Stuart Beattie, the writer who wrote the scrapped Obi-Wan Kenobi trilogy of movies for Star Warsrevealed exactly what the story would have looked like, and I can’t help wondering what it would have meant for the franchise if it had actually been made. The scrapped Obi-Wan trilogy has been a topic of conversation since Beattie started discussing it around the time of the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV show, which was loosely based on what Beattie had already written. As it turns out, however, Beattie’s trilogy is vastly different from what actually happened on the show.
To be clear, my current feelings about these Obi-Wan Kenobi Show go either way. I feel like there was a lot more that could have been done and developed better in Obi-Wan’s show, such as the ending that Reva’s character had and the overall relationship between Obi-Wan and Leia. One of my biggest personal gripes about it is actually the decision to cut fan-favorite Clone Commander Cody’s plot with Luke on Tatooine. When I am faced with the details of this trilogy, I am beginning to wonder if Star Wars Is really better without it.
What would have happened in Lucasfilm’s scrapped Obi-Wan Kenobi film trilogy?
His storyline was ambitious
According to Beattie (by Star Wars theory), his trilogy would have centered around the idea of Obi-Wan telling Luke that he once thought that Anakin could still be redeemed in A new hope. Since this never happened in the prequel trilogy, Beattie decided to write the story where the two cross paths once again before the events of the original trilogy. In Beattie’s story, Obi-Wan expresses the immense guilt he feels after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith On the baby LukeBelieving that his investment in Luke’s early training can right all the wrongs of Obi-Wan.
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The training, of course, doesn’t go well, and it doesn’t help that Obi-Wan has lost his own connection to the Force. Matters get worse when the Empire arrives on Tatooine, even with Commander Cody acting as Obi-Wan’s eyes and ears to protect him from being discovered. The Empire was eventually alerted to Obi-Wan’s presence, and he had to flee to a space station transportation hub with other refugees, where he was met by another kind of Force cult. Their revelations inform Obi-Wan that pushing Luke too hard will create another Vader; He had to trust the Force’s timing.
The climactic moment comes when Vader and Obi-Wan confront each other and are the only two left on the space station left hurdling towards a gas giant. It is then that Obi-Wan realizes how far gone Vader is to the dark side, and it gives him the courage to give up on his old friend. Obi-Wan manages to escape, but Reva insists that she killed him, something that Vader, in turn, kills her for – allowing her to die with her secret. There are many layers to this story that I think would have been interesting to see, but also controversial.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi trilogy would have done justice to Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen
They deserved to share the big screen again
Easily one of the biggest benefits to actually making this trilogy would have been allowing Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to get their due justice. While these two certainly still got their own kind of Star Wars Renaissance with the Obi-Wan Kenobi series (and, for Christensen, the Ahsoka series), with a trilogy of movies centered on their characters would have been even more effective in healing their relationship with them Star Wars Audience. In a post-sequel trilogy era, this return to prequel-era nostalgia would be welcomed with open arms.
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In fact, it couldn’t have been a better time for Star Wars To have McGregor and Christensen both lead a charge back to the movie theater. The sequel trilogy was so divisive that it helped change public opinion about the prequel trilogyCausing some audiences to look at the movies in a more positive light. McGregor and Christensen alone would have been huge motivators for audiences to go to the movies again. The Obi-Wan trilogy may have been the cinematic event Star Wars has been dreaming of for a long time.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi trilogy would still have been divisive
The story still contains controversial elements
Still, even with McGregor and Christensen headlining the trilogy, I think it would have been largely divisive—perhaps even more so than the sequel trilogy itself. Obi-Wan and Vader are characters who are, in many ways, larger than lifeWhich makes any endeavor as ambitious as this in reframing their original trilogy story a risky gamble. One such element that I’m sure would have been divisive is the new Force Cult, given the current track record for how Star Wars Audiences have responded to new perspectives on The Force in recent years.
Another divisive element of Obi-Wan Kenobi What would have remained is Reva’s character. Although much of the backlash she initially received had little to do with her actual character, it was evident by the end of the series that the story didn’t really know what to do with her. It sounds like the movie would at least give her a better ending, but that wouldn’t have erased the initial backlash she received. Unfortunately, I believe that would still be the case with the movies, which means that the trilogy would not be universally accepted.
Stuart Beattie’s Obi-Wan Kenobi plot causes some unfortunate continuity problems
Luke’s early training is a major one
One of the other divisive issues of the trilogy would be the continuity problems, particularly that of Luke’s early training. Although Obi-Wan confronting Vader in those years would have been appropriate, especially as this is the case now Star Wars Cannon because of Obi-Wan KenobiObi-Wan training Luke until he was four years old would have been a huge issue. Luke doesn’t really know anything about the Force and the Jedi when he finally begins to receive his training from Obi-Wan in A new hopeAnd he would undoubtedly have remembered that part of his life.
Would Lucasfilm’s scrapped Obi-Wan Kenobi trilogy have been better than what we have?
It’s hard for me to say whether I think the scrapped trilogy would have been better than this Obi-Wan Kenobi TV show, but I think that trilogy might be worth the risk. Obi-Wan is such a massive character, and McGregor and Christensen are both such favorites Star Wars Actors. They deserved to have a chance to return to the big screen as Obi-Wan and Vader, and to breathe even more life into this fascinating storyline. The biggest problem with the US Obi-Wan Kenobi TV show as it stands is that it was not nearly long enough to properly serve its history.
Spreading the story into a movie trilogy would have given it the proper weight and the space for its story to breathe.
It’s understandable why Lucasfilm decided to change its approach to the Obi-Wan story, granted Solo: A Star Wars Storys box office failure at the time, however They would have benefited greatly from taking the risk anyway. Spreading the story into a movie trilogy would have given it the proper weight and the space for its story to breathe. The story is certainly not perfect and needs some reworking, but it’s captivating all the same. This is a game I wish Star Wars took, one that I think could have ended up even better than what we got.