader is still alive. Some might think it's obvious that Kenobi knows this, but remember that the last time he saw Anakin Skywalker he left him for [...]
In The Rise of Skywalker, we saw Rey's parents for the first time, glimpsed only briefly in a flashback appearance. It was revealed that her father was the son of Palpatine, who sent the Sith assassin Ochi of Bestoon to hunt them down in order to bring the young Rey to him, seemingly necessary to [...]
In one week, Obi-Wan Kenobi is back. The long-awaited and highly-anticipated return will happen on Friday, May 27 when the Obi-Wan Kenobi series premieres on Disney+. It features the return of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to the franchise, reprising their respective roles from the prequel trilogy. And as part of the promotion for the [...]
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