The unknown has been resolved and the end of the wait is approaching. It is now official that the Kenobi series premieres on Disney Plus on May 25, 2022 . One of the most anticipated installments of Star Wars , for various reasons, which will bring us a 6-episode miniseries framed in one of the most interesting stages of the saga. Because that is the key question: Where does the new Kenobi series sit chronologically? We answer you in detail, because it gives enough clues of what we can expect.
It’s here, Kenobi ‘s series is one of the most anticipated in the Star Wars universe, if only because two of the prequels’ leads: Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen reprise their legendary roles as Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.
The second, a disciple of the first, already turned into Darth Vader .
And where is the action of the series temporarily located?
Years after what happened in the prequels
Indeed, Kenobi is set chronologically 10 years after what happened in the George Lucas prequels .
And, since you’ve probably tried so hard to forget those movies, now you don’t remember much and it doesn’t ring a bell, but this is one of the most intriguing and engaging stages of Star Wars .
What does it mean that Kenobi is located in that temporary stage of Star Wars
Let’s remember. After the battle of Mustafar, Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader, a fact that will forever mark Obi Wan Kenobi, his teacher, since it represents his great failure.
Anakin was the one who was going to bring balance to the Force, but “things got messed up.” Also, you may remember something that is almost a meme, Order 66, by which the Jedi are exterminated and Obi Wan is forced to hide in the desert Tatooine.
The Inquisitors and the Kenobi series
Along with the clones, Anakin slaughtered countless Jedi (including those children from the movie, yes) in what was the beginning of the Jedi Purge .
Not all of them died, but some, like Kenobi, were able to save themselves and hide . Over the years, exterminating those last Jedi was a priority. So Vader ordered the Inquisitors (Force-sensitive dark side apprentices loyal to the Empire) to hunt them down.
Set 10 years after the movies, that part of the Star Wars story is very likely to take center stage, and in fact, there are rumors of actor Rupert Friend playing the Grand Inquisitor.
Additionally, the official revealed poster for Kenobi shows him walking the sands of what is surely Tatooine , his hideout. At least until, a few years into the series and all of this, he is found by a young Luke Skywalker in Episode IV: A New Hope , the first of the Star Wars movies .
So you see, Kenobi is set in an exciting time , where the heroes of the first movies are very young and haven’t met. But nothing happens, the history of Star Wars is so broad and detailed, that there is plenty of material to make a good series.
Let’s see if Disney shows a better hand than with the movies. At the moment, in the series, he is alternating hits ( The Mandalorian ) with… let’s say less hits ( The Book of Boba Fett , ugh).