I normally take these rumors with a grain of salt but seeing this story all over the holonet today.
This is the show I'm looking for
I'd love it, but I'm waiting for anything official before I get excited.
I saw that as well. To an extent I do think a direct to stream movie or miniseries actually does make a lot more sense than a theatrical release.
Thinking about it, something like Solo would probably have been a lot better had it been something like a 6-episode miniseries, giving it the time to really tell the story it was trying to tell, while also keeping it off the theatrical pedestal allowing for slightly lower quality with a more forgiving audience.
So... There is an unconfirmed rumour that Ewan McGregor may be in talks to do an Obi-Wan thing for Disney+....
Forgive me for being a bit sceptical.
Besides, the only period of his life I'm interested in is back when he was a Padawan fooling around with Mandalorian royalty behind Qui-Gon's back. And I think he's gotten a bit too old to play that. I'm just not seeing the story potential in a post-Order 66, pre-New Hope Obi-Wan.
5 hours ago, Ghostofman said:I saw that as well. To an extent I do think a direct to stream movie or miniseries actually does make a lot more sense than a theatrical release.
Thinking about it, something like Solo would probably have been a lot better had it been something like a 6-episode miniseries, giving it the time to really tell the story it was trying to tell, while also keeping it off the theatrical pedestal allowing for slightly lower quality with a more forgiving audience.
I feel this way about a lot of ideas. I feel that a movie tends to be too compact for some ideas. And directors try to shove too much content into it making it a disjointed puzzle of half explored ideas. On the other end of the spectrum, I feel some shows go on WAY too long. They start rehashing ideas, replacing cast, filling time with bottle episodes and clip shows. Ugh.
I wish more studios would just develop a really good miniseries, or single season show. Worst case scenario, cut things off after 2 or maybe 3 seasons at most. End on a high note instead of dragging the show kicking and screaming into a 7th season of retread stories, shark jumping atrocities and half the original audience.
I really hope this is Disney's plan for these character focused shows. Give them 6-12 episodes to tell something really epic, and wrap up the story. If you have another idea for them (Obi right after Ep3, and another idea of Obi right before Ep4), then do a separate show run of just that idea. Instead of some 10+ season ongoing mess, give us several compact, interesting stories from different perspectives.
I live in hope ...