Last week at D23, Disney finally confirmed possibly the most oft-rumored project of all time:Ewan McGregorwill reprise the role of Ob-Wan Kenobi for alive-actionStar Warsserieson Disney+.Kathleen Kennedynoted that all the scripts were written and production would be ready to kick off next year while an official timeline graphic vaguely set the show during the events ofSolo: A Star WarsStory. But a new tidbit fromThe Star Wars Showgets a little bit more specific, revealing that the Obi-Wan series takes place eight years afterRevenge of the Sith, so eleven years beforeA New Hope.
First off, Obi-Wan Kenobi is going to have tosee.some.shit. for Ewan McGregor to age into desert hermitAlec Guinnessin 11 years. But for those of you out there frantically crunching the numbers, here are a few intriguing facts about that specific timeline: Luke Skywalker would be eight-years-old during the Kenobi TV show—roughly the same age as Anakin Skywalker when he first met Obi-Wan—so congrats in advance toJacob Tremblay. TheSoloconnection is a bit murkier; this exact date would set the show duringSolo, but in the middle of that gap when Han (Alden Ehrenreich) is working for the Empire and Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) still owns the Millennium Falcon.
Of course, that means the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate is lurking about, hinting at possible appearances byEmilia Clarke’s Qi’Ra orPaul Bettany’s Dryden Vos. (Dude is around filmingWandaVisionanyway!) It’s also completely possible we’ll get a Darth Maul appearance. You may recall the horn-headed Sith murdered Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) inThe Phantom Menaceand Obi-Wan promptly returned the favor by chopping him in half, butSolobrought Maul back with a fresh pair of robot legs. Worth noting, though, that Obi-Wan and Darth Maul already tussled for the second time in the animated seriesStar Wars Rebels, which is considered canon.
I suppose all will be revealed when the series hits Disney+, likely in 2021. For more on the Obi-Wan Kenobi series and Disney+’s otherStar Warsofferings, check out the links below:
