Star Wars: Ewan McGregor speaks out on Obi-Wan Kenobi MOVIE after series confirmed

Star Wars fans will be treated to a standalone series on Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ next year, but Ewan McGregor has now revealed the initial plan had been to bring his character back with a solo movie.

The Scottish actor, who played the Jedi in the prequel trilogy, Episodes one, two and three, told Comingsoon.net he was originally in talks to come back for a film before Disney reevaluated the idea.

“It wasn’t always going to be a series, not initially,” he said.

“When we first started talking about, that wasn’t really in the cards but everything’s changed so much, so quickly.”

“It’s a massive f***ing relief,” he told Men’s Journal. “Because for four years, I’ve been having to lie to people about it.”

Teasing a few details about the upcoming series, he added: “The storyline sits between Episode three and Episode four. The Jedi Order was falling apart.

“It will be interesting to take a character we know in a way and show him — well, his arc will be quite interesting, I think, dealing with that the fact that all the Jedi were slaughtered with the end of Episode three.

“It’s quite something to get over.”

Meanwhile, McGregor also said he wanted to bridge the gap between there younger version of Obi-Wan he played in the films and the older, played by Alec Guinness.

“I want to get closer and closer to how Obi-Wan felt while Alec Guinness was playing him,” he told the publication.

“I feel like I’m prayer and nearer him in age, so it’ll be easier to do that.”

The new Obi-Wan Disney+ series will have The Mandalorian director Deborah Chow at the helm, with Hossein Amini writing and serving as an Executive Producer alongside McGregor.

It is slated for release next year.

Meanwhile, Star Wars fans are also currently ramping up for the release of The Rise of Skywalker later this year.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens in UK cinemas December 19.