Obi-Wan Kenobi was a present stuffed with memorable fan-favorite moments however the one I’ll really always remember was the skyline. In the present’s first episode, the largely Tatooine-based story cuts away to this lush, pristine-looking planet. Fans immediately knew the place we had been and what it meant—this was Alderaan, dwelling of Leia Organa—and the ramifications had been enormous. But that was not the unique plan.

Speaking at Fan Expo Boston this previous weekend, Obi-Wan Kenobi himself Ewan McGregor mentioned that the story was initially about his character and that different Skywalker sibling. “It was going to be a story about me and Luke,” McGregor mentioned. “It was always going to be that, and that was one of the genius moments where everyone went, ‘Wait a minute,’ and then changed it.”

This revelation is by some means each surprising and anticipated. If Star Wars has taught us something previously 10 years, it’s that most of the time, the story goes to be about the identical factor: the Skywalkers. Even exhibits which might be seemingly offshoots like The Mandalorian or The Book of Boba Fett find yourself circling again to the Skywalkers. So that the Obi-Wan Kenobi present was, initially, going to be about Obi-Wan and Luke makes whole sense. That’s the straightforward approach to take the story. It’s the story we all know. However, due to the actual fact it’s so apparent, that somebody truly acknowledged that and flipped it, feels virtually equally stunning. It was 100% the precise alternative…even whether it is, nonetheless, concerning the Skywalkers.

Plus, it was a shock that held till the minute the present premiered, solely including to the thrill. McGregor went on to reward the corporate for adhering to that secrecy. “That’s the beautiful thing about how passionate Disney, Lucasfilm, all of us are, who are involved with it is from the beginning is we try really hard not to let anything of the bad just to protect your experience of seeing it for the first time,” McGregor mentioned. “I think it’s really cool that Disney and Lucasfilm care so much for the fan experience. They really want you to have a 100% experience the first time you see it, and if you’ve read that, and that leaked, and this came out, it’s just a bit of a shame isn’t it? It’s like looking at your Christmas presents before Christmas Day.”

It’s mindblowing how completely different the present we noticed on Disney+ was from all of the iterations earlier than it. Remember it was additionally going to be a movie trilogy? And so when followers ask “Why are Star Wars shows or movies sometimes not that great” or “Why is the next project taking so long?” simply have a look at how a lot Obi-Wan Kenobi modified.

At the identical occasion, McGregor mentioned he’d love to return again and make extra Kenobi, however that nobody has approached him but. Do you need to see extra? Let us know beneath.

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