Disney Announces Premiere Date for ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series

Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced in an earnings call Wednesday that the Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi will debut on May 25. 

Disney+ confirmed the date soon after, along with a new poster showing Ewan McGregor, who is reprising his role as the younger Obi-Wan. 

According to Disney, the series will pick up “ten years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.” Hayden Christensen is also returning to play Anakin Skywalker as he slowly becomes the Darth Vader in 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The cast includes Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit), Joel Edgerton (Loving), Kumail Nanjiani (Eternals), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton), and Benny Safdie (Good Times).

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