Obi-Wan Kenobi
TheObi - Wan Kenobispinoff motion-picture show is reportedly in pre - production and will begin film next spring . Ever since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 and revealed a sequel trilogy in the Skywalker saga would be complemented by standalone plastic film , a project centering on the famous Jedi Knight has long been rumored . Ewan McGregor , who impersonate Obi - Wan in the prequels , is up to reprize the role , but he has caution devotee several time over the past few years thatit ’s all"just talk"for now .
Though Lucasfilm has never officially announcedObi - Wan , the film has been gaining traction dating back to last August , when it was saidBilly Elliothelmsman Stephen Daldry was in talks to direct . Since then , Obi - Wanhasreceived the working titleJoshua Tree(a reference to aNew Hopefilming location ) , but all ’s been mostly still on this picky front ever since . However , the belated Bible concerning the movie is that it ’s only about a yr away from get in front of the television camera .
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According toFanthaTracks , theObi - Wancreative squad is currently progress to their mode through pre - production ( conception art , props , storyboards ) and they plan to begin shoot at Pinewood Studios in London afterEpisode IXwraps after this class . The"main shoot"wouldn’t start until April 2019 , butFanthaTracksnotesObi - Wanwill"move onto stages"come January . This fundamentally lines up witha old report that suggest at a similar timeframe .
Before devotee get too excited by this news , there are some aspect about the rumor that make it suspect . As stated above , Lucasfilm still has not officially announcedObi - Wanyet , or else unveil program forRian Johnson ’s new trilogyanda serial publication from David Benioff & D.B. Weiss . IfObi - Wanwas this far along , it stands reason to believe it would have been confirmed before now . Additionally , the hypothecate vent appointment of December 2020 raises a few question chump . Lucasfilm already has a tentpole planned for that year inIndiana Jones 5 , and the studio apartment has never released anIndyandStar Warsmovie in the same year . Plus , Avatar 2andSherlock Holmes 3will beduking it out at the box berth over Christmas 2020 , competition that Lucasfilm would likely like to avoid . Disney has a keen interest group inAvatar’ssuccess , considering the World ofAvatarattractions at their theme parks andthe impending merger with Fox .
It ’s always potential Lucasfilm makes a surprise announcement in the near succeeding aboutObi - Wan(perhaps afterSoloopens toits record book - breaking box office ) , but for now it is still just a rooter ’s aspiration . A Kenobi spinoff in spades has on - paper potential and would help film in the gaps betweenRevenge of the SithandA New Hope(something of a specialization for theStar Warsanthologies ) , though it ’s potential not in the bill for now . And considering a legal age of the Jedi ’s life has been covered in moving-picture show , television shows , and comics already , it would n’t exactly be a missed opportunity ifObi - Wannever came to be .
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Source : FanthaTracks
