# Obi Wan Kenobi series to start filming in March, {Now showing as of June 2022} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [October 11, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748 "2020-10-11T22:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/1 "2020-10-11T22:53:46Z")
I hope they have at least one Jar Jar scene so some people’s heads explode > **[Ewan McGregor Says Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Will Start Shooting In March](https://deadline.com/2020/10/ewan-mcgregor-says-obi-wan-kenobi-disney-plus-series-starts-shooting-in-march-2021-1234595209/)** > > Ewan McGregor confirmed on Friday’s The Graham Norton Show that his Disney+ series about Obi-Wan Kenobi will start shooting in March 2021 after being delayed by the pandemic. “It’… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/2 "2020-10-11T22:57:09Z")
Needless to say, I’m excited to see this show. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/3 "2020-10-11T23:11:30Z")
George Lucas is back to write and direct!! 🙂 don’t worry just kidding ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/4 "2020-10-11T23:28:42Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > George Lucas is back to write and direct!! Deborah Chow is going to direct the whole series, and she did a couple of the more action-oriented episodes on _The Mandalorian_ (the one where the other Mandos attack on jet packs, and also the first half of the finale). That might indicate a bit what kind of series it will be. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/5 "2022-02-09T23:43:05Z")
And it’s almost here. May 25th. > ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/6 "2022-02-10T01:56:17Z")
How are they going to work Grogu into this one? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/7 "2022-02-10T19:23:39Z")
Well there would be a story on how Grogu got from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to being on Tatooine. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/8 "2022-02-13T04:43:40Z")
Is this gonna be another show based on Tatooine? AYFKM. I’m really tired of sand. Please say it isn’t so. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/9 "2022-02-13T05:08:50Z")
How could it _not_ be? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/10 "2022-02-13T05:16:45Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > Is this gonna be another show based on Tatooine? AYFKM. I’m really tired of sand. Please say it isn’t so. It’s so. The plot summary, on Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > The series begins with [Obi-Wan Kenobi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi) watching over [Luke Skywalker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Skywalker) on [Tatooine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatooine), ten years after the events of _[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_III_%E2%80%93_Revenge_of_the_Sith)_ (2005), and takes the character on a “rollicking adventure”. > **[Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_(TV_series))** > > Obi-Wan Kenobi is an American television miniseries created for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and stars Ewan McGregor as the title character, reprising his role from the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Set ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), the series follows Kenobi as he sets out to rescue the kidnapped Princess Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) from the Galactic Empire, leading to a confrontation with his former appren... ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/11 "2022-02-13T05:19:13Z")
Nothing in canon which says old Ben didn’t leave Tatooine occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/12 "2022-02-13T05:35:47Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > there would be a story on how Grogu got from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to being on Tatooine. Grogu was being held on Arvala-7, not Tatooine. It’s a completely different desert planet with Jawas and moisture farms. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/13 "2022-02-13T05:54:09Z")
If Obi-Wan was going to spend his life watching over Luke, why not just raise him himself? With Yoda. Ya know, with Luke being the last best hope for the galaxy, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/14 "2022-02-13T06:42:29Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > If Obi-Wan was going to spend his life watching over Luke, why not just raise him himself? With Yoda. > [@George Lucas](#): > > OBI-WAN: We must take them somewhere the Sith will not sense their presence. > > YODA: Split up, they should be. > > BAIL ORGANA: My wife and I will take the girl. We’ve always talked of adopting a baby girl. She will be loved with us. > > OBI-WAN: And what of the boy? > > YODA: To Tatooine. To his family, send him. > > OBI-WAN: I will take the child and watch over him. Master Yoda, do you think Anakin’s twins will be able to defeat Darth Sidious? > > YODA: Strong the Force runs, in the Skywalker line. Hope, we can . . . Done, it is. Until the time is right, disappear we will. I get the impression that the plan was to keep Luke and Leia away from the Jedi for as long as possible, so they could avoid making the same mistakes they’d made with their father and ensure that they grew to be the kind of people who could use the Force for good. (And yes, Owen wasn’t “family” so much as he was Luke’s grandma’s stepson, but that was as close as he had.) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/15 "2022-02-13T06:53:07Z")
The poster makes it look like there will be a lot of Tatooine, but we are all hoping that the storyline will be mostly offworld, more of a pursuit plot. Also, Anakin is going to be in it in some way, and there’s no way he’d come back to his least favourite place in the galaxy. [![](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/kenobi1-640x964.jpg) ](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/kenobi1-640x964.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/16 "2022-02-13T06:55:24Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > I’m really tired of sand. Tell me about it. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/17 "2022-02-13T07:09:36Z")
_Take him to his family, you must. Hide you must, down road from Darths only living relatives you will. Found out, you won’t be_. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/18 "2022-02-14T17:55:31Z")
still hoping for Jar Jar ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/19 "2022-02-14T21:58:01Z")
I hope they spend several episodes retconning the Sandpeople into noble savages. We really need to spend some time there and have old Ben Kenobi atone for his prejudices. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/20 "2022-02-16T18:39:21Z")
Bill Maher mentioned why is so much SF set in the desert? Might be because LA has desert nearby making it easy to film. Even many westerns are filmed in the desert. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748.md?page=2)