{"id":122869,"date":"2022-02-10T08:10:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T08:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=122869"},"modified":"2022-05-05T07:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T06:19:54","slug":"obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-series-released-this-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-series-released-this-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi-Wan Kenobi: Star Wars series released this May"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listen up Star Wars<\/strong><\/em> fans! It’s not too long to wait until we get to see Ewan McGregor back as the iconic Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, with the new TV series (appropriately named Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/strong><\/em>) set to be released on 25 May on Disney+!<\/p>\n

Here’s what we know so far…<\/p>\n

How many episodes will there be?<\/h3>\n

Obi-Wan Kenobi\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is a limited series, told in six parts.<\/p>\n

What is the story about?<\/h3>\n

The story begins ten years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith<\/strong><\/em> where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat\u2014the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.<\/p>\n

We know Ewan McGregor is reprising his role, but is anyone else?<\/h3>\n

Yes! The series also marks the return of Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader and Bonnie Piesse as Beru Lars.<\/p>\n

Who else will be in the cast?<\/h3>\n

Joining the cast are Moses Ingram (The Tragedy of Macbeth<\/strong><\/em>), Joel Edgerton (The Green Knight<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Kumail Nanjiani<\/a> (Eternals<\/strong><\/em>), Indira Varma (Carnival Row<\/strong><\/em>), Rupert Friend (Strange Angel<\/strong><\/em>), O\u2019Shea Jackson Jr (Godzilla: King of the Monsters<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Sung Kang (Lisey’s Story<\/strong><\/em>), Simone Kessell (The Crossing<\/strong><\/em>) and Benny Safdie (Licorice Pizza<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n

Who else is behind the series?<\/h3>\n

Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/strong> <\/em>is directed by Deborah Chow, director of two episodes of The Mandalorian<\/strong><\/em> Season One. It is executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and Joby Harold.<\/p>\n

Obi-Wan Kenobi will be released on 27 May on Disney+<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ewan McGregor is back as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the new Disney+ series set to be released this May. Here’s what we know about the show so far…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":122870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Entertainment","MSN_Publish_Option":true,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[5814],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Obi-Wan-Kenobi.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122869"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123908,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122869\/revisions\/123908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}