While many consider the Disney Plus series Obi-Wan Kenobi a divisive point in the Star Wars saga, the excitement of seeing Ewan McGregor play the titular Jedi again was difficult to deny. But while the show's finale seemed pretty cut and dry, many still wonder whether it will receive another season.
The Star Wars story told in Obi-Wan Kenobi was fairly self-contained, with a planet-hopping adventure that ultimately led to Obi-Wan better understanding himself and The Force. The end seemed to leave little room for more to tell, especially considering further developments had already been covered in other productions like Star Wars Rebels. Despite that, McGregor seems confident that Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2 can still happen. But what does the show's director think of the idea?
Deborah Chow, who directed all 6 episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, recently appeared on Deadline's Crew Call podcast and spoke about her time working on the show. However, she also addressed the oft-voiced question of whether she thinks it will (or should) get a second season, offering a rather blunt answer. "This was conceived as a limited series; it is closed," Chow replied. Her comment seemingly definitively closes the book on such matters, at least for now. But there's always something more with Star Wars. "There's 10 more years before New Hope," she added, seemingly throwing fans a bone, "so never say never."
The series saw plenty of setbacks, from a frustrating experience by Obi-Wan Kenobi writers to complications regarding filming during the height of COVID. It was pretty intense," Chow said of the COVID restrictions that threatened to shut down the production. "Anything with background was always stressful because we had little Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) running around." Luckily, it seems that was one of the aspects that went as planned since they managed not to get shut down for those sorts of things.
As for the lack of a second season, it does make sense that there wouldn't be plans for one since Obi-Wan Kenobi was originally supposed to be a movie. The more compact storyline featuring Obi-Wan's disillusionment regarding The Force in the years following The Clone Wars was the right size for a film. Things got wrapped up rather nicely as he came to terms with his responsibility to his former apprentice Anakin, who became the fearsome Darth Vader despite Obi-Wan's best efforts. It also gave fans the long-awaited reunion of McGregor and Hayden Christensen as Obi-Wan and Anakin again, which is certainly worth watching.
Sure, there's always room for more stories to be told. This is Star Wars, after all. They could create an entire series revolving around a character who sneezes funny in the background of a single scene. Heck, this is the franchise that made the aquarium keeper in Jedi: Survivor a fan favorite. So sure, there could be more to Obi-Wan Kenobi someday. But fans shouldn't hold their breath.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is available to stream on Disney Plus.
Source: Deadline