‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’: Release Schedule, Plot, Moses Ingram and Everything to Know

Disney and Lucasfilm introduced the sequence in 2019. Here are all of the spoiler-free particulars you want.

When is Obi-Wan Kenobi out on Disney Plus?

The sequence kicked off Thursday, May 26 with two episodes. It’ll run for six episodes, so listed below are the dates you may have the option to watch the remainder:

Is there a trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Yes, there are two. The most up-to-date trailer was launched on Star Wars Day 2022, May 4th (be with you).

The first trailer and imagery dropped in early March.

When within the Star Wars timeline is it set?

It takes place 10 years after Revenge of the Sith and 9 years earlier than A New Hope, in an period after the Jedi Order has been all however worn out.

What occurred with Moses Ingram?

Ingram, the Black actor who performs Imperial Inquisitor Reva, was focused with racist abuse after the primary two episodes aired. The Star Wars Twitter account called out this behavior, with actors Ewan McGregor, Kumail Nanjiani and others following go well with to communicate extremely of Ingram.

“I simply wished to say because the main actor within the sequence, as the chief producer on the sequence, that we stand with Moses. We love Moses,” McGregor stated in a video message posted in Twitter. “And in case you ship her bullying messages, you are no Star Wars fan in my thoughts. There’s no place for racism on this world. I completely stand with Moses.”

It is not the primary time a Star Wars actor has been topic to on-line abuse. Kelly Marie Tran, the Asian actress who portrayed Rose Tico in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, deleted her social media accounts in 2018 after harassment. John Boyega, the Black actor who performed Finn in The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, famous that he was hit with similar abuse.

Who’s Obi-Wan Kenobi?

If you actually do not know, it is best to watch a couple of Star Wars films. The fast model: Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Jedi grasp who first appeared on display in 1977’s A New Hope, performed by Alec Guinness. This film noticed him serving to younger Luke Skywalker take his first steps into the bigger world of the Force. Later in that film, Obi-Wan was struck down by his former apprentice Darth Vader, who was finally revealed to be Anakin Skywalker, Luke’s father and a Jedi turned to the Dark Side.

Despite his dying, Obi-Wan returned as a spirit (a Force ghost, in Star Wars-speak) to information Luke in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. He even gave Rey a little bit assist in The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker.

The prequel trilogy, which kicked off with The Phantom Menace in 1999, introduced in McGregor as a youthful Obi-Wan and launched us to his grasp Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). Qui-Gon found Anakin on the desert planet Tatooine, however was slain by Darth Maul, and the accountability of coaching the boy fell to Obi-Wan.

Anakin succumbed to the Dark Side in Revenge of the Sith and turned Darth Vader, then helped Emperor Palpatine wipe out the Jedi as they established the Galactic Empire. Obi-Wan survived and fled to Tatooine with Luke, the son Anakin did not know he had, whereas Luke’s twin sister, Leia, went to reside with the royal household of Alderaan.

Cast: Who’s in Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Aside from McGregor returning as Obi-Wan, Hayden Christensen — who performed Anakin in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith — returns as Vader. The actor rewatched all the films, alongside The Clone Wars and Rebels, to put together for his return as Anakin, instructed Entertainment Weekly in April.

“They did quite a bit with these characters in these reveals. And they did additional discover the connection,” he stated of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s roles within the reveals. “There was fascinating stuff there to study. It was nice enjoyable getting to return and re-immerse your self on this world that simply continues to develop and turn into extra and extra huge.”

Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse are additionally again Owen and Beru Lars — higher often called Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. At this level within the timeline, they’re elevating Luke distant from now-evil dad Darth Vader.

Moses Ingram performs Jedi-hunting Imperial Inquisitor Reva, together with Rupert Friend because the Grand Inquisitor and Sung Kang as enjoying the Fifth Brother. The Dark Side-wielding Inquisitors have been beforehand seen in CGI animated sequence Rebels and online game Jedi: Fallen Order — their fortress from the top of the sport seems within the present.

Reva is a brand new character, however the Grand Inquisitor and Fifth Brother beforehand appeared within the CGI animated sequence Rebels. Indira Varma, whom you would possibly bear in mind enjoying Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones, is seen as an Imperial officer.

Joining them are Kumail Nanjiani, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.

None of them has beforehand been in Star Wars, and Nanjiani instructed USA Today in November that his experience on the show was “completely wonderful.”

“When you are on set, you’ve gotten to put out of your head that you just’re in Star Wars, which could be very exhausting to do as a result of it actually appears such as you’re in Star Wars. I’m dressed like I’m in Star Wars,” he stated. “The man who I’m speaking to appears quite a bit like Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was my first job exterior of quarantine: I bought vaccinated, went proper to set and actually had one of the best three months.”

There’s one different actor who’ll nearly definitely present up, as recommended close to the top of Revenge of the Sith.

“In your solitude on Tatooine, coaching I’ve for you. An previous pal has discovered the trail to immortality — one who has returned from the netherworld on the Force. Your previous grasp,” said Yoda as he and Obi-Wan go into exile. “How to commune with him, I’ll train you.”

Jedi grasp Qui-Gon Jinn died in The Phantom Menace, however Neeson returned to the position in The Clone Wars. He was the primary Jedi ever to turn into a Force ghost and information his allies within the materials realm. By the time of the unique trilogy, Obi-Wan has discovered this talent, having been taught by Qui-Gon. We’ll presumably see this within the present. Neeson instructed Collider in October 2020 he hadn’t but “been approached” about reprising the position, nevertheless it might occur.

Who’s dealing with the music for Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Composer John Williams, who scored all 9 Skywalker Saga films and turned 90 in February, wrote the show’s theme. Outside the films, he additionally wrote themes for Solo: A Star Wars Story and Disney Parks’ Galaxy’s Edge.

Natalie Holt, who was chargeable for the music in final 12 months’s Marvel Cinematic Universe sequence Loki, is handling the rest of the show’s music composition duties.

“It’s reflective, and it is simply completely applicable,” Holt stated of the theme Williams composed. “It’s wistful, however there’s a component of hope to it. It’s doing one thing new and I feel persons are going to be actually blown away by it.”

Who else is concerned with this Star Wars present?

Deborah Chow, who helmed episodes 3 and 7 of The Mandalorian’s first season, directed the Obi-Wan sequence, which was written by Joby Harold. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Chow, McGregor and Harold will function government producers.

What do we all know in regards to the plot of Obi-Wan Kenobi?

“During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi grasp Obi-Wan Kenobi embarks on an important mission. Kenobi should confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire,” reads Disney’s synopsis for the present.

We know Obi-Wan — recognized to the locals as Ben Kenobi — will watch over Luke from a distance whereas in exile on Tatooine. Don’t suppose too exhausting about the truth that Vader failed to search for his son on his dwelling planet, that the Galactic Empire did not discover a younger man with the identify Skywalker or that Obi-Wan’s alias is fairly darn comparable to his personal identify.

What can I watch and learn if I can not get sufficient Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Helpfully, Disney Plus suggested a watchlist forward of the present’s premiere. It contains the prequel films — The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith — the 2008 Clone Wars film and a number of arcs from The Clone Wars sequence.

The film introduces Anakin’s apprentice Ahsoka Tano, whereas the sequence arcs spotlight Obi-Wan’s difficult relationship with Mandalorian chief Satine Kryze, in addition to a mission wherein he goes undercover to cease a plot to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine. The Clone Wars takes place between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

If you need a contemporary Clone Wars journey with Obi-Wan and Anakin, Mike Chen’s novel Brotherhood sends them on an epic detective quest.

Obi-Wan’s remaining battle with Maul takes place after the occasions of this present, round two years earlier than A New Hope. We’ve already seen how that goes down within the CGI animated sequence Star Wars Rebels.

Beyond that, we have had a couple of canon glimpses of this era. In the first volume of Marvel’s major Star Wars comedian sequence, Luke finds Obi-Wan’s journals following the Jedi’s dying in A New Hope. These recount a couple of of his adventures on Tatooine, like saving Luke from Jabba’s goons, defending Jawas from Tusken Raiders and rescuing Owen from Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan (who made his first live-action look in The Book of Boba Fett).

There’s additionally Marvel’s five-issue Obi-Wan comic miniseries, which can see him writing these journals throughout “the ultimate days of his time on Tatooine,” the official Star Wars web site revealed on Feb. 3. It feels like the principle story can be set after this present, with flashbacks to completely different factors in his life. Disney loves synergy although, so it is doable components from the comedian will seem within the present. The first situation got here out In May.