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Disney+ has dropped new poster artwork and introduced a launch date for its extremely anticipated Star Wars spinoff collection Obi-Wan Kenobi. The primary episode will drop on the streaming platform on Might 25, 2022. We won’t wait.
And sure, uber-fans, Might 25 is similar date Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was launched in 1977 (again when it was identified merely as Star Wars). That movie celebrates its forty fifth anniversary this yr, and Obi-Wan Kenobi will debut the night time earlier than Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California.
As reported beforehand, we first realized in August 2019 that the rumors have been true a few Star Wars spinoff collection that includes Obi-Wan Kenobi. That is additionally once we realized that Ewan McGregor, who performed Obi-Wan within the Star Wars prequels, would reprise the half. The actor himself made a shock look on the tail finish of a showcase presentation at D23 Expo 2019, Disney’s annual fan extravaganza. Then got here the large information that his co-star Hayden Christensen would reprise his position as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy known as it “the rematch of the century” on the December 2020 Disney Traders Day.
Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse are reprising their roles as Owen Lars and his spouse, Beru, who increase the younger Luke Skywalker on the desert planet Tatooine. Obi-Wan Kenobi‘s solid additionally contains Moses Ingram, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Pal, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, Maya Erskine, and Benny Safdie in undisclosed roles.
We bought our first look at among the idea artwork for the collection throughout Disney+ Day again in November. Whereas the sizzle reel (which briefly leaked on-line beforehand) contained no precise footage, followers have been buzzing concerning the photos showcasing Obi-Wan and none apart from Darth Vader, lightsabers locked in battle. We additionally noticed idea artwork that includes Vader in what seems to be his fort on Mustafar.
The collection shall be set 10 years after Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith—you already know, the movie the place Obi-Wan confronted off towards Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the Darkish Aspect and finally turned Sith Lord Darth Vader. That interval goes to be “a darkish time” for Obi-Wan, who should cope with the lack of all his mates, in response to director Deborah Chow. The poster artwork definitely displays that.
Chow (who directed a number of episodes of The Mandalorian) additionally mentioned that Obi-Wan and different Jedi who survived Order 66 are being hunted down by the Empire’s Jedi Hunters within the firm of Stormtroopers. Obi-Wan is on Tatooine with a mission to guard younger Luke Skywalker, at the very least because the collection opens.
We nonetheless do not know a lot else concerning the collection, however Might is only a few months away, so anticipate to see the standard teasers and trailers trickle out over the following few months.
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