Full Cast for Lucasfilm's OBI-WAN KENOBI Series and Production Start Date Announced
Lucasfilm has announced the full cast of its upcoming live-action Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. They’ve also announced that the series, which is coming to Disney+, will start shooting in April.
Obi-Wan Kenobi stars Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the Jedi Master he played in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and he will be joined by Hayden Christensen, who is also set to return as Darth Vader. The series also stars Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse as Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. The rest of the cast includes Moses Ingram, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie.
The story begins 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Kenobi faced his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker turned evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.
Deborah Chow (Better Call Saul, American Gods, The Mandalorian) will direct the series as well as serve as showrunner, with Hossein Amini (Drive, McMafia) and Joby Harold (John Wick 3, Awake, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) writing.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Chow, McGregor, and Harold. The series will be shot using the same stagecraft technology that the filmmakers on The Mandalorian have utilized.
This is one of several new Star Wars shows that Lucasfilm is developing. They are also producing a new season of The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, Rangers of the New Republic, Andor, and Acolyte.