Mike86

I don't really know why anyone would expect him in a future Star Wars film. The Force Awakens is obviously after the Original Trilogy so there wouldn't be much reason to show his version of Obi-Wan unless it was a flashback, but even in a flashback it would make more sense for it to be old Ben which couldn't happen unless it was CG or something. I doubt they'll make future films using Obi-Wan in the Prequel Trilogy era either and his character had a pretty full story arc through the films. The only thing that could be done is if Disney ever decided to do a film that bridged the gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.

Draven

What's interesting about this to me is that there are plenty of great stories in the Expanded Universe that would have made great movies. I realize that these aren't popular with some, but there are at least 3 movies in there somewhere that would have been great.

That said, I do have high hopes for the new ones. I definitely feel the right people are involved.

joe_b

This exactly. And that kind of seems like a no-brainer for Disney considering the popularity of the character.

Obi-Wanma

If they ever did anything new with force ghost Obi-Wan, personally I would rather that they made up McGregor to look old rather than cast a third actor in the role. Why cast a new actor when you still have an actor that audiences will accept as Obi-Wan?

Josh-da-man

I recall that an Obi-Wan Kenobi solo movie was mentioned as a possibility, along with a young Han Solo movie and a bounty hunters movie, when it was announced that they were doing movies apart from the numbered saga. Presumably Ewan would star in one of those, most likely set between RotS and ANH.

Mike86

I guess I thought an Obi-Wan film had been talked about but only quite some time ago, before Disney even bought Lucasfilm. I could be wrong though. I just sort of assumed it was brushed off to the sidelines for now. I could see it happening eventually maybe but it sort of seems like the strategy is to not focus too much on the Prequel Trilogy for now. Maybe that'll change down the line.

Ranger

Yeah sure they figured bringing in Ewan would just trigger bad memories of the PT.

Abob Teff

Thank you Dr. Ranger ... I think you found the cause of my PTSD ... Prequel Trilogy Stress Disorder!

Artman

Wouldn't mind seeing an Obi-Won pic or two, but there's no rush with Ewan, he was already 10+yrs too young to be playing him in the prequels. We can wait awhile longer for him to at least look a little older, lol.

taffer

I never understand why people think Ewan was too young. I think these people just have faulty memories and incorrectly think Alec was some super old dude, which I guess is kind of understandable since most of us saw the Star Wars OT when we were kids, and kids always think anyone who looks remotely old is super old.

Alec really wasn't that old at all.



According to wikipedia, Ewan was born in 1971 and Alec was born in 1914. So Ewan would have been 28 in The Phantom Menace, and Alec would have been 63 in Star Wars '77.

So if Ewan/Obi-Wan was 28 in TPM, and AOTC was 10 years after TPM, then he would be 38 in AOTC. Another 3 years (I think) are between AOTC and ROTS, so he would be 41 in ROTS. Then 20 years between ROTS and ANH would make him 61, which is only two years short of Alec's age at the time.

joe_b

I take more issue with Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse as young Owen and Beru. Both actors were a good 10-15 younger than they should have been. Slaving away on those moisture vaporators must really age a person.

RocShemp

Could well be. Stress can age a person. There's a manager at my job that we all swore was in his early 50's. It turns out he's only 30 years old.

Drexl

Not to mention all the years of exposure to 2 suns on a desert planet.

EctoCooler

Don't apologize for any of the shit in the Prequels. Lars and Beru were poorly cast, period.

Supermallet

Why would you need a flashback to include Obi-Wan? Holocron, bitches!

JTH182

Or guidebooks.

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JeremyM

I'm late but this stuff was awesome.

Artman

They filmed ROTS in 2003, so Ewan was 32ish... about 10yrs younger than the story called for. That isn't a bad thing - Ewan is about the only thing anyone would have interest in re-visiting from the prequels after all. I was just suggesting that there isn't any rush to feature him in one of these spin-offs. He's only 44 now, and looks much younger any ways.

joe_b

MakingStarWars posted the first description of what one of Leia's costumes looks like:

Read the full article here (including descriptions of Han and Chewie):

http://makingstarwars.net/2015/01/st...-descriptions/

Shannon Nutt

There's a rumor that the Hutts (multiple ones) will appear in The Force Awakens...hopefully, just a cameo - maybe Han needs to deal with them over something.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/st...m-newest-hutts

joe_b

^ And practical, no less. If the Special Editions taught us anything, it's that a CG Hutt can't hold a candle to a rubber one.

As for what role they might play, there was an old rumor about a piece of concept art depicting Leia and two guards standing before several Hutts. After killing Jabba, she might still be persona non grata with their kind... or maybe they're cool with it and just grateful she finally got rid of the bastard.

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windom

Did anyone that actually saw Leia kill Jabba actually survive though? I don't see Leia bragging about killing him.

Also, I still think that the average Hutt should not be morbidly obese like Jabba. Otherwise, Jabba is nothing out of the ordinary for his species. Plus I thought Jabba was killing Jedi when he was younger. Hard to do that if you're a big blob that can barely move around.

joe_b

True. At the very least, the rest of Jabba's court that wasn't on the sail barge would know Luke and company were responsible. That might cause some interesting complications if Leia and the Republic ever needed to call on the Hutts for something.