Ewan McGregor teases lightsaber duel with Darth Vader in Obi-Wan collection

Star Wars followers craving for an additional battle between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi might even see the duo face off in a brand new streaming TV present anticipated subsequent 12 months, actor Ewan McGregor mentioned in a video launched on Friday.
The Scottish actor will reprise his position because the famed Jedi grasp in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ on Walt Disney Co’s Disney+, and Canadian actor Hayden Christensen will return as Darth Vader. The pair final appeared in these roles in 2005 film Revenge of the Sith.
“The most beautiful thing of all is that it’s brought me back with Hayden,” McGregor mentioned in a video launched by Disney.
If the characters “have another swing at each other, it might be quite satisfying for everyone,” McGregor mentioned.
The video additionally included a chunk of idea artwork that confirmed the characters going through one another with glowing lightsabers crossed between them.
Disney launched the video as a part of what it dubbed Disney+ Day, an occasion that featured new programming, trailers and different promotions to encourage clients to join the streaming service it’s attempting to construct to compete with Netflix.
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The Obi-Wan collection is about between Revenge of the Sith, the third episode within the Star Wars film saga, and A New Hope, when Luke Skywalker evolves from humble farm boy to hero.
Obi-Wan, within the new collection, “basically he has one task left, which is to keep Luke safe,” McGregor mentioned.
That is the story’s start line, director Deborah Chow added. “This is quite a dark time,” she mentioned. “With him being a Jedi, it’s not safe. There are Jedi hunters out there.”