Ewan McGregor Talks Obi Wan Kenobi Spinoff Movie Subscribe Now! ► http://bit.ly/SubClevverMovies Ewan McGregor teases his potential return as “Obi Wan Kenobi” and we have the details right now on Clevver Newsfeed. If you’ve been wanting to see Ewan McGregor return to world of Star Wars, you’re not alone! Actor Ewan McGregor is currently promoting his upcoming biopic of Miles Davis starring Don Cheadle and as expected talk quickly turned to Star Wars. Unless you’ve been stranded on some distant desert planet, you’re probably aware that McGregor played Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels and is generally regarded as one of the best parts of the otherwise much-maligned trilogy. Speaking with Collider, McGregor opened up about his return to the franchise in last year’s, The Force Awakens. In the movie, the character Rey has a force-vision that includes encouraging words from Luke Skywalker’s old mentor, Obi Wan Kenobi. We’ve previously reported on the special sound editing techniques used to blend McGregor and original Obi Wan actor Alec Guiness’ voices together, but now McGregor was able to elaborate on how his small cameo came to fruition. The actor explained that only weeks out from The Force Awakens premiere he was in Los Angeles editing footage for his directorial debut, American Pastoral, when he received an email from director JJ Abrams explaining the idea for the scene. McGregor hopped on his motorcycle, rode over to Disney, recorded a few alternate lines, and rode off into the sunset, confirming that he does indeed live the life we could only dream of. Ewan also shared some insight into his Obi Wan portrayal saying he was always trying to do his best young Alec Guiness imitation, explaining that nailing the impersonation was always his goal. Considering how beloved the character and his portrayal was, many have speculated that we could see McGregor return to the role again in a future spinoff movie. When asked if he has met with Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy about the possibility, McGregor responded that he couldn’t say, but did specifically point out the time period between Episode 3 and 4 as potential areas that could be explored explaining quote, “I think there’s a story there. I think that’s the Obi-Wan Kenobi movie, if there is one. The one that bridges my Obi-Wan Kenobi and Alec’s Obi-Wan Kenobi because there’s a—I don’t know how long he’s in the desert there, but it’s got to be twenty or thirty years.” As for whether or not we could potentially see him play a Force Ghost in Episodes 8 or 9, McGregor says he’s not aware of any plans and isn’t sure if that could even work since the Obi Wan in those films would be Alec Guinness explaining quote, “To play Obi-Wan Kenobi again would be something I would love to do in one of the spinoff movies. If that were to happen in one of their trilogies, I would be up for that, but I don’t know how that would happen. I’m sure some of the Star Wars fans would come up with an idea of how that could happen.” We’re inclined to agree with McGregor on this one, but if anyone can come up with a way to make it work, it’s Star Wars fans, but what do you think? Could you see him appearing as a Force Ghost in Episode 8 or would you prefer to see him star in a spinoff movie? Share your thoughts in the comments and then click here to find out who we think is the best Star Wars mentor; Obi Wan or Yoda. I’m Erin Robinson, thanks for watching and we’ll see you soon with more movie news! For More Clevver Visit: Like us on Facebook: http://Facebook.com/ClevverMovies Follow us on Twitter: http://Twitter.com/ClevverMovies Keep up with us on Instagram: http://instagr.am/Clevver Website: http://www.clevver.com Add us to your circles on Google+: http://google.com/+ClevverMovies Tweet Erin: https://twitter.com/heyerinrobinson

• published: 31 Mar 2016
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