Disney+ continues to add to its “Star Wars” content library, announcing Monday that filming begins in April for its upcoming “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series.
Set ten years after the events in "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," the show will follow the story of what happened after Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi witnessed the downfall and corruption of his former pupil and best friend, Anakin Skywalker, to the Dark Side.
According to a press release from Disney+, Ewan McGregor will reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen will also return to the “Star Wars” universe as the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.
Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse, who played Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru in the “Star Wars” prequels, will return to their previous roles as well.
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The streaming platform announced that Moses Ingram (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Kumail Nanjiani (“The Eternals”), Indira Varma (“Game of Thrones”), Rupert Friend (“Homeland”), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (“Straight Outta Compton”), Sung Kang (“Power”), Simone Kessell (“Reckoning”) and Benny Safdie (“Good Time”) will also be joining the cast.
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The special event series will be directed by Deborah Chow, who also directed two episodes of “The Mandalorian.”
Last month it was announced that “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” an animated series that will follow the experimental clones introduced in “The Clone Wars,” is slated to premiere on Disney+ on May 4th. Subsequent new episodes will be released every Friday.
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