That's right: it's prequel time, baby! And while we've heard people complaining for decades about the merit and quality of the prequels (seriously, we've heard quite enough at this point), there's one thing that no one has ever complained about: Ewan McGregor's portrayal across all three films as the legendary Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi. But with Obi-Wan Kenobi, it's truly, finally, and completely a time for fans of the prequels. The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett expanded to include characters from the animated shows like The Clone Wars and Rebels, while featuring an actor who first appeared in prequel movie, albeit as a different character. While the sequel trilogy- The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and Rise of Skywalker-largely focused on a new cast of characters, a handful of original trilogy characters (Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian, R2D2, C3PO, and, somehow, Palpatine) figured into the fun. The Great Purge happened around the same time as the Obi-Wan Kenobi series is set, so it could provide a great opportunity to show an event that’s only been hinted at in The Mandalorian.The Disney era of Star Wars has given fans of the galaxy far, far, away new stories of just about every era. Katan was the last person to wield the Mandalorian lightsaber, known as the Dark Saber, before The Mandalorian's big bad Moff Gideon got his hands on it during an event known as The Great Purge, which saw the Empire attack Mandalore. This is another character that Obi-Wan would’ve known from The Clone Wars series, and including her in this Obi-Wan Kenobi show would be particularly interesting to fans of The Mandalorian. She is portrayed by the same actress who voiced the character in her animated form, Katee Sackhoff. We recently saw Bo Katan's live-action debut in the second season of The Mandalorian. Satine is another logical character for the already announced cast member Indira Varma to play. Check out Star Wars: Clone Wars to get the full story behind Satine and Obi-Wan. While the events of their love affair eventually see Satine murdered by Darth Maul in front of Obi-Wan, it wouldn’t be shocking to find Obi-Wan troubled by these memories with some flashbacks, just like Anakin's turn to the Dark Side. While Anakin's love led him to join the Dark Side for fear of losing Padme, Obi-Wan did the opposite, turning his back on the Mandalorian ruler Satine Kryze, with whom he had fallen in love, to preserve his vows as a Jedi. If you only follow the Star Wars live-action universe, first of all, you're missing out, and secondly, you might be surprised to learn that, before Anakin’s love for Padme turned him to the Dark Side, Obi-Wan was tempted by love in a similar way. We know at least part of the show will take place on Tattooine, after all, and Jabba's criminal empire rules the back-water planet as much or more than the Empire. Here's another classic Star Wars character that'd make sense for us to see in the series. Sure, he's dead, but it would make sense to see him in both flashbacks and as a Force ghost keeping Obi-Wan company in his desert hideout. It wouldn't shock us to see Liam Neeson return to the Star Wars Universe as Kenobi's former Jedi master, Qui-Gon Jinn.
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