Ever since Disney took over Lucasfim, we could discuss the quality of the products that have been released under the Star Wars brand. The new trilogy of films ended up being harshly criticized by fans, despite the fact that they obtained a very good collection. The spin-offs helped liven up the wait, but Disney did not get any masterpiece either. However, the television series did work very well. The Mandalorian opened a great door to new series in the Star Wars universe, and that is how Obi-Wan Kenobi came to our homes, a miniseries so successful that it could even have a second season.
Fans and McGregor want to change Disney’s plans
Star Wars fans are already somewhat accustomed to taking the occasional jug of cold water when something from this franchise is released. Perhaps for this reason, many of us thought that the Obi-Wan Kenobi series was going to be another anecdotal work, without much mystery. And obviously we were wrong. The six-part miniseries has become too short for us, and already there are hordes of fans who are asking Disney to reconsider the idea of doing a second season.
Obi-Wan Kenobi was designed as a one-season series . With complete certainty, the production must have been really complicated for its creators, because, although there is enough time in fiction between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope , opening and closing threads in that space is not exactly sewing and singing.
But it’s not just fans who want to see Obi-Wan in action again. Ewan McGregor himself seems to have also been left wanting more. A few days ago, the artist suggested at the Celebrity Fan Fest that Disney should rethink the idea of continuing the series , since he would be totally willing to play the character again.
A trilogy that stayed in six chapters
The sad thing about this matter is that Obi-Wan Kenobi was not going to be a simple miniseries. According to writer-director Stuart Beattie, the series was originally planned as a new film trilogy .
What happened so that those of Lucasfilm changed the plans? According to Beattie, Solo ‘s hit at the box office pretty much disrupted the studio’s plans. Due to these poor results, part of what they had from said pre-production was used to create the television series.
