Ewan McGregor: "I never imagined playing Obi-Wan again"

He has the frankness and distinction of actors far above the lot.

British actor Ewan McGregor, 51, has agreed to reprise the role of Luke Skywalker's mentor, for a highly anticipated six-episode miniseries, soberly titled

, which aired on Disney+ from May 27.

Dark waistcoat and black T-shirt, short hair and little trimmed goatee, Ewan McGregor appears relaxed, rather talkative, to evoke an emblematic character of pop culture, whom he finds after twenty years spent far, very far from the

galaxy

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- Did you ever think of resuming the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Ewan McGREGOR.

- In 2005, when I finished the Star Wars prelogy, I honestly thought I was done with the character.

I was happy to be part of the

family .

But I never imagined one day playing Obi-Wan Kenobi again.

I knew George Lucas was planning to tell nine stories.

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