‘Come on, Disney!’ Ewan McGregor pushes for Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2

Four years on from the last time we saw Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, Ewan McGregor is still banging the drum for another go as the galaxy’s most weary Jedi. The man is almost campaigning at this point, telling Disney on the record to get a move on with a second season. Makes a change from your usual tight-lipped Star Wars secrecy, to be honest.

Ewan Wants More

While doing the rounds for his upcoming project, McGregor told E! News he’s all set to dust off the robes—if Disney would just pick up the phone. Here’s how he put it on the press circuit:

I’m ready whenever they are. They just seem to not be ready, but I’m up for it. At the end of the ‘Obi-Wan’ series, I’m walking off into the desert and I’ve decided to leave. I’ve realized I can’t keep the pressure on Luke. I realized he has to have his own childhood, so I leave him with Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. And I wander off… and Qui-Gon’s back. And we go off… but where are we going?

He didn’t stop there. McGregor explained that there’s a massive chunk of story space left between Alec Guinness’ bearded sage out in the Tatooine sticks and the version we last saw. He reckons that gap is ripe for more stories—or at least enough material to keep him busy for years. And yes, he’s fully aware of the clock. Apparently, he’s got a decade before hitting Guinness’ actual age in A New Hope, so in Ewan’s words:

The next time we find Obi-Wan Kenobi, he’s Alec Guinness up in the mountains. What happens between those two moments is what I want to do and spend the rest of my career doing these stories. Stories, you know, series or movies. We’ve got plenty of time; I’ve got 10 years before I am Alec Guinesses’ age. So come on, Disney!

What Did the Series Actually Cover?

Let’s face it, the first season of Obi-Wan Kenobi wasn’t exactly flawless, but the big draw was getting Ewan back on screen—plus a proper reunion with Hayden Christensen, which turned out better than most of us expected. The story picked up ten years after Revenge of the Sith, with Obi-Wan laying low before being pulled out for a mission to rescue a young Leia Organa (yes, that subplot). Along the way, he squares off with Darth Vader, formally giving up on reaching the good in Anakin Skywalker.

Backstage, the whole project started as an idea for a full-blown trilogy—courtesy of Stuart Beattie. That plan had Kenobi’s life charted out from the end of the prequels to the start of the original trilogy, mapping how he became the reclusive figure we first met in 1977. But the dismal box office for Solo: A Star Wars Story made Disney swerve pretty sharpish, and suddenly, we had a limited series instead of another film saga.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi series takes place a decade after Revenge of the Sith—filling in the gaps between the prequels and A New Hope.

Up Next: The End of Oak Street

While Star Wars dithers, McGregor is keeping busy—with his next outing being The End of Oak Street. This one’s a sci-fi thriller from David Robert Mitchell (the bloke who directed It Follows), and co-stars Anne Hathaway. The premise? After some strange cosmic mishap, Oak Street and its residents are yanked out of suburbia and dumped in the unknown. The family at the centre of it all has to work out how to survive when their whole world is suddenly unrecognisable. The film’s set to hit cinemas on 14 August.