{"id":35929,"date":"2023-08-18T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1875667"},"modified":"2023-08-18T17:59:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:59:16","slug":"obi-wan-kenobi-star-ewan-mcgregor-already-pitched-ideas-for-season-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/obi-wan-kenobi-star-ewan-mcgregor-already-pitched-ideas-for-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi-Wan Kenobi star Ewan McGregor already \u2018pitched ideas\u2019 for season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;It is a &#8216;never say never&#8217; situation, but we really did conceive this to be a limited series.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Cormack\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 18 August 2023 at 11:21 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/obi-wan-kenobi-season-2-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/a> won\u2019t be going ahead anytime soon with a second season, director Deborah Chow has revealed that series star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/ewan-mcgregor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ewan McGregor<\/a> did have a load of ideas for further instalments.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/obi-wan-director-interview-hayden-christensen-season-two-1235567340\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Chow revealed that McGregor pitched some ideas for Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2 almost as soon as they wrapped filming the first season.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the pair had mulled over any season 2 ideas, Chow said: \u201cYou always think you\u2019re going to end a series like this in some magnificent way, but instead you end up in a parking lot with second unit and hardly anybody there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/JTF-FF-000813-d3e4e29.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/JTF-FF-000813-d3e4e29.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/JTF-FF-000813-d3e4e29.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/JTF-FF-000813-d3e4e29.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/JTF-FF-000813-d3e4e29.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><img class=\"wp-image-1652472 align size-landscape_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/JTF-FF-000813-d3e4e29.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi with his robe hood up\" title=\"OBI-WAN KENOBI\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>Lucasfilm<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>She continued: \u201cIt\u2019s always so anti\u00adclimactic, but as Ewan and I finished our very last shot on second unit and I was literally taking off my headphones, he was already pitching me ideas for season two. There\u2019s another 10 years with plenty of stories, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s off the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a \u2018never say never\u2019 situation, but we really did conceive this to be a limited series.\u201d<\/p> <p>The series first arrived on Disney Plus back in 2022 and was initially set to explore a specific period in Obi-Wan\u2019s life, between the Star Wars prequel films and the original trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>But as the series aired, there was growing potential for more avenues to be explored in the series.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s safe to say that Obi-Wan star McGregor would be keen for more, previously saying of his role: \u201cI hope it\u2019s not the last time I play him. I had such a great time doing this. I\u2019m sure we can think of a few more stories before I turn into Alec Guinness, don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/obi-wan-kenobi-season-2-hopes-exclusive-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obi-Wan Kenobi stars and director on season 2 hopes: \u201cThere are more stories\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/obi-wan-kenobi-future-addressed-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obi-Wan Kenobi future finally addressed by Star Wars boss<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Even so, Star Wars boss Kathleen Kennedy told <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.sjv.io\/c\/1236178\/435298\/7615?i=1000612609018&amp;subId1=radiotimes-1835638&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Flucasfilm-president-kathleen-kennedy-talks-the-future%2Fid1487489835%3Fi%3D1000612609018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly\u2019s Dagobah Dispatch podcast<\/a>: \u201cI always hesitate to say, \u2018No we won\u2019t do anything more with Obi-Wan Kenobi.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She echoed the same sentiments as director Chow, by stating: \u201cMaybe what we end up doing is something that gets incorporated into some of the other stories we\u2019re doing, or eventually into a movie \u2013 who knows? But right now, it\u2019s still our stand-alone limited series. We have no plans for expansion right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the news may be disappointing for fans of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, there\u2019s no need to despair \u2013 as both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/mandalorian-season-4-release-date-disney-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mandalorian<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/andor-season-2-disney-plus-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andor<\/a> will be returning for further seasons.<\/p>\n<p>There is also set to be a Jude Law-starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/star-wars-skeleton-crew-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skeleton Crew<\/a> series is also on its way, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/ahsoka-release-date-disney-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ahsoka<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/daisy-ridley-star-wars-return-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three new movies<\/a>.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6332614207112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/><p><strong>The Obi-Wan Kenobi series is available to stream on Disney Plus. You can <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=radiotimes-607408&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">sign up to Disney Plus now for \u00a379.90 for a year or \u00a37.99 a month<\/a><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310, PLUS a \u00a310 John Lewis and Partners voucher delivered to your home \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>subscribe now<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>. 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