Before you find your niche on Disney +, Obi-Wan Kenobi’s story revolved around Stephen Daldry as the director of a possible film and thinking of Hossein Amini as a screenwriter. As with Boba Fett, several possibilities were considered to propose an adventure for the beloved Jedi Master, even after Lucasfilm decided that the aforementioned streaming platform was the right place to delve a little bit into the past of the played character. by Ewan McGregor in the prequel.
It is told by Stuart Beattie, one of the writing team members who had this “Star Wars” series, a director who reveals, in statements to The Direct (via heroichollywood) a first concept structured in three films. Thus, before being a six-episode television drama, ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ almost developed as a trilogy for which the plot arc was drawn. “When I presented my Obi-Wan story to Lucasfilm, I said, ‘I’m actually thinking about three stories’, because there are three different evolutions that the character must go through to go from Obi-Wan to Ben”.
“The first was about the first movie, which is what the series ended up being, and it’s ‘Surrender to the will of the Force’, surrender to your will. Leave Luke alone. Then the second. [película] he had to pick up right where Kenobi left off. One of the most powerful moments, arguably the most powerful in Obi-Wan’s entire history, is the moment when he sacrifices himself in “Star Wars: Episode IV-A New Hope”. Nice scene that gets you excited, but when you think about it, it’s pretty sudden, going to a fight with a guy, seeing Luke and saying, “I’m going to die.” For me this requires foresight. It would imply a prior acceptance “comments a Beattie very busy exploring this path in a possible second season.
At the moment there is nothing official, but Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, recently confessed it. If the first season is successful enough on Disney +, you could bet on a second one. Additionally, both Hayden Christensen and McGregor said they were open to the idea. “I had a lot of fun shooting the first season, I’m sure we can think of other stories before I become Alec Guinness.Do not you think?”Ewan commented.
At peace with your fate
Beattie is clear that if “Obi-Wan Kenobi” bets on a second season, the way forward go through to explore the mortality of the Jedi master Why “it’s one of those universal things we all struggle with”.
“This is the second evolutionary step for me, Obi-Wan accepting his own mortality in some way, through a prophecy, or Qui-Gon telling him, ‘The time will come when you have to sacrifice yourself for the greater good.’ , with an initial rejection from Obi-Wan which then leads him to that point of acceptance, assuming he will voluntarily die at a crucial moment. Like this when that time comes [el Episodio IV]Do you understand”.
“Then it would be understood that he has gone through an acceptance process, which is why he can sacrifice himself so easily.. For me that would be the second story, so if I had anything to do with the second season of “Obi Wan”, that would be the evolution I would like the character to experience, because that’s what’s really interestingand as I said, universal “.
* The first season of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is now fully available on Disney +.
Source: E Cartelera
