Ewan McGregor Is All Doom and Gloom In a New 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Trailer

We know you'd all be A-okay just watching Mando and Grogu scoot around the Star Wars universe in perpetuity. Which is totally fine, nothing to be ashamed of. But this is Star Wars we're talking about. Disney. So as long as there's money to be made, we'll keep seeing new spinoffs and sequels in the galaxy far, far, away, forever and ever. (Not that we're complaining.)

Here's some news on the intergalactic front for you: as we're nearing the May debut of Disney+'s long-anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series, a new trailer for the six-episode event just dropped. We don't learn too much more about the series, but the footage is certainly incredible. Obi-Wan Kenobi looks like Disney+'s most cinematic Star Wars entry yet, with the trailer teasing Darth Vader's return, a new foe, Luke Skywalker, and lightsabers! Lots and lots of lightsabers. The series, which will see Ewan McGregor return to his Episodes I-III role, will round out its cast with Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.

Now that we're properly hyped for our reentry to the galaxy far, far away, here's everything we know about Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi series so far.

When will the Obi-Wan series debut on Disney+?

McGregor's big return to the Star Wars universe will commence on May 25th. Not only that, but Disney announced that Obi-Wan Kenobi will be a limited series. So we can safely rule out any future McGregor starring vehicles in this universe, aside from a potential cameo or two.

What is the new Obi-Wan show going to be about?

While Disney has been super secretive about the Disney+ series, one thing is for sure: a lot of people are extremely excited about the return of Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi. And for good reason–new details on the Star Wars show have confirmed that the series will tackle a momentous and legendarily mysterious period in Star Wars history: Kenobi's years on Tatooine between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Regarding how Kenobi is feeling at this point in the timeline, McGregor told Entertainment Weekly, "We find Obi-Wan at the beginning of our story rather broken, and faithless, and beaten, somewhat given up."

He wasn't kidding. In Obi-Wan Kenobi's two trailers, we see that the Jedi is the embodiment of doom and gloom, moping around Tatooine and scoping out Luke Skywalker—who, by the way, is in this show, too. The Skywalker Saga is over only in name, apparently. Elsewhere in the preview, we glimpse Moses Ingram's Reva, which EW described as a "force-sensitive Inquisitor" who "will prove a formidable new foe as she seeks out Jedi-in-hiding for the Empire." Sounds like Kenobi will have to get his shit together if he wants to stay safe on Tattooine. To round out the crew, we see Joel Edgerton's return as Uncle Owen, who looks like he'll be a main player in the series.

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Where does the Obi-Wan series fit within the Star Wars timeline?

This all leads us to one of the most glaring issues surrounding the Obi-Wan show: this scene in Star Wars Rebels.

Long have fans anticipated the big live-action return of Darth Maul. We saw him very briefly (in an unfortunately lame hologram) in Solo. But, a few animated series have been following Maul's big comeback for years now–and as always, Maul's fate is intertwined with the man who chopped him in half, Obi-Wan. So how will this live-action Obi-Wan show reckon with the events of the animated series? It's likely that Maul will appear on the show in some way–especially since this series takes place around the same time as Solo, the Han-centric movie that took special care to mention the Sith lord in its big finale.

When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, they retconned a ton of Star Wars history from the non-live-action works. However, Rebels is a Disney Star Wars show, so everything in the series is canon. It's easy to predict that the Obi-Wan show will be centered around Obi (or "Ben") and his quest to protect a young Luke Skywalker from any/all threats, both Sith-related and otherwise. The series would be remiss to not tackle Maul and Kenobi's long-running beef. Does this mean we'll see the same showdown from Rebels?

The showdown happens three seasons into the the animated series. Rebels is said to take place five years before A New Hope. So with the timelines definitely link up. At the very least, if the Kenobi show turns out to be some sort of Seinfeld-style comedy, hopefully Maul turns out to be Ben's Newman. Now that's something we would watch.

What has Hayden Christensen said about his Star Wars return?

Thanks to an interview with Total Film, we know exactly how Christensen feels about coming back to the role. Plus, how he feels about playing Vader long after Obi-Wan wraps. “When George [Lucas] had brought me onto the prequels, it was to play Anakin," Christensen says. "He gets knighted as Darth Vader towards the end, and for a couple of scenes I get to put the suit on. But my journey with the character was with Anakin Skywalker. But the character? He’s such a complex character. And now, getting to explore the mindset and emotional state of Darth Vader, has been a lot of fun… The extent of the journey, I think, remains to be seen, but what a privilege to get to come back and do this, and to be a part of this project.”

Nice to know that one can escape the wrath of the Star Wars fandom and, you know, actually hope for a future of acting in the intergalactic sandbox again.

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