'Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi Film in the Works (Now a Disney+ Show)

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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stephen Daldry is in early talks for the film, which would center on the Jedi Master who has been played by both Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor.

Stephen Daldry is Star Wars’ new hope.

The Oscar-nominated director behind Billy Elliot and The Hours is in early talks to direct a Star Wars standalone movie centering on Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Hollywood Reporterhas learned.

Sources say talks are at the earliest of stages and that the project has no script. If a deal makes, Daldry would oversee the development and writing with Lucasfilm brass. It's not known at this stage if Ewan McGregor will reprise his role.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi standalone is one of several projects being developed by Lucasfilm and Disney that fall outside the trilogies telling the saga of the Skywalker family. A Han Solo movie is now in the final stages of shooting under new director Ron Howard and Lucasfilm is also looking at movies featuring Yoda and bounty hunter Boba Fett, among others.

In the original Star Wars trilogy, Kenobi was at first a desert-dwelling and war-weary hermit who later proved to be a wise and powerful warrior, brandishing a light saber. He was briefly a mentor to a young Luke before being cut down by Darth Vader, his former pupil. Alec Guinness played Kenobi, garnering him an Oscar nomination to boot.

The character got star treatment in the George Lucas-directed prequels which told the origin of Vader and his betrayal of Kenobi and the Jedis. McGregor has said he would be open to playing the character again. Sources stress, however, that since there is no script, no actor is attached.

Daldry hails from the theater world and made his feature debut with Billy Elliot, which netted him his first directing Oscar nomination. He followed that up with searing dramas The Hours and The Reader, which also netted him directing nominations.

He most recently directed episodes of Netflix’s period drama The Crown, which put him into play in this Emmy season.
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'Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi Film in the Works (Exclusive)
 
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Bigbigguy said:
How the hell wasn't that safe. It was connected to the original trilogy and no new ground was really covered.

We knew the end of that before it even came out
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well, i was one of the idiots who completely went on a media blackout before rogue 1.
so i knew nothing before i entered the cinema.
hell, i only realized this would have no trilogy by the way the movie ended.
i remember going :ohhh:as everything was hitting the fan.
i went like :ohhh:there will be no sequel to this,will there?
:wow:it was one of the best movie-going experiences of my life.

i'll do the same for this.
well, i mean after leaving this thread i will try and limit the info i get on this movie.
 
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:francis: I don't know about this one, brehs. Kenobi was the best thing about the prequels and if they can get Ewan back that'd be a plus, but I didn't care for the past two releases. With that Han Solo movie and the fukkery surrounding that I have my doubts about this Disney Star Wars business.
 
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as i said in the other thread, ho fukkin hum. this is Disney speculating that you're too damn stupid for new IP. Plus, we'll probably get to see Vader again!!!! Remember him?!
 
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Rebel Soldier said:
The Star Wars universe is enormous. Is it really that hard to get some movies that aren't connected to the prequels in some way?

This is getting annoying.
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I'm sure their excuse is that they have forever to make movies, but fukk this shyt. they'll probably do Yoda next. I'll see them all obviously, i just don't care. I didn't care about Rogue One, I don't care about Han Solo and I don't give even a hint of a shyt about Last Jedi so far.
 
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Enough with the fukking prequels

Although maybe they'll explain why he hid Luke with Anakin's family in Anakin's home town...Lucas, you fat fukk hack
 
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