Obi Wan Kenobi solo film

[Hiromi]

so it appears the next side story movie will be an Obi Wan Kenobi centered film.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...-talks-1030505

I feel this is a much better bet for a movie than a Han Solo one, particularly since they could very easily get McGregor back to reprise the role, as he's been active in Disney movies lately and has outright stated he's open to doing it. And he was one of the few actors who was actually able to inject some life into his role with Lucas's script and direction, so it'll be interesting to see what he can do with a better director.

[Starter Set]

Now that's an interesting news.

[Za Waldo]

Not surprising, there was talk of this shorty after Disney bought them up.

He seems like a funny character to do a solo movie on, because he seemingly was just living the life of a hermit until the events of Star Wars. They could pretty easily do a Mad Max Fury Road type movie with him on Tatooine I guess.

It really seems boring that these "A Star Wars Story" movies are tied into events and characters we already know. Just give me something about new characters that has jack shit to do with some event someone in the background could be overheard talking about. I don't get why they're playing it so fucking safe when the Star Wars brand gives them licenses to do whatever since it's basically guaranteed money anyways. Give me something different with these Star Wars Stories.

[SuperiorIronman]

A Kenobi film has a lot of potential since there is so much time and so much unseen on Tatooine. There is a lot to play with here from Tusken raiders, to Krayt dragons, to crime lords out in the dunes.

It's pretty understandable why a Kenobi film would be made since there is so much time to explore stories with him, and he was a well liked aspect of the prequels that the now adult audience would spend money to see in theaters again along with any generation coming out of The Clone Wars. As safe as it is, it makes sense to do it. I would be surprised if they did something completely original, but for these being one shots and the saga films doing the new stuff then I'm fine with Lucasfilm exploring things with concepts and characters the audience would already be familiar with.

[Za Waldo]

A Kenobi film has a lot of potential since there is so much time and so much unseen on Tatooine. There is a lot to play with here from Tusken raiders, to Krayt dragons, to crime lords out in the dunes.

It's pretty understandable why a Kenobi film would be made since there is so much time to explore stories with him, and he was a well liked aspect of the prequels that the now adult audience would spend money to see in theaters again along with any generation coming out of The Clone Wars. As safe as it is, it makes sense to do it. I would be surprised if they did something completely original, but for these being one shots and the saga films doing the new stuff then I'm fine with Lucasfilm exploring things with concepts and characters the audience would already be familiar with.

We've kind of already seen everything worth seeing on Tatooine. We've seen the Tusken Raiders and the crime lord and that stuff. I mean, you could certainly play around with that stuff more, but is the hermit Jedi the best avenue to explore something like weird Star Wars gangster, hunting a Krayt Dragon, doing playing something like a western or Mad Max?

If I'm getting something like a Stat Wars gangster film, I want a movie that follows characters that are a part of that world, not one about a character that's on the periphery of it.

[Cel]

I don't think watching Luke was all Kenobi did on Tatooine. He may have had quite a few adventures there, including some that may have taken him briefly out of the wastelands to areas of the planet that we haven't seen yet. Heck, we haven't even seen all there is to Mos Eisley, but Kenobi seemed familiar enough with it to describe it as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." Maybe he speaks from first-hand experience dealing with that?

[Carabas]

I'm pretty sure that a Kenobi film isn't going to spend a whole lot of time on Tatooine.