OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES. It’s the big day for the series Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi. Before watching the first two episodes on Disney +, we take stock of the chronology of events.
[Mis à jour le 27 mai 2022 à 8h00] Disney++ airs a new series Star Wars this Friday, May 27 with the arrival of the first two episodes of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. This series sees Ewan McGregor take up the mantle of the Jedi master he had portrayed in George Lucas’ second trilogy (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith). In this six-episode miniseries, Obi-Wan Kenobi finds himself on Tatooine as he plays guardian to a young Luke Skywalker who is yet unaware of his existence. Meanwhile, he is wanted across the galaxy by Empire forces seeking to incapacitate the Jedi on orders from Palpatine and Darth Vader.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series is therefore between episode 3 (Revenge of the Sith) and episode 4 (A New Hope) of the saga Star Wars. To be precise, the series Star Wars : Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place 10 years after Revenge of the Sith, at a time when Kenobi is wanted by the Empire and recluse on Tatooine. It has therefore been ten years since Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen, who reprises his role in the series) went over to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader, the Emperor’s right-hand man. It is therefore a period when Kenobi must hide his true identity as a Jedi master since they are chased across the galaxy on the orders of the Emperor by Darth Vader but also the Inquisitors in his pay. Dressed in black, the Inquisitors are Force-sensitive beings armed with red-bladed lightsabers that they use to fight the last remaining Jedi since the execution of Order 66.
At the end of Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan separated Anakin’s twins, his former padawan and friend, Leia and Luke, so their father wouldn’t find them. Leia has become a princess on the planet Alderaan while Luke has been entrusted to his uncle Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton) on his farm in Tatooine. Owen Lars is also not necessarily very favorable to the future education of Luke in things of the Force, unlike Obi-Wan. Never mind, Kenobi is watching over them from afar to prevent anything from happening to Luke, who could be the one to bring balance back to the Force. It must be said that Tatooine is a dangerous planet: in addition to the Empire which is looking for Obi-Wan everywhere in the galaxy, it is also necessary to count on the various scoundrels who populate the planet, the henchmen of Jabba the Hutt but also the famous Tusken , or men of the sands.
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As Lucasfilm takes the time to prepare for the return of Star Wars in the cinema, it is on the small screen that the saga has been developing in recent years. On Disney+, the success of The Mandalorian gave ideas to the studio which announced a slew of spin-offs and other projects in the galaxy far, far away. Among the most anticipated projects, an Obi-Wan Kenobi series marks the return of Ewan McGregor as the Jedi Master as well as Hayden Christensen as his fallen apprentice, Anakin Skywalker. The series takes place ten years after Revenge of the Sith and is directed by Deborah Chow, who previously directed two episodes of season 1 of The Mandalorian.
Long rumored, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series was made official on August 24, 2019 during the D23 Expo with the announcement of the return of Ewan McGregor in the title role. In December 2020, Lucasfilm confirmed that Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in the prelogy Star Wars, would do well on the show as the Chosen of the Force turned Darth Vader. At the end of March 2021, the production studio announced the start of filming for the series for the month of April as well as its casting. After the publication of some rumors about a broadcast in May 2022 on Disney+, Lucasfilm made the news official: it’s the May 27 that the Obi Wan Kenobi series begins its broadcast on Disney+ with its first two episodes. The following four are then broadcast at the rate of one per week.
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