During his spotlight panel at FAN EXPO Boston yesterday (Sunday), Ewan McGregor confirmed that the original story for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ limited series focused on Luke Skywalker and Ben, before it was changed to Princess Leia and Ben.
“It was going to be a story about me and Luke. It was always going to be that, and that was one of the genius moments where everyone went, ‘Wait a minute,’ and then changed it,” McGregor said during his spotlight panel at FAN EXPO Boston on Sunday.
“That’s the beautiful thing about how passionate Disney, Lucasfilm, all of us are, who are involved with it is from the beginning is we try really hard not to let anything of the bad just to protect your experience of seeing it for the first time,” he added. “I think it’s really cool that Disney and Lucasfilm care so much for the fan experience. They really want you to have a 100% experience the first time you see it, and if you’ve read that, and that leaked, and this came out, it’s just a bit of a shame isn’t it? It’s like looking at your Christmas presents before Christmas Day.”
Watch the Obi-Wan Kenobi limited series on Disney+ now.
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