Originally published February 9, 2016. Updated January 18, 2020.
If there has been one name that has bounded around rumour mills for roles in the new Disney Star Wars Universe, it’s Ewan McGregor.
It was first rumoured that the man who took over from Alec Guinness to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’ prequel trilogy was going to feature in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (which turned out to be sort-of true but not as was originally reported) and then it was thought he was going to get his own trilogy of movies, possibly for Netflix.
Well, his name is back in the mix for Star Wars: Episode VIII.
Kristian Harloff of Schmoes Know and Collider tweeted, “Grain of salt: hearing that Ewan Mcgregor in talks to play Obi Force ghost in Episode 8.”
Grain of salt: hearing that Ewan Mcgregor in talks to play Obi Force ghost in Episode 8.
— Kristian Harloff (@KristianHarloff) February 8, 2016
Now if the source of the tweet is telling you to take it with a grain of salt, then should probably be a huge grain you take.
SEE ALSO: Star Wars: Episode VIII script out to the cast
Star Wars: Episode VIII is being directed by Rian Johnson (Looper) and has recently been pushed back from its original May 2017 release date to December 15th 2017. Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Domnhall Gleeson (General Hux), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Katana), Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma), Andy Serkis (Supreme Leader Snoke), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and Anthony Daniels (C3-PO) are all expected to return and will be joined by saga newcomer Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy) in an unknown role.
SEE ALSO: Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US
