It’s set halfway between George Lucas’ two trilogies: 10 years after “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” which marked McGregor’s last appearance as the character, and nine years before the late Alec Guinness made his hooded, howling entrance as Ben Kenobi in “Episode IV: A New Hope.” The Jedi master gets his own moment in the suns with a new six-part Disney+ series starring Ewan McGregor. It’s safe to say that Owen Lars has gained some favourable reputation points within the Star Wars fandom, both old and new, as he and the writing team delivered a much more in-depth and emotionally-connective version of Owen Lars than seen in any previous appearance of the character throughout the entire Star Wars saga.“Obi-Wan Kenobi” - now that’s a name casual “Star Wars” fans haven’t heard in a long time. I was like, ‘This is my opportunity to put a bit more context on that, and have people maybe like him a little bit more’. “Everybody thinks that Uncle Owen is a grumbly, cantankerous ‘say no’ dude. And I’m always cheeky about the way I talk about Uncle Owen!” Joel Edgerton via NMEĭespite Edgerton’s opinion of his “boring” Star Wars character, he decided to return to change both his personal opinion and the opinion of the general fanbase, as he told NME: I’ve always joked that Uncle Owen is the most boring character in Star Wars history because he’s a moisture farmer and he doesn’t get to wield a lightsaber. “To be honest, I was a little bit… not snobbish, but reticent in regards to going, ‘I’ve done this before’. However, returning to play the character came with doubts that people would find him interesting, as he called Owen Lars the “most boring character in Star Wars history”.

Let’s give him an audition for other things’.” Joel Edgerton On His Star Wars Character Joel Edgerton Says His ‘Star ‘Wars’ Role “Opened All The Doors To Hollywood”įans of the franchise will remember Edgerton’s return to the Star Wars universe, as he reprised the role of Owen Lars in the Ewan McGregor-led Obi-Wan Kenobi series, the uncle and father figure to the iconic Luke Skywalker. to kind of welcome me and go, ‘Oh, he’s in Star Wars. While talking to NME about his new movie Master Gardener, Edgerton got to reflect on how Star Wars and George Lucas helped shape his entire career, saying that “it opened all the doors to Hollywood. Joel Edgerton ( Star Wars, Warrior) recently opened up on how his career has been shaped due to being cast as Owen Lars back in George Lucas‘ 2002 movie Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, despite the movie receiving an intensely large amount of negative responses from both fans and critics alike.

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