Thoughthe look back atObi - Wan Kenobi panel at Star Wars Celebration did n’t have any newsabout a second seasonof the show , it did give fans in attending anew found appreciationfor what the show meant to the cast and crowd who worked on it .
Ewan McGregor did mention that he want to do more , and you sympathise why after listen him blab out about his experience on the show . For example , the first clock time he watched the final instalment , when his quality state adieu to Princess Leia ( Vivien Lyra Blair ) , he admitted to exclaim uncontrollably . He and carbon monoxide - ace Hayden Christensen also speak aboutthat tremendously impactful scene whereKenobi and Darth Vader eventually show down , with Obi - Wan crack Vader ’s masquerade , and what it intend to both of them .
During the gore , which include not just McGregor , Christensen and Blair , but also showrunner Deborah Chow and Indira Varma , each venire member played a aspect that mean a lot to them . For McGregor it was that Leia scene . And for Christensen , it was the Vader fit . After it played , he and McGregor arrest up and hug each other before let the cat out of the bag about what it meant to them .
The cast of Obi-Wan Kenobi at Star Wars CelebrationPhoto: io9/Germain Lussier
“ Within the circumstance of the saga it ’s just a great bit of Star Wars , ” Christensen said . “ And a really crucial tantrum . Not just the tragedy of the character Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader but the tragedy of the family relationship between Anakin and Obi - Wan , And Deborah , I ca n’t give thanks you enough . The agency it was script , the way the whole matter came together on the day … and so much of why that scene works is Ewan ’s functioning and the heartache that you experience . And you get to sympathise the dichotomy a little routine comfortably and that struggle of identity . I ’m just very very proud of that scene . ”
“ There ’s something about the scene that surprised us both when we dash it , ” McGregor bestow . “ About how emotional it became . It did n’t needfully experience that room on the page . It had something to do with us . We adjoin each other a farsighted clip ago in Australia doing Episode II and [ Hayden was ] a young , young , young actor and our life have happened between then and now . There was something about the experience of work together again because it ’s just , like , we just know each other you know ? And had n’t pick up each other for such a long sentence . And the consequence of sprout it , all of that was alive in the aspect and that ’s beautiful when that happens . It ’s such a howling experience and certainly that ’s what it feel like up there . ”
The take away of the board , besides how much everyone involved in Obi - Wan Kenobi loved it , was that whether lover like the serial as a whole or not , there ’s no deny there are moments across the series that definitely got thing right . Like Obi - Wan Kenobi defeating Darth Vader .
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