"Obi-Wan's not doing that anymore. He's living
a normal life. He's not living the life of a Jedi anymore," said
McGregor, who is also executive producer of the series, in an
interview.
"We can see from the trailer that there are these inquisitors
that are doing Vader's job of tracking down the last Jedi. He
wants to destroy every last Jedi," he said. "They're looking for
him, so you can't use the Force because he might give himself
away."
It has been 17 years since McGregor donned the cowl of the Jedi
in "Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith," the last of the prequel
trilogy.
"They were very difficult to make. The blue screen, green screen
nature of them were very difficult to act in and also they
weren't much liked when they came out," the Scottish actor said.
Few details of the series have been revealed, but they appear to
set the stage for the first meeting of Obi-Wan and Darth Vader,
the towering dark knight that his former pupil Anakin Skywalker
had turned into by the end of the prequels.
McGregor, 51, is now closer to the age of Alec Guinness when he
played Obi-Wan in the original "Star Wars" trilogy. Hayden
Christensen is reprising his role of Anakin Skywalker/Darth
Vader.
"Acting with him on set just felt like this last 17 years just
didn't happen, like there was some crazy time warp or
something," McGregor said. "It was very bizarre."
"Obi-Wan Kenobi" begins streaming on Disney+ on May 27.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Editing by Richard Chang)
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