There’s one character that Star Wars lovers had been begging to peer return to the franchise for some time now: Obi-Wan Kenobi. Thankfully, that day is almost here with Ewan McGregor’s upcoming Disney+ collection. The tale is ready to take area in between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, and it’s going to also fall years earlier than the events of Star Wars: Rebels.
Past that, now not plenty plot data has been showed. What fans do recognise, however, is how Hayden Christensen might be returning as Darth Vader to head up against his grasp all over again.
The very first trailer for the show also teased the involvement of the Inquisitors. Among them became their leader, the Grand Inquisitor, performed via Rupert Friend. No doubt, the entire institution will alternate blows with Kenobi as they satisfy their quest to extinguish the remnants of the Jedi Order.
But who else could appear within the collection? During a latest red carpet occasion, Friend become in attendance, and in reaction to a question via the clicking, the actor teased the various cameos lovers must assume.Obi-Wan Kenobi Actor Offers TeasesRupert Friend
During a Red Carpet interview with HeyUGuys for his new Netflix series Anatomy of a Scandal, Rupert Friend became asked how excited fans must be for the upcoming collection Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The actor, who plays the Grand Inquisitor, exclaimed that for him, “[the series] is one of the maximum thrilling additions to the Star Wars canon,” and the way there are “super cameos from humans… [and] Easter eggs galore:”
“If it’s viable to be any greater excited than parents already are, I could be. I assume [the collection] is one of the most thrilling additions to the Star Wars canon. I think Ewan McGregor is doing matters with that position that is a dream for fanatics of the unique movies. You know, we will’t obviously have Alec Guinness again, but I simply think Ewan become truely born to play that element. And great cameos from people I obviously can’t tell you, but Easter eggs galore… Yeah, it’s a exciting journey.”
What ‘Wonderful’ Cameos Are Ahead?
So who could probably show up? The listing is almost countless. The first player that comes to mind is Qui-Gon Jinn; in truth, it might be kind of disappointing if he failed to come to be making a cameo in the collection. It looks as if the appropriate outlet to permit Liam Neeson to show his face one greater time.
The show has additionally been stated to have Clone Wars flashbacks. If true, this opens the door to seeing the likes of Captain Rex or Commander Cody—maybe even a more youthful Ahsoka in her early days.
Even Hondo the pirate could show up, given his rapport in the lively series with Obi-Wan. The bounty hunter Cad Bane might be another accurate desire; he would additionally make a lot of sense given his high-quality live-movement introduction to audiences in the final two episodes of The Book of Boba Fett.
There had been plenty of rumors teasing that fans will see more Jedi within the show as well, and in all likelihood even Senator Organa. But what approximately anyone from the cast of Rebels?
Canan and Ezra’s appearances are not going due to the display’s timeline in relation to Kenobi and the way each believed the Jedi lengthy useless; this same sentiment goes toward Darth Maul as nicely. Maybe a young Hera or Sabine ought to display up, however their area in Obi-Wan’s story doesn’t seem too natural at the floor.
Maybe Lucasfilm will marvel everybody with an up-and-coming bounty hunter named Din Djarin crossing paths with the Master Jedi, although best for a 2d. Or, maybe Samuel L. Jackson’s Mace Windu has been alive all this time, and has been waiting to scouse borrow McGregor’s spotlight for years. Only time will inform.
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