Obi-Wan Kenobi smashes Disney Plus viewership record

Obi Wan Kenobi is by May 27, 2022 with a double sequence DisneyPlus took off and that dragged quite a few viewers in front of their televisions at home. Disney speaks of a new viewer record on the in-house VoD streaming platform.

According to the press release, it is said that the star Warsseries was able to secure the first place, while the community on the Star Wars Celebration 2022 indulged in her favorite franchise. However, the company does not give exact figures.

Obi-Wan Kenobi and no end in sight

One thing became clear during the event in Anaheim, California. Disney has continued big plans with the franchise.

So became Ahsoka series news shared, a new live-action series called Star Wars: Skeletons Crew has announced the first proper trailer too Star Wars: Andor was shown and there was a first teaser trailer for the new EA game Star Wars Jedi: Survivorwhich is currently in development at Respawn Entertainment – and much more.

Meanwhile, the star actor says thank you Ewan McGregorwho embodies Obi-Wan Kenobi in the series of the same name, for the warm reception at Star Wars Celebration, who was traveling to a convention for the first time.

“I didn’t really know what it was going to be like. I just wanted you guys to know that it means something very special to me. And I loved every minute of it so I wanted to say thank you and I will be back next year.”“

During the panel he speaks of the overwhelming love of the community to the actors like Hayden Christensen. He thinks there should be a lot of “Star Wars” fans among the film crew. In addition, he has never seen so many people on a set:

“There were hundreds of people behind the cameras. I looked around and said, I’ve never seen so many people on set. What’s happening? And then we start rehearsal and Hayden comes out as Vader and you say. Naturally. Everyone is here to see Vader. It was really nice, it’s nice. I hope for him that he could feel that love from everyone.”

You can find more information about the Disney Plus series, such as the start dates of the individual episodes, in our Episode guide to the series.