Twenty years since they had met on a set.
Canadian Ewan McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in the
Star Wars
saga , finds Hayden Christensen, the interpreter of the famous Darth Vader, in the new Disney+ series dedicated to his character.
And to mark the occasion, the streaming platform released on Wednesday, Star Wars Day, the trailer for the series, which will be released from May 27 (the first two episodes).
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Over almost a minute and forty-five seconds, the trailer shows the return of the Jedi master to the planet Tatooine, again played by Ewan McGregor, then hiding from the Empire which is working to eradicate the last Jedi of the galaxy.
As for the famous Darth Vader, played by Hayden Christensen for the first time since
Revenge of the Sith
(2005), he goes in search of his former master in the hope of killing him.
The trailer features other characters from the galaxy, starting with Obi-Wan, who watches over young Luke Skywalker, whom he has entrusted to Owen, a character played by Joel Egerton.
Inquisitors, dressed in black and armed with their red sabers, organize the hunt for the Jedi who have survived Order 66.
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The announcement was made by Ewan McGregor himself in a short video posted on social media.
Directed by Deborah Chow, who was at the controls of the first two episodes of
The Mandalorian
series , it is produced by Kathleen Kennedy, nicknamed
"Madame Star Wars"
.
Music is provided by John Williams.
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The legendary duo is joined by actor Kumail Nanjiani, who has already worked in the superhero film
The Eternals
(2021) and the television series
Silicon Valley
(2014).
Rupert Friend, who recently appeared in the Netflix series
Anatomy of a Scandal
(2022)
,
will also be there and will play a Grand Inquisitor.
Finally, one of the actresses of the
Game of Thrones
series will also be present in the credits of
Obi-Wan Kenobi.
This is Indira Varma, who embodies the role of Ellaria Sand in the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons.
