Having worked with Marvel Studios on last year’s Loki, composer Natalie Holt swaps the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the galaxy far, far away next month, making history as the first female composer to score a live-action Star Wars project in the Disney+ series Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Ahead the show, Holt has been speaking to Vanity Fair about her work on the Ewan McGregor-led series, during which she clarified earlier reports about John Williams involvement by revealing that he came on board to compose the theme for Obi-Wan, having missed out on doing so 45 years earlier in the original Star Wars.
“Obi-Wan is a legacy character that John hadn’t written a theme for because he died quite early on in A New Hope,” said Holt. “It’s the only legacy character that he hadn’t done. So he spoke to [Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy and said, ‘I just want to write [an Obi-Wan] theme.’ So who can deny him that? And he did, he wrote the Obi theme, and it just embodies the spirit of the show entirely. Obviously, I’m just thrilled to be mentioned in the same breath as John Williams. It’s been exciting and overwhelming at times, because I’m such a fan. I want to pay respect to the history of it, and do it justice as well.”
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“During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi embarks on a crucial mission. Kenobi must confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire.”
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi is being directed by Deborah Chow (The Mandalorian), with McGregor joined in the cast by Hayden Christensen (Darth Vader), Joel Edgerton (Owen Lars) and Bonnie Piesse (Beru Lars), as well as Star Wars newcomers Moses Ingram, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, Maya Erskine, Benny Safdie and Grant Feely.
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi will premiere on Disney+ on May 27th.
Via Dark Horizons
Originally published April 24, 2022. Updated April 26, 2022.
