50 Fun Facts About Obi-Wan Kenobi

Who directed all six episodes of the series?

Chow impressed Kathleen Kennedy with her episodes of The Mandalorian.

Who was hired in April 2020 to rewrite the series and serve as showrunner?

Harold called the show Episode 3.5, a link between the prequels and the original trilogy.

Which screenwriter wrote the original spin-off film scripts?

Amini, who wrote Drive, had already finished six episode scripts when the series was announced.

Which director was attached to the cancelled spin-off film?

The Billy Elliot director entered talks in August 2017.

How many years after Revenge of the Sith is the series set?

The D23 announcement had originally said eight years.

Who plays the young Princess Leia?

Blair said she hoped to honour Carrie Fisher's portrayal.

Who plays the Grand Inquisitor?

He deliberately avoided doing an impression of the character's animated voice actor.

The Grand Inquisitor belongs to which species from Utapau?

Before turning, he served as a Jedi Temple Guard.

Who voiced the Grand Inquisitor in the animated Rebels?

Isaacs had publicly said he would like to play the part in live action.

Who plays the Inquisitor Reva, the Third Sister?

Ingram insisted Reva wear her natural hair so children could dress as her for Halloween.

Which Fast & Furious actor plays the Fifth Brother?

The Fifth Brother is a by-the-book rival to Reva.

Which comedian plays Haja Estree, a con man posing as a Jedi?

He studied real con artists and magicians for the role.

Who plays the disillusioned Imperial officer Tala Durith?

Varma is best known as Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones.

Who plays Kawlan Roken, a leader of the network that smuggles Jedi to safety?

Jackson played his own father Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton.

What is the name of the underground network that helps Jedi escape the Empire?

Tala, Roken and Sully are all part of it.

Which Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist plays the bounty hunter Vect Nokru?

Vect Nokru is hired to kidnap Leia and lure Kenobi out of hiding.

Which Scrubs star voices the transport driver Freck?

Freck is a chatty alien who drives for an Imperial mining facility.

Which Uncut Gems director plays Nari, a Jedi hiding on Tatooine?

Nari escaped Order 66 as a Youngling and begs Kenobi for help.

What AI program generated James Earl Jones's Vader lines from old recordings?

The same tool had voiced Luke Skywalker in The Book of Boba Fett.

Who performs inside the Vader suit for most scenes?

Tom O'Connell served as stunt double while Hayden Christensen played Anakin.

Ewan McGregor's daughter Esther plays what kind of character on Daiyu?

Her character is named Tetha Grig.

Which new planet did Harold compare to a graffiti-ridden Hong Kong?

It is a deliberate contrast to the deserts of Tatooine.

On which mining planet does Tala Durith help Kenobi and Leia?

Natalie Holt gave different planets different real-world musical flavours.

How many episodes does the miniseries have?

Rumours of a cut to four episodes were denied by McGregor.

In which year did the series premiere?

The first two episodes dropped on May 27, a day after the anniversary of the 1977 film.

Who composed the score, becoming the first woman to score a live-action Star Wars project?

She was hired in late December and had to record by early March.

Who adapted John Williams's new Kenobi theme for use in several scenes?

Ross had conducted and orchestrated sessions on The Rise of Skywalker too.

This was Williams's first weekly TV theme since which 1985 series?

He wrote the theme because Kenobi was the only major 1977 character without his own.

Which Williams piece in the first trailer had critics most excited?

Variety said its use pointed to a reunion of friend and foe.

Under what working title was the cancelled film to shoot in 2019?

Production was to use the Paint Hall Studios in Belfast after Game of Thrones wrapped.

The failure of which film led Disney to cancel the Kenobi movie?

Lucasfilm shifted to Disney+ series such as The Mandalorian instead.

Under what name does Kenobi live in exile on Tatooine?

He works processing meat and keeps his lightsaber buried in the sand.

Which villain featured in the original scripts before being dropped?

Ray Park was already preparing to return when production shut down in January 2020.

Which Rebels episode had already told the Kenobi-and-Maul story in this era?

Chow felt having both Maul and Vader would be a little bit much.

Who was the series' cinematographer?

Chow liked that he had shot both intimate films and huge commercial projects.

In which city was the series filmed?

It used the StageCraft volume at Manhattan Beach Studios.

Who won the Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television for the series?

The series also won Best Limited Event Series for Streaming.

Harold drew on Paper Moon and which 1988 film for Kenobi and Leia's dynamic?

Both films pair a gruff man with a sharp-tongued companion on the road.

Which John Jackson Miller novel did Chow cite for the series' tone?

She borrowed its tone but not its plot, and also used a Sideshow statue as a visual reference.

Which Tatooine town, first mentioned in 1977, was shown on screen for the first time?

Production designer Doug Chiang called bridging the prequel and original looks the biggest challenge.

Who plays Queen Breha of Alderaan?

She replaced Rebecca Jackson Mendoza, who had the part briefly in Revenge of the Sith.

Liam Neeson makes an uncredited cameo as which character?

He agreed out of respect for Lucas and so the role would not be recast.

What is the title of the making-of documentary released on Disney+ Day 2022?

It explores the returns of both Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.

Which Volkswagen electric model featured in the series' tie-in commercial?

Two Star Wars-inspired editions of the van were shown at Star Wars Celebration.

Who wrote the Marvel comic adaptation of the series?

It began publication in September 2023.

Before turning, what role did the Grand Inquisitor hold?

He naively believes himself on a par with Vader and wants to replace him.

McGregor read science fiction by which Culture-series author to prepare?

He also rewatched the whole Skywalker Saga.

Which Pixar director was an additional writer on the series?

Hannah Friedman also wrote, and Stuart Beattie kept credit on episodes built from the original scripts.

Chow impressed Kennedy with her directing on which series?

The shelved first scripts were criticised for being too close to that show's plot.

Reva secretly plots revenge on Vader for what?

She survived the Order 66 attack on the Jedi Temple by playing dead.