Don't worry, 'Star Wars' fans, the Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan Kenobi series is still the Disney+ show you're looking for!
was first to report on Thursday that the series had instead been put on hold, with crews sent home from Pinewood Studios in London, where they were preparing to begin filming.
ET spoke with McGregor on Thursday night at the"Harleywood & Highland" event for his upcoming DC Comics film"The scripts are really, really good. They want to make them better," he explained. "And they just slid the production to shooting next year." "So it's not as dramatic as it sounds," McGregor added."I just got here tonight, and it's like, oh my god look at all this stuff! It's not that dramatic. I think we have the same-- We're airing on the same day and all that stuff."
also offered details on the show's hold via sources on Thursday, reporting that the series is being reworked from six episodes to four. Deborah Chow, who becameis set to helm the series, withfirst announced"After secrets and fibs and not being able to talk about it, I am honored to bring out a beloved member of thefamily," Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said as McGregor took the stage to rapturous applause.
"Kathleen, can you ask me in front of all these people, all these witnesses, can you ask me, am I going to play Obi-Wan again?" McGregor requested."Yes," he confirmed."Now I can say, 'Yes. We're going to do it.'"canon as played by the late Alec Guinness in 1977's
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