Obi-Wan Kenobi show adds new cast members — including Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru

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New and familiar faces are joining the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi show on Disney Plus, which is gear up to outset product side by side month. Nosotros already know Hayden Christensen will return as Darth Vader alongside star Ewan McGregor equally the middle-aged Jedi Master. They'll be joined past Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse, reprising their role as Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.

And that's non all: Disney revealed a slate of Star Wars newcomers are heading to the galaxy far, far away. They are Kumail Nanjiani, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Rupert Friend, Moses Ingram, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.

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Details are all the same unknown virtually the characters played by the new cast members. Merely fans are already excited by the inclusion of some of the more well-known actors, similar Nanjiani (who is starring in another Disney film, Curiosity's The Eternals, afterward this year).

Jackson is the son of Ice Cube and played his father in Direct Outta Compton, while Kang plays Han in the Fast and Furious franchise. Varma portrayed Ellaria Sand on Game of Thrones, and Friend is best known for Homeland and Young Victoria. Ingram appeared in Queen'due south Gambit, while Kessell has notched credits including Of Kings and Prophets. Safdie is an indie filmmaker who, along with brother Joshua, wrote and directed Uncut Gems.

The incredible bandage includes Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie. moving-picture show.twitter.com/VltHs5Aw6rMarch 29, 2021

The Obi-Wan Kenobi series has been in the works for years. The project was first announced at the D23 Expo in 2019, but at that place were reports that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy wasn't happy with early scripts.

But those issues were apparently ironed out and Kennedy highlighted Obi-Wan Kenobi during last December'due south Disney Investor Day. She revealed Christensen's return as Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader, following up on his previous appearances in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith (as well as a voice cameo in 2019'south Rise of Skywalker).

Obi-Wan Kenobi comes from writer/manager Deborah Chow, who has helmed two episodes of The Mandalorian.

Filming on Obi-Wan Kenobi kicks off in April. Only with the amount of special effects that the evidence volition likely need, we don't look to see the outset episode premiere until spring or summertime 2022.

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