Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi: That’s why the work was so frustrating

Actors Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return in Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi was one of the highlights of the year for fans. The mini-series with a total of six episodes follows the events of “Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith” and can be completed with DisneyPlus be streamed. But the work behind the scenes wasn’t always easy, as screenwriter Andrew Stanton now has in one interview has betrayed.

Stanton has worked frequently with Disney in the past. He accompanied films like Wall-E or Finding Nemo as a director. He has also scripted several Toy Story films and Monsters Inc. Now he was allowed for the first time in the world of star Wars be creative: “It was both a blessing and a curse. You freak out because you can write ‘Vader says’ and ‘Kenobi says’. You pause and you’re like, ‘I can’t believe I’m actually getting paid to write this.”

It’s not all great

However, Stanton was not able to develop completely freely. So he had to ask himself again and again whether his script also Star Wars canon fits: “[Der Grund dafür ist]that it is important to the fans. But it sometimes doesn’t allow you to go beyond things – which maybe they should – to tell a better story. It really limits you at times to story options that I think would be better. […] That frustrated me at times.”