Obi-Wan Kenobi is an upcoming American limited series created for the streaming service Disney+, featuring the Star Wars character of the same name. Set ten years after Revenge of the Sith (2005), the series is written by Joby Harold and directed by Deborah Chow.
Ewan McGregor executive produces and stars as the title character, reprising his role from the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Hayden Christensen also stars, reprising his role as Darth Vader. The project originated as a spin-off film to be directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Hossein Amini, but it was reworked as a limited series by Amini following the financial failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). McGregor was confirmed to be starring in August 2019, and Chow was hired to direct a month later. Production was scheduled to begin in July 2020, but the series was put on indefinite hold in January 2020 because producer Lucasfilm was unhappy with the series’ scripts. Harold was hired to rewrite the series in April 2020, and additional castings were announced in March 2021. Filming began in April 2021 in Los Angeles.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is scheduled to be released in 2022, and will consist of 6 episodes.