UPDATE: Turns out this may well be a fake, as @Dantooine points out on Twitter that the alleged synopsis is the same as the 2013 novel Kenobi by John Jackson Miller. Original story follows…
Last week it was reported that Lucasfilm and writer-director Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot) are in pre-production on the long-rumoured Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars spinoff movie and are planning to go into production on the Anthology film once J.J. Abrams completed filming on Star Wars: Episode IX in early 2019.
Daldry was first announced as developing the project back in August of last year, and now TMZ claims to have uncovered some plot details for the film, which state that – as expected – the story will take place between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
“Obi-Wan is on Tatooine being an elusive hermit and stuff, but secretly watches over an infant Luke Skywalker, whom he delivered to his uncle, Owen. Tensions between the local farmers and a tribe of Sand People — headed by a ruthless war chief — eventually brings Obi outta hiding … and into Jedi kickass mode. Scene.”
The above is very similar to what our writer Samuel Brace suggested in his article a couple of years back entitled ‘A Man Named Kenobi: A Star Wars Story Pitch‘, where he suggested Lucasfilm would be best served adopting a Spaghetti Western-style approach to the solo movie.
Such a narrative would certainly provide plenty of time to explore how Obi-Wan has been impacted by his failure with Anakin Skywalker, the fall of the Jedi, and the rise of the Empire, but whether it could deliver enough in the way of action and spectacle for a Star Wars blockbuster is another question.
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What are you hoping to see from Kenobi: A Star Wars Story? Let us know in the comments below…
