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Ewan McGregor on the difficulties of keeping his Obi-Wan return a secret for years

October 31, 2019 by Liam Waddington

Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Ewan McGregor has discussed the difficulties with keeping the secret about the Kenobi Disney+ series and his internal struggles with lying about his Star Wars return for years.

“It just got difficult, I was brought up to tell the truth, and I was in a situation where I wasn’t really allowed to,” McGregor shared with Jimmy Kimmel Live. “The studios, and the big franchises, rightly so, want to keep everything very secret and as closed as it can be. But, at the same time, there’s this overwhelming amount of speculation online and on social media and what have you, and wherever I went for the last 15 years, people would ask me, ‘So, would you do it again?'”

“Once they started doing spinoffs, of course, everyone was like, ‘Are you gonna do an Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff?’ and I was talking to Lucasfilm and Disney about that but I couldn’t say that I was,” McGregor continued. “So I’d have to go, ‘Ya know, if they wanted to do one, I’d be quite interested in doing it.’ It started to look a bit like I was just trying to get the part.”

SEE ALSO: Ewan McGregor excited to play Obi-Wan closer in age to Alec Guinness in new Star Wars series

McGregor further discussed how he was hurt by the fact people thought Lucasfilm were considering someone else to take on the role of Obi-Wan.

“It sort of hurt me inside and started to hurt my pride because people actually thought they’re considering someone else, looking for someone else to play that part,” McGregor said.

Are you glad Ewan McGregor is reprising his role of Obi-Wan Kenobi? Are you looking forward to the Disney+ series? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @flickeringmyth…

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, News, Television Tagged With: Ewan McGregor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars

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