# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/261 "2022-06-18T11:40:53Z")
Plus Liam Nesson has made a career of playing father figures in the years since 1999. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/262 "2022-06-18T13:42:10Z")
Well, he has that very particular set of skills. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/263 "2022-06-18T14:51:25Z")
Fence-climbing?: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3axtK6iI7lw/maxresdefault.jpg "Taken 3's Stunt Coordinator Breaks Down the Fence Jump Scene | Bomb Arrow") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3axtK6iI7lw) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/264 "2022-06-18T20:23:48Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Plus Liam Nesson has made a career of playing father figures in the years since 1999. Neeson’s career arc has been weird. Back in 2005 or so, when _Batman Begins_ came out, I thought he’d become the next Anthony Hopkins. Instead, he became the next Charles Bronson. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/265 "2022-06-18T20:29:56Z")
I keep hearing that James Earl Jones is not really doing the Vader voice, but that they used A.I. to use previous recordings of his to make new dialogue. Is this true? The credits keep crediting him in the episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/266 "2022-06-18T20:58:05Z")
Heard an interview with JEJ where he stated he’s doing the Vader voice this time around. He’s the one getting credit. If so, he sounds great for someone 91. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/267 "2022-06-18T21:44:08Z")
And yet they are being kind of vague about it themselves. > **[Does James Earl Jones Voice Obi-Wan’s Vader? AI Audio Producer Responds](https://screenrant.com/obi-wan-darth-vader-voice-james-earl-jones/)** > > AI producer talks Darth Vader Voice in Obi-Wan. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/268 "2022-06-19T00:22:03Z")
Binged the 5 episodes up until now and… it’s a pretty seriously mixed bag. The good: -all the acting, particularly Ewan and the young Leia actress -lots of individual scenes and moments have been striking and memorable, both visually and emotionally The bad: -The plot doesn’t really hold together. Things just happen because the plot needs them to happen -Lots of plot armor and/or badly edited sequences. Like, Obi-Wan is in the middle of a tense shootout on the rooftops with a bunch of bounty hunters, and third sister is closing in on him, then he turns around and force-catches Leia before she hits the ground, and is spends a ton of time lying at the edge of the roof face-down yelling at her. And… then he’s just fine. And the rebels keep getting away just by being in a spaceship and flying away -Certainly pushing the boundaries of how everything fits in with pre-existing canon, although I’m mostly OK with that Some open questions: -What was so dramatic about third sister seeing the message at the end of episode 5? It’s not like Vader or any of the other inquisitors saw it. Hard to imagine there can be a big showdown next episode protecting young Luke given that we know his location is still unknown to the empire at the beginning of ANH -So are we meant to believe that Vader knew she was a surviving youngling from the beginning? That can’t possibly make sense… he just allows a traitor who wants to assassinate him into his personally loyal gang of jedi-hunters, just on the off chance that she comes up with a plan to catch Obi-Wan that he can leverage? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/269 "2022-06-19T00:30:27Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > he just allows a traitor who wants to assassinate him into his personally loyal gang of jedi-hunters, just on the off chance that she comes up with a plan to catch Obi-Wan that he can leverage? It’s a Sith thing. You literally assume that everyone you work with is eyeing your back with a crosshair in mind. That’s the entire promotion system. Everyone is out to kill you. Everyone. So a known traitor with a hankering for vengeance is actually an easy case, since (A) you know where that’s coming from, and (B) the long-nursed grudge and rage just under the surface tends to make this opponent weaker and less capable than a subtle, insidious manipulator. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/270 "2022-06-19T00:39:00Z")
[![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927073608663195678/987878692015472680/Obi-Wan_Series_Now_Tell_Reva_Shes_the_Grand_Inquisitor.jpg) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927073608663195678/987878692015472680/Obi-Wan_Series_Now_Tell_Reva_Shes_the_Grand_Inquisitor.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/271 "2022-06-19T00:42:15Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > By the way…i like how in the flashback, they didn’t even bother trying to de-age Hayden (Least i think they didn’t) That actually threw me for a minute. I started thinking this was some kind of Jedi Dream Fight, with Vader looking like what he’d look like if he never became Vader, in some kind of symbolism-thingy. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/272 "2022-06-19T04:05:08Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Things just happen because the plot needs them to happen Yes. This. A lot. Its my biggest criticism. “You two take ObiWan in there…” “He’s secured…in there…by two guys.” ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/273 "2022-06-19T05:15:40Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > By the way…i like how in the flashback, they didn’t even bother trying to de-age Hayden (Least i think they didn’t) Christensen is an interesting case. He can play his Revenge of the Sith self fairly easily, he has aged well. But he aged noticeably between EpII and EpIII, in the former, he still has his baby fat. Maybe originally the flashback was going to be from the ROTS only and the AOTC era flashback idea came later and too late to de-age him fully. If you look at the Jedi Temple scenes, he looks basically the same as he did in 2004 or so when it was shot. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > I keep hearing that James Earl Jones is not really doing the Vader voice, but that they used A.I. to use previous recordings of his to make new dialogue. > > Is this true? The credits keep crediting him in the episodes. > [@Broomstick](#): > > Heard an interview with JEJ where he stated he’s doing the Vader voice this time around. He’s the one getting credit. If so, he sounds great for someone 91. He was used in [R1](https://youtu.be/yHeNsynAMgE?t=112) and in [Star Wars Rebels](https://youtu.be/hOBQy6Aa5mg?t=70) and in both his voice sounded off. Here I believe they have used AI to make him sound closer to what he did in 1977. > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > -The plot doesn’t really hold together. Things just happen because the plot needs them to happen How? > Lots of plot armor and/or badly edited sequences. Like, Obi-Wan is in the middle of a tense shootout on the rooftops with a bunch of bounty hunters, and third sister is closing in on him, then he turns around and force-catches Leia before she hits the ground, and is spends a ton of time lying at the edge of the roof face-down yelling at her. And… then he’s just fine. He is fine because he gets Kumail Nanjani’s help to escape after that, > And the rebels keep getting away just by being in a spaceship and flying away Like in the original trilogy [at Tataoonie](https://youtu.be/qPEB9PS5mOw) and [at Hoth](https://youtu.be/-hTdUIKq7J0?t=60) and [at Bespin](https://youtu.be/YjGa5Vj7B7I?t=102) > -Certainly pushing the boundaries of how everything fits in with pre-existing canon, although I’m mostly OK with that They haven’t contradicted anything ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/274 "2022-06-19T10:40:34Z")
I’m watching _Star Wars_ (the original from 1977), and Ben Kenobi says to Luke, “I haven’t gone by the name Obi-Wan since before you were born.” Which is patently untrue. I’ve only heard him called Ben a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/275 "2022-06-19T10:58:56Z")
Let’s say old Ben liked hyperbole. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/276 "2022-06-19T11:02:55Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m watching _Star Wars_ (the original from 1977), and Ben Kenobi says to Luke, “I haven’t gone by the name Obi-Wan since before you were born.” > > Which is patently untrue. Sure; but that was _already_ untrue. Remember what Padmé said to Obi-Wan right after Luke was born? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/277 "2022-06-19T11:07:59Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Sure; but that was _already_ untrue. Remember what Padmé said to Obi-Wan right after Luke was born? “Hey, I found a way out of these shitty prequels?” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/278 "2022-06-19T13:50:43Z")
Sometimes exact accuracy isn’t what you’re going for. “I haven’t gone by the name Obi-Wan since 10 years, 3 months, 5 days, and 17 hours after you were born” just doesn’t have the same _zing_. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/279 "2022-06-19T14:00:24Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m watching _Star Wars_ (the original from 1977), and Ben Kenobi says to Luke, “I haven’t gone by the name Obi-Wan since before you were born.” > > Which is patently untrue. I’ve only heard him called Ben a couple of times. He goes by Ben, everyone else still knows him as Obi Wan. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obi-wan-kenobi-series-to-start-filming-in-march-now-showing-as-of-june-2022/922748/280 "2022-06-19T14:02:07Z")
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