On the latest episode of Crew Call, Obi-Wan Kenobi’s executive producer Deborah Chow acknowledged that the series was originally hatched as a standalone movie and with regards a second series she said, “there’s 10 more years before New Hope, so never say never.”
Chow’s biggest hurdle in the entire series was shooting during the thick of Covid — before there was a vaccine. Andor originally was set to film in London but wound up being shot across the street from The Mandalorian‘s soundstages in Los Angeles.
“It was pretty intense,” says Chow, who did all her pre-production prep from Toronto. She didn’t meet her key creative department heads in-person until filming commenced.
“Anything with background was always stressful because we had little Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) running around,” Chow tells us. However, “we didn’t get shut down.”
We talk with Chow about Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen taking up their characters more than a decade later and why she chose the final episode “Part VI” as her Emmy submission.
As far as more Obi-Wan Kenobi?
“This was conceived as a limited series; it is closed,” says Chow.
However, “There’s 10 more years before New Hope, so never say never.”
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy also recently spoke about a second season of Obi-Wan Kenobi, stating “We have no plans for expansion right now.” We will be watching very closely!
Listen to Crew Call at the link below, and watch the Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+ now.
