Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi was originally supposed to die in The Phantom Menace, a new interview has revealed. A further twist came via the fact that the characters of Ewan McGregor ...

Neeson was going to play Obi-Wan, the older mentor Jedi who discovers Anakin Skywalker. Meanwhile, McGregor would have been Qui-Gon, his padawan learner. Obi-Wan would have still died in battle ...

Seeing a young Obi-Wan in The Phantom Menace is a treat. It’s only the beginning for this Jedi padawan as he joins Qui-Gon to deal with trade negotiations.

The 2022 arrival of “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” in particular, ... The bar for “The Phantom Menace” was set impossibly high — not necessarily by the films of the original trilogy but the audience ...

'Star Wars' storyboard artist Iain McCaig says that George Lucas removed a mind-boggling twist about Obi-Wan Kenobi from 'The Phantom Menace' at the last minute: 'It’s interesting how things ...

“Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace” gave us a young Obi-Wan Kenobi, an even younger Darth Vader and one of the most annoying characters ever featured in a wildly popular film 25 ...

There was originally a major Obi-Wan twist in The Phantom Menace that would've changed the way we watch Star Wars: A New Hope. News. By Molly Edwards published 31 October 2024 ...

Love it or hate it, “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” is at least widely beloved for its casting of Ewan McGregor as young Obi-Wan Kenobi. A recent interview with “Star Wars” concept and ...

Concept and storyboard artist Iain McCaig gave a wide-ranging interview to StarWars.com in honor of The Phantom Menace's 25th anniversary and in it, he revealed that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan originally ...

After portraying Obi-Wan in The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), McGregor reprised the role in the 2022 Disney+ ...

Obi-Wan would have still died in battle, and upon his death, his student Qui-Gon would have assumed his name. The idea is that Obi-Wan’s death would have come as a total surprise.