Overview
- This week at the Edinburgh International Film Festival McGregor acknowledged that the Star Wars prequels were harshly reviewed and said he learned to ignore critics after the sting of that reception.
- He said meeting fans who grew up with the prequels changed his view of the films and showed a new generation still cares about those stories.
- McGregor told Variety he casually raised concrete story ideas with Lucasfilm creative lead Dave Filoni, including an arc where Obi‑Wan tries to reach out to Yoda after Episode III.
- He also suggested a speculative link between Obi‑Wan and Hera Syndulla, inspired by Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s turn on Ahsoka, but said the characters occupy different time frames.
- Any Obi‑Wan return remains unconfirmed and would require Disney/Lucasfilm approval while balancing Filoni’s slate, production budgets, scheduling and the limited window for McGregor to play a pre‑A New Hope Obi‑Wan.