On Friday, March 17th, 2023, Ewan McGregor took part in a charity fundraising sketch for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day on the BBC in the UK, reprising the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi as part of a star-studded parody of the viral hit The Traitors.
Watch the sketch below….
The “contestants” included Alison Hammond, who was just confirmed as Matt Lucas’s replacement on The Great British Bake Off, Mary Berry from the same show, Stephen Merchant, Danny Dyer, Jennifer Saunders and two actual Traitors contestants from Season 1.
Merchant accuses McGregor of appearing via green-screen as he speaks of the dangers of the dark side, with McGregor asking Merchant to “pipe down” as “it’s been a while, I’m just trying to stay in character” before revealing that the traitor is Darth Vader, with Merchant sarcastically remarking how good the writing on the sketch is.
Later, McGregor advises Berry to “use the forks” to cut a slice of cake, before confessing that he “has a bad feeling about this” when the time comes for the group to identify the Traitors in the room.
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Watch Ewan in the Obi-Wan Kenobi limited series available exclusively on Disney+ now.
