Rumors of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s live action return were finally confirmed when President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy announced at D23 Expo 2019 that Star Wars prequel trilogy actor Ewan McGregor would be reprising his role for a show on Disney+.
John Favreau and Dave Filoni discuss with IGN how the new characters for The Mandalorian pay respects to the original Star Wars EU while also still feeling original.