"Obi-Wan Kenobi" now that's a name casual "Star Wars" fans haven't heard in a long time. The Jedi master gets his own moment in the suns with a new six-part Disney+ series starring Ewan McGregor.
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Dropping three hours earlier than originally expected, the highly anticipated Disney+ "Star Wars" series "Obi-Wan Kenobi" got just enough of a head start on Netflix's "Stranger Things" that eager fans could devour both as they dropped. Kicking off with the first two of six total episodes, Ewan McGregor was fantastic as the weather-worn Obi-Wan Kenobi, emotionally beaten down and still struggling with having failed Anakin Skywalker in "Revenge of the Sith" ten years later. It's appropriate in a way that the story takes place ten years after the events of the 2005 film but was filmed 17 years later. Those extra seven years of aging on McGregor make it more believable that the challenges of living on Tattooine can have him looking as old as Alec Guinness in another ten years or so. It was also appreciated that Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse reprised their roles as Owen and Beru Lars, respectively. Kathleen Kennedy said she'd learned