'Of course, Anakin and Obi-Wan weren't on the greatest of terms when we last saw them. 'It was such an incredible journey playing Anakin Skywalker,' Christensen said of coming back to the role.

I'm really enjoying it.'Īside from McGregor returning as Obi-Wan, Hayden Christensen - who played Anakin in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith - will return as Vader. 'But to come back to play him again, Obi-Wan Kenobi, has been absolutely brilliant. 'There may or may not be cloaks, I'm not saying anything,' McGregor told CBS Sunday Morning in May. Obi-Wan survived and fled to Tatooine with Luke, the son Anakin didn't know he had, while Luke's twin sister, Leia, went to live with the royal family of Alderaan. Qui-Gon discovered Anakin on the desert planet Tatooine, but was slain by Darth Maul, and the responsibility of training the boy fell to Obi-Wan.Īnakin succumbed to the Dark Side in Revenge of the Sith and became Darth Vader, then helped Emperor Palpatine wipe out the Jedi as they established the Galactic Empire. The prequel trilogy, which kicked off with The Phantom Menace in 1999, brought in McGregor as a younger Obi-Wan and introduced us to his master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). Hayden Christensen will play Darth Vader again.

He even gave Rey a little help in The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. Later in that movie, Obi-Wan was struck down by his former apprentice Darth Vader, who was ultimately revealed to be Anakin Skywalker, Luke's father and a Jedi turned to the Dark Side.ĭespite his death, Obi-Wan returned as a spirit (a Force ghost, in Star Wars-speak) to guide Luke in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. This movie saw him helping young Luke Skywalker take his first steps into the larger world of the Force. The quick version: Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Jedi master who first appeared on screen in 1977's A New Hope, played by Alec Guinness.

If you really don't know, you should watch a few Star Wars movies. He won't look quite this old in the Disney Plus show. It'll take place 10 years after Revenge of the Sith and nine years before A New Hope, in an era after the Jedi Order has been all but wiped out. When in the Star Wars timeline is it set?

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