Lucasfilm's OBI-WAN KENOBI Series Will Reportedly Heavily Involve another Legacy Character
Some new details have emerged regarding Lucasfilm’s upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series. These new details are in line with previous reports that have been shared. They involve a young Princess Leia.
A few months ago it was reported that Vivien Lyra Blair (Bird Box, We Can Be Heroes) had been cast in the series as Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. It was said that she would play a “big” part in the series. She is described as "the impetus for the whole show ... [who] gets Obi-Wan into another adventure."
Well, now it seems we know what that adventure will be. The following information comes from starwarsnewsnet.com, and it could be considered spoiler info. So, if you don’t want to know you should stop reading now. Here are the details that they’ve revealed:
We have learned that Obi-Wan will have an important mission in the series that involve none other than her highnessness, Princess Leia! As we know, the Kenobi series takes place 10 years after Revenge of the Sith, so this will be a 10-year-old Leia in the series.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the princess managed to get herself into trouble, even at this young age. From what we’ve heard, it appears that the princess is being held prisoner in a Cantina-like establishment where we will see a healthy mixture of new and familiar creatures.
Of course, Obi-Wan’s task will be to rescue the princess. With a young Leia’s significant involvement in the series, we know that her adopted parents will also play a role. As we all know, Bail Organa adopted Leia after her birth, so actor Jimmy Smits who played the Senator in the prequels and returned for 2016’s Rogue One, will also make an important appearance.
It makes complete sense to involve Leia in the story. She clearly has a very strong relationship with Obi-Wan when we are first introduced to her in the first Star Wars movie as she reaches out to him for help. So, this series will show us how that relationship started.
We really don’t know much about Leia's past as a kid. In the comics, we learned that when she was nine years old she was living at the Royal Palace on Alderaan, but she ran away for a whole week hiding in a nearby forest. Apart from this incident, we don’t know anything else about Leia during this time. So, the creative team of the series has a lot of creative free reign.
Hayden Christensen will be back in the role of Vader and he and Ewan McGregor’s Kenobi will once again face off with each other. From what I understand, Kenobi is being hunted by Jedi hunters, who are also known as Inquisitors. Director Deborah Chow previously shared, "This is quite a dark time that we're coming into with him, just being a Jedi — it's not safe. There's Jedi hunters out there."
Chow went on to say, "We couldn't tell the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi without addressing Anakin or Vader.” She added that audiences will "definitely see Obi-Wan and Darth Vader get into it again.” So that’ll be awesome to see!
McGregor teased, "Having another swing at each other might be quite satisfying for everybody. We hope that you enjoy it as much as we're going to enjoy making it."
The series also stars Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Moses Ingram, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie.
Obi-Wan Kenobi hits Disney+ on May 25th.