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Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader for Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi series

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Here’s some huge Star Wars news coming out of Disney’s Investor Day event – Hayden Christensen is set to make his return to the galaxy far, far away with the Prequel Trilogy star set to reprise his role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series. The news was revealed by Kathleen […]

Ewan McGregor had an in-camera costume test as Obi-Wan on the set of The Mandalorian

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Ewan McGregor, the star of the upcoming Star Wars show about Obi-Wan Kenobi, had an in-camera costume test on the set of The Mandalorian. The Mandalorian season two is nearly upon us and beyond that fans can’t wait to see Ewan McGregor back in action as Obi-Wan Kenobi for his own Disney+ show. Things are […]

Ewan McGregor says Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars TV series will start shooting in March

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Having been delayed once to undergo a retooling under a new creative team, it seems that Disney and Lucasfilm are now firmly back on track with their Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series, with star Ewan McGregor revealing on the UK’s The Graham Norton Show that filming is set to get underway in March. “We start […]

Ewan McGregor talks Obi-Wan Kenobi return and the legacy of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

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Ewan McGregor, who is returning to Star Wars for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, says the project is even more exciting than the Prequel Trilogy. If you did a survey of Star Wars fans, Ewan McGregor’s return as Obi-Wan Kenobi would be high on the wish list. Fortunately, this is exactly what is happening with […]

Obi-Wan Kenobi series will begin filming in Spring 2021 and will be a standalone season, says Ewan McGregor

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Earlier this year, Disney and Lucasfilm announced the Obi-Wan Kenobi series was pushed back until next year for a “retooling” of the project, with the studio targeting a 2022 premiere date for the live-action Star Wars series. Now, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, star Ewan McGregor revealed the studio is aiming to start filming in Spring 2021 and […]

Rumour: Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars TV series to feature two different time periods

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A new rumour claims to shed some light on what the story of Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars show will entail. The announced Obi-Wan Kenobi show for Disney+ is one of Star Wars fans’ most anticipated next projects. While we know Ewan McGregor will be reprising the lead role, we don’t know anything about the […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio adds Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Finn Wolfhard and more

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Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Tim Blake Nelson and Cate Blanchett are set to star alongside the previously revealed Ewan McGregor in Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated musical feature Pinocchio for Netflix. As for Pinocchio, film newcomer Gregory Mann will voice the titular puppet looking to be a real boy, while the cast will also include John […]

Obi-Wan Kenobi series to use same revolutionary visual effects as The Mandalorian says Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGrgor, the star of the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series, says the show will make use of The Mandalorian’s revolutionary visual effects technology. The behind the scenes documentaries for The Mandalorian have revealed the new visual effects technology that was pioneered under showrunner Jon Favreau. Called virtual production, environments and locations are rendered on the […]

Ewan McGregor will play Jiminy Cricket in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

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Ewan McGregor, one of the stars of Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated Pinocchio film, has revealed the role he will play in the upcoming adaptation. During a video interview with ACE Universe, McGregor revealed that he will voice that adaptation’s version of Jiminy Cricket and teases he may even have a song. “I’m playing Jiminy Cricket in […]

Rumour: Hayden Christensen in talks for Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi series

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After years of rumours, Hayden Christensen finally made his return to the galaxy far, far away last year as he reprised the role of Anakin Skywalker for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – although his brief voice cameo during the film’s climactic confrontation between Rey and Palpatine wasn’t quite the big return that many […]