{"id":45438,"date":"2024-02-07T18:39:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1988375"},"modified":"2024-02-07T20:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T19:10:51","slug":"obi-wan-kenobi-star-ewan-mcgregor-wants-fans-to-petition-disney-for-more","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/obi-wan-kenobi-star-ewan-mcgregor-wants-fans-to-petition-disney-for-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi-Wan Kenobi star Ewan McGregor wants fans to petition Disney for more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;I&#8217;ll give you some email addresses.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 07 February 2024 at 17:39 PM<\/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>It was confirmed some time ago that nothing was in the works for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/obi-wan-kenobi-season-2-release-date\/\">a second season<\/a> of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus, but star Ewan McGregor still has hope this could be changed around.<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YbwC1MMMsKc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a panel discussion<\/a> at MegaCon, the Star Wars actor opened up about his hopes for another instalment of the sci-fi series, telling fans to write to Disney about a season 2.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the first season, McGregor said: \u201cIt was originally gonna be a movie, and I\u2019ve often thought, \u2018Should it have been a movie?\u2019 But I kind of think it\u2019s great that they did it that way and it\u2019s a long story, and hopefully, it\u2019s more satisfying as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor went on to say there is \u201ctime to weave a story\u201d and hopes there will be another.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cCan everyone write to Disney? I\u2019ll give you some email addresses at the end, and just say, \u2018Dear Disney, let\u2019s a have a bit more of Obi-Wan Kenobi please.&#8217;\u201d<\/p> <p>McGregor hasn\u2019t been shy about suggesting ideas for more storylines, and back in August 2023, director Deborah Chow revealed that McGregor had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/obi-wan-kenobi-ewan-mcgregor-season-2-ideas-newsupdate\/\">pitched ideas for a season 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She told <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>: \u201cAs 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 2. 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>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/obi-wan-kenobi-season-2-hopes-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">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\/ewan-mcgregor-star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-future-exclusive\/\">Ewan McGregor wants more Obi-Wan Kenobi after his Disney Plus series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>McGregor isn\u2019t the only one who would love to return to the series, with Hayden Christensen previously telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/obi-wan-kenobi-season-2-hopes-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">\u201clove to continue\u201d as Anakin Skywalker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it was definitely conceived as a standalone story. But I would love to continue with this character. You know, I think there\u2019s certainly more there to explore and I would be so excited to get to do so,\u201d he said, noting that if a second season was on the cards, he \u201cwould certainly be open to\u201d appearing in it.<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"652b0942393c788bbd910670c7bcbec0dabd7de4\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"652b0942393c788bbd910670c7bcbec0dabd7de4\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p><strong>The Obi-Wan Kenobi series is available to stream on Disney Plus. 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