Deborah Chow Chats In regards to the Work Behind Obi-Wan Kenobi

Deborah Chow, the director of the Disney+ present, Obi-Wan Kenobi, went on the Crew Call podcast to speak in regards to the challenges that got here alongside engaged on the limited series. She had simply completed Mandalorian and Kenobi had gone by means of “quite a few iterations” and handed by means of a number of palms earlier than touchdown in her lap.

She says that whereas Kenobi was initially pitched as a standalone movie, even by the point it acquired to her, as a restricted collection, it was at all times conceived as “one massive story.” So it made sense that they might faucet one director to guide all six episodes of the present. “This was a personality journey for Obi-Wan,” Chow says. They targeted a whole lot of consideration on Revenge of the Sith, ensuring that they acquired the nuanced characterization for Obi-Wan within the aftermath of Order 66.

Chow additionally revealed that they have been submitting the finale episode for Emmy consideration. “The guts of the present is at all times going to be the scene between Hayden and Ewan with the cracked masks. That was every part the present was constructing to.” She additionally cited the character moments with Leia, stating that “the brand new journey” that Kenobi set the characters on was actually necessary for her to arrange.

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