Obi-Wan Kenobi Standalone Film in the Works?
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Lucasfilm and Disney have plans to pump out a lot of Star Wars movies. On top of the new trilogy, they are also developing standalone films set in the Star Wars universe. We'll eventually be seeing at least two Star Wars movies released a year. None of the titles of the standalone films have officially been announced yet, but we've heard that they might involve Han Solo, Boba Fett, and Yoda. It makes sense that those characters would get their own films. You know what other character makes sense? Obi-Wan Kenobi. I just assumed one day that character would get his own flick, and now, according to a source from Making Star Wars, the movie is in development. Here's what they say:
"Obi-Wan Kenobi – I’ve heard from quite a few people now that an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie is in the works. For the spin-off movies they were initially going to stay away from any Jedi or Sith characters. But I’m hearing now that because of the popularity of Obi-Wan (fans recently voting for him on the official website etc) that an art team is now working with a writer on concepts for an Obi-Wan movie."
The official site voting mentioned there is the This is Madness Tournament, and Kenobi was voted the top Star Wars character. That's because Obi-Wan is a freakin' badass. I'm sure Lucasfilm is in early development on several other standalone Star Wars movies as well, just like Marvel is with many of their unannounced films.
About a year ago Ewan McGregor said that he'd be open to reprising the role and even offered up an idea for the story. He said,
"I think it's a good idea. The only bit that I could get away with doing is after the last one I made, 'Episode III,' before Alec Guinness [played Obi-Wan in the original films], there's that period where he's in the desert.
"That might be my window, there, to tell that story. I don't know what he did in the desert. We could make up some stuff. Could be quite exciting. I'd be up for it, for sure, of course."
I just love the idea of an old-school style Star Wars western with Obi-Wan as the main character. I hope that one day we will see an Obi-Wan movie, and if it happens, it will be interesting to see what story they tell.