It is officially announced that the next big thing for the Star Wars franchise that is none other than one of Disney Plus Limited Original Series called Obi-Wan Kenobi can begin to get streamed by all of the Star Wars fans starting on the 25th of May 2022. One of the major factors for this series to be such a huge hit would be that the famous Scottish actor named Ewan McGregor has returned to take back his own responsibility as the role of the iconic Jedi.
Fans all over the world are definitely are going to be so excited for this one but they would have to wait a little bit longer for any of the trailers or even some snippets from the original series as it is still a long way to go to the month of May. Nevertheless, Disney Plus includes a poster with the announcement showing Ewan McGregor as the Jedi.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, a limited Original series, starts streaming May 25 on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/FDBc6SfK7l
— Disney+ (@disneyplus) February 9, 2022
Other than the fans are getting excited when Ewan McGregor returns as the Jedi, they also are loving the returns of Hayden Christensen that will be playing Darth Vader in the limited original series of Disney Plus. As the matter of fact, the pair of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen last faced off in the Star Wars nearly two decades ago.
This announcement of the official date to stream Obi-Wan Kenobi starting on the 25th of May got revealed right on the same day as another Star Wars franchise series that is The Book of Boba Fett wrapping up its own series finale.
Sources: Twitter Disney Plus, The Verge, CNet.