As well as bringing back many of our favourite characters from the Original Trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens also featured one notable Prequel Trilogy cameo, with Ewan McGregor returning to record a line of dialogue as Obi-Wan Kenobi during Rey’s (Daisy Ridley) vision sequence on Takodana.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel, McGregor spoke about his return to the Saga, stating that: “I’d been waiting for the call to come for two years. I thought maybe they’ve lost my agent’s phone number. Then I got a call from JJ just shortly before the film was released. He asked me to come in and said, ‘I’d love you to be a part of it.’”
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McGregor also explained how the filmmakers incorporated new dialogue from fellow Obi-Wan Alec Guinness; “The line is, ‘Rey, these are your first steps,’ but they got Alec Guinness to do ‘Rey,’ which is extraordinary because he’s not alive anymore. They got a line of him as Obi-Wan Kenobi saying ‘afraid,’ and cut the ‘A’ and the ‘D’ off. So Alec Guinness is saying ‘Rey,’ and I’m saying, ‘These are your first steps.’”
We may not have seen the last of McGregor as Obi-Wan, as there has been rumours that Lucasfilm could be planning an entire trilogy around the Jedi Master. While that could be pure speculation, there’s always the possibility future cameos, perhaps in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, or maybe even as a Force Ghost in Star Wars: Episode VIII?
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Originally published January 29, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
