Hayden Christensen is back The Star Wars universe is back as part of the Obi-Wan Canopy Disney Plus show.
Star Wars fans, today is a great day for you. With the announcement of brand new shows, ownership is one of the most sought after restarts so far.
As part of Disney’s Investor Day 2020, Mega Corporation has released details about the long – awaited OP-Van Canopy show. It was revealed that the series will have a deeper relationship with the preludes than Evan McGregor returning in the named role.
Christensen will return as Darth Vader, and the two characters will be in the course of another confrontation. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy broke the news and called it the ‘re-competition of the century’.
Deborah Cho, author and producer of the show, added: ‘We could not have told the story of OP-Van without Darth Vader. We will definitely see Obi-Wan and Darth Vader re-enter it. ‘
The show is set eight years after the end of Revenge of the Sith, which is set 11 years before a new hope.
It is set to be a six-episode limited series that will begin filming in Spring 2021, although the release window for the show has not yet been released on Disney’s streaming service.
This would mean that Christensen and McGregor have played these roles since leaving the series in 2005. It’s not small Voice cameos on The Rise of Skywalker.
The announcement came with the news that 10 new shows set in the Star Wars universe could be seen.
This will be reflected in the brand new intake of Marvel TV products.
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