# Standalone Obi-Wan Kenobi movie in the works (Star Wars)!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987 "2017-08-18T16:13:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/21 "2017-08-18T23:41:47Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > ‘Hiding from Anakin on Tatooine’ is not exactly interesting. Oh, piffle. You young people and your love of action. I see this as a quiet ‘day in the life’-type film. Showing him waking up, making breakfast, maybe shuffling down to the market afterwards to chastely flirt with the old widow that sells produce. Then binging his newly purchased supplies for a quiet lunch with the Skywalkers and toddler Luke. Maybe with a long after-meal discussion on the philosophy of passive resistance to tyranny. Then we would have an extended, mostly silent reverie filled with long shots of the desert at sunset as he volunteers to walk out to the edge of the property and repair a couple of moisture evaporators. Then home again for a modest dinner in front of old-fashioned log fire after which he relaxedly disassembles, cleans and then reassembles his light-saber. Followed by bed, after another day well-spent. It’s be GREAT :p. I anticipate a Crying Monkey award at the Beijing film festival. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/22 "2017-08-19T00:37:01Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I see this as a quiet ‘day in the life’-type film. Showing him waking up, making breakfast, maybe shuffling down to the market afterwards to chastely flirt with the old widow that sells produce. Then binging his newly purchased supplies for a quiet lunch with the Skywalkers and toddler Luke. Maybe with a long after-meal discussion on the philosophy of passive resistance to tyranny. Then we would have an extended, mostly silent reverie filled with long shots of the desert at sunset as he volunteers to walk out to the edge of the property and repair a couple of moisture evaporators. Then home again for a modest dinner in front of old-fashioned log fire after which he relaxedly disassembles, cleans and then reassembles his light-saber. Followed by bed, after another day well-spent. _My Dinner with Kenobi_. And because it hasn’t previously been referenced, [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvswNDAAZCU) is a perfect example of the kind of _inter alia_ films Disney should be making, filling in the gaps in an otherwise inconsistent story. Stranger ---
**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:** [August 19, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/23 "2017-08-19T07:57:15Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I would think a small scale story, like a western, would fit well. > [@Trancephalic](#): > > Gonna feature Tusken raiders. > > Also, Jabba the Hut. Exactly. Obi Wan is like a Man With No Name figure during this time. And Tatooine has been the most anthropologically developed of the planets in Star Wars lore, with Tusken Raiders, jawas, Banthas, Sarlaccs, Jabba the Hutt and his Bounty Hunters, the scum and villainy of Mos Eisley, and much more besides. There’s a wealth of backdrop to use for a great story that has no direct impact on the established Skywalker saga. It will be a one-off (at minimum) stand-alone that can be about anything, but use an incredible range of Star Wars iconography. See this [figurine](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0216/7762/products/200108-ben-kenobi-mythos-007_800x.jpg?v=1417986152) and this [novel](https://www.amazon.com/Kenobi-Legends-John-Jackson-Miller/dp/0345546849) for examples. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/24 "2017-08-19T21:38:27Z")
Because of course when Disney thinks Star Wars, they think small scale. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/25 "2017-08-20T00:49:14Z")
Waiting for the movie about the guy/gal whose arm was cutoff , I think in episode 4. I figure eventually he or she will get a stand alone movie too. Or maybe they can do one on the cantina band in episode 4. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/26 "2017-08-20T01:10:17Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > …Or maybe they can do one on the cantina band in episode 4. Fantastic! “This is Spinal Tap” meets “Babarella” with a space jazz beat. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/27 "2017-08-20T01:21:32Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Waiting for the movie about the guy/gal whose arm was cutoff , I think in episode 4. I figure eventually he or she will get a stand alone movie too. > > Or maybe they can do one on the cantina band in episode 4. That guy was already in _Rogue One_. He’s getting ideas above his station. You say this like a joke, but all those characters and more not only got novels written about them, but comic books and more. It got a bit crazy for a while. Having said that, I want to [make a movie](https://guanolad.deviantart.com/art/Return-To-The-Sanctuary-Moon-poster-644030683) about a grown up [Cindel Towani](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cindel_Towani), so what do I know. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/28 "2017-08-20T01:41:02Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > That guy was already in _Rogue One_. He’s getting ideas above his station. > > You say this like a joke, but all those characters and more not only got novels written about them, but comic books and more. It got a bit crazy for a while. > > Having said that, I want to [make a movie](https://guanolad.deviantart.com/art/Return-To-The-Sanctuary-Moon-poster-644030683) about a grown up [Cindel Towani](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cindel_Towani), so what do I know. I have a vague memory of Cindel being a journalist that is referenced in a few of the EU books (or maybe the RPG books). For a while in the late 80s, the Ewok TV movies were the only Star Wars movies I had on VHS (shitty copies recorded from TV, ads and all), and I watched them obsessively. Haven’t watched them in years, but I imagine a stick fight between Wilford Brimley and a 7 foot orc-alien doesn’t hold up very well. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/29 "2017-08-20T01:59:09Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I have a vague memory of Cindel being a journalist that is referenced in a few of the EU books. Yeah, one book briefly mentioned her as a throwaway joke. That’s no longer canon (if it ever was) so she’s free to be whoever now. I like to think of her as being a bit of a galactic eco-warrior, helping oppressed primitive cultures defend themselves against the encroaching First Order. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/30 "2017-08-21T12:20:26Z")
There’s got to be a story behind how he learned to do the Krayt Dragon call. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/31 "2017-08-21T13:03:44Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > There’s got to be a story behind how he learned to do the Krayt Dragon call. He was a past winner of the Piedmont High School dragon call contest. He was on Space Letterman and everything. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/32 "2017-08-21T13:52:13Z")
For me, the biggest red flag is Stephen Daldry, who hasn’t made a film yet that I didn’t strongly dislike. He takes on big themes and gets good performances from (albeit already talented) actors, but all his movies devolve into unfocused, pretentious muddles. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987/33 "2017-08-21T13:57:00Z")
He seems an odd choice for what will likely be an atmospheric western. James Mangold, who did _Logan_ and _3:10 to Yuma_ would be on my list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standalone-obi-wan-kenobi-movie-in-the-works-star-wars/793987.md?page=1)