The Hollywood reporter just broke the news that everyone’s favorite Jedi Master, Obi Wan Kenobi, is getting his own stand-alone film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter:
“Stephen Daldry is Star Wars’ new hope. The Oscar-nominated director behind Billy Elliot and The Hours is in early talks to direct a Star Wars standalone movie centering on Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Sources say talks are at the earliest of stages and that the project has no script. If a deal makes, Daldry would oversee the development and writing with Lucasfilm brass. It’s not known at this stage if Ewan McGregor will reprise his role.”
Hey, Ben Kenobi needs some love! He was the ultimate bad-ass mentor in the original Star Wars: A New Hope, but then got kinda tarnished with all his planet-hopping in the prequels….. let’s bring him back and give him his due.
Would Ewan McGregor still make a great Obi Wan? We’ll see. Not sure the Lucasfilm brass would go with it, since it’s almost too much of a tie to the lesser-like prequel films.
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