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Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Limited Series (6 Episodes)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8466564/
May 25, 2021
Disney+

All rumors but possibly HUGE spoilers for Obi-Wan, so it's black ghost text for the lot of it. This isn't everything, just some points I think are interesting. These are all from makingstarwars.net.

The first Obi-Wan episode opens up with a scene at the Jedi temple during Order 66 where two older Jedi Masters die protecting 1-2 teenage Padawans, who manage to escape. Grogu is not in these scenes, but a de-aged Anakin might be.

One of the Padawans somehow figures out that Obi-Wan went to Tatooine and comes looking for him. The Padawan doesn't know anything about Luke or Leia of course, so he/she thinks they can find Obi-Wan, restart the Order together, etc.

Not one, not two, but three Inquisitors follow the Padawan to Tatooine - a Grand Inquisitor - not sure if it's the same character from Rebels, the Third Sister, whose name is Reva and is played by actress Moses Ingram from the Queen's Gambit, and the Fifth Brother.
The Grand Inquisitor was voiced by Jason Isaacs in Rebels and this version will be played by Rupert Friend,
The Fifth Brother was in Rebels as well, grey skin, wore a hat, got killed by Maul on Malachor.

The Third Sister thinks she senses Obi-Wan on Tatooine but the Grand Inquisitor tells her she's an idiot.

Each of the 6 episodes is around 45 minutes long, so it's the equivalent of a 4 hour, 30 minute movie.

Princess Leia is kidnapped specifically as a plot by the Inquisitors to lure Obi-Wan out to kill him because they know of his association with Bail Organa. Apparently there is stuff on Alderaan with Leia in a young diplomat program. Vivien Lyra Blair from Bird Box is young Leia.

Supposedly a few scenes showing what Luke's life is like (sucks) vs. what Leia's life is like (awesome) growing up.

The Lars' family is in Mos Eisley shopping and selling water and sees Inquisitors harshly interrogating people about Jedi. Later Owen meets Obi-Wan in the desert and berates him for attracting danger to Tatooine - even though it's the other Jedi who did so.

The Jedi Padawan finds Obi-Wan who repeatedly denies that is who he is - saying his name is Ben. The Padawan recognizes him from the Temple but Obi-Wan won't admit to it because he thinks it will jeopardize Luke's safety. He tells the Padawan that the war is lost and he should bury his lightsaber in the desert if he wants to survive. The Padawan eventually leaves.

When Obi-Wan gets the call from Bail that Leia is in trouble he goes to the spaceport and finds sees that the Inquisitors have killed the Padawan and strung his body up, I imagine like in Game of Thrones, as a warning.

This has the potential to be some of the best character driven Star Wars content. I imagine your going to have a broken down Obi-Wan who has to rise above his own trauma to serve a higher purpose. And Ewan has the acting chops to take us through all of it. I can't wait!

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I was in high school in 2005 and the hype for that movie was unreal, at least between me and my friends. We all went to see it right after finishing our finals for the year.

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I admittedly wasn't nearly as stoked for ROTS as I was for the first two. But for TPM, it felt like the entire planet was anticipating it more than any other movie in history.

Because I'm in the mood, things I remember loving about the lead-up...

- Thanksgiving '98, a bunch of us going to see the first trailer in front of Enemy of the State. Then, getting interviewed by the local newspaper on our way out, asking if we had bought tickets just to watch the trailer. I told the reporter yes, and when she asked my name, I gave her the name of one of our friends who wasn't with us, who thought Star Wars was for dorks. I then went on and on about how much Star Wars meant to me, and the article made the front page the next day, using our friend's name. He was not amused.

- Trying to download something called "QuickTime" so I could then download the first trailer to watch on the family computer... something I didn't even know was possible, but was out of my mind excited for. Though, the trailer was a whopping 3 MB or so, and took multiple tries and multiple hours to finally download, due to me getting kicked off AOL every time our other phone line rang.

- Buying the Vanity Fair issue with all the incredible Annie Leibovitz first-look photography from the Tatooine set.

- My weekly-turned-daily internet sessions, where I'd check Ain't It Cool News, Corona's Coming Attractions, Dark Horizons, and TheForce.net for the latest news and rumors.

- Recording the full/second trailer from E! News, to VHS, so we could rewind and watch it over and over again.

- The mind-blowing Dual of the Fates music video premiering on TRL on MTV.

- Going to Hastings the day all the TPM merch dropped, to check out all the new books and what not.

- Eating sh*t tons of Taco Bell, in order to collect all the TPM game pieces.

- Finally getting to watch the 60 Minutes piece with George Lucas at Skywalker Ranch, about the making of the movie, which featured a ton of new/awesome footage, after my mom forgot to record it, and my dad made fun of me for getting mad at my mom for forgetting to record "some nerdy Star Wars thing."

- Skipping school at lunch on May 19th to go buy 20 tickets to that night's premiere at the mall Cinemark.

- The palpable buzz between me and 19 of my friends finally sitting down to watch the movie.





... all culminating in the utter shame and disappointment we felt when the lights came up.

I doubt there will be any trade route tax negotiations

Trailer potentially dropping in the next 24 hours. Bold claim, but apparently backed up with solid sourcing...

The Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer is imminent! https://t.co/02zGRRxtf8

— Jason Ward (@MakingStarWars) March 8, 2022

it moved

In case y'all feel like reminiscing. Gonna read through the thread tomorrow.

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/2711657

Also, just FYI, I never gave up on this. It's just that relatively soon after we starting talking - like a few months, if I recall correctly - the real thing was announced. Took all the wind out of the sails.

That said, I haven't given up on my other SW idea either. Just been so busy, but need to make the time to figure the rest of it out. A lot has changed since that post too, as I can get a pitch/script to Lucasfilm pretty easily now.

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as I can get a pitch/script to Lucasfilm pretty easily now.

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TCTTS said:

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Also, just FYI, I never gave up on this. It's just that relatively soon after we starting talking - like a few months, if I recall correctly - the real thing was announced. Took all the wind out of the sails.

That said, I haven't given up on my other SW idea either. Just been so busy, but need to make the time to figure the rest of it out. A lot has changed since that post too, as I can get a pitch/script to Lucasfilm pretty easily now.

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I can get a pitch/script to Lucasfilm pretty easily now.


Just been so busy,

Hahaha. I have to pay the bills with the projects I get paid to develop, in the here and now. Those take up all my time. But the company paying us - a studio my production company has a deal with - can get just about anything read by anyone. The access we have now is crazy, and as long as we keep impressing, that access not only stays open, but becomes our *own* access (independent of the studio). That, and the head of the studio is an OG in the industry and is close with Kathleen Kennedy. Plus, we know a lot other execs/agents now who could get something to Lucasfilm as well. So, I'm biding my time. We're impressing now, but we need to get a few tangible wins in the form of things setup and greenlit on the studio's behalf (that we produce for them). Once that happens, you can bet your ass I'm calling in a favor or two. That said, I probably do need to get a pitch deck made for this idea, to be ready when opportunity calls. So, when things calm down a bit, I'll try and carve out some time and get that other thread going again...

This post reminds me of Louie Anderson's monologue in Coming to America.

Hello there.

— Obi-Wan Kenobi (@obiwankenobi) March 9, 2022

No blue check... yet... buuuuuut followed by the official @starwars, so, it's definitely legit.