![]() ![]() In the prequels-which were largely dismissed upon release but have found admiration as its original audience has grown older-McGregor's Obi-Wan was the rock that held the movies down amidst some undeniably strange writing choices, racist caricatures as characters, and CGI that would prove to age poorly. While Guinness, an Oscar-winner in the '50s long before he ever even heard the word "Jedi," was the original Obi-Wan, Ewan McGregor's performance has best stood the test of time. ![]() We’re not going to suddenly go try to do that." Considering McGregor himself was, at first, a recast version of Guinness' original portrayal, it makes the release of Obi-Wan Kenobi a bit confusing, no? Kennedy continued in another Vanity Fair interview: "We would never make Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford.We also can’t go do something with Luke Skywalker that isn’t Mark Hamill. And while Guinness was the first one to ever claim his name was actually "Ben" and not "Obi-Wan," it's McGregor who's become the performer most eternally connected with the character-one of the most storied Jedi Knights in all of Star Wars lore. It's an eyebrow raising statement, mostly, because Lucasfilm was about to launch Obi-Wan Kenobi, a series starring Ewan McGregor as the titular Obi-Wan Kenobi-a recast version of a character played by Alec Guinness in 1977's original Star Wars: A New Hope. “Now it does seem so abundantly clear that we can’t do that.” “There should be moments along the way when you learn things,” Kennedy said. In discussing Solo, the 2018 film that explored Han Solo's younger years and cast Alden Ehrenreich in Harrison Ford's iconic set of vests and jackets, Kennedy seemed to acknowledge that she had drawn the conclusion to no longer attempt to recreate the magic of beloved Star Wars characters with new actors. Kathleen Kennedy-president of Lucasfilm, and thus, head honcho of any and everything related to Star Wars and everyone's favorite galaxy far, far, away-made an eyebrow-raising statement in a recent Vanity Fair cover story.
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