We could be seeing aStar Warsprequel trilogy reunion on Disney+ as Liam Neeson is open to returning as Qui-Gon Jinn in the streamer’s upcomingObi-Wan Kenobiseries. After it was announced that Ewan McGregor will be back to play the titular character in the limited series, Hayden Christensen boarded the project to reprise the role of Anakin Skywalker. There are no plans for Neeson to be featured in the series at this time, but manyStar Warsfans are still holding out hope for Qui-Gon Jinn’s return.
Speaking with Collider in a recent interview,Liam Neesonwas apparently surprised to learn that fans were calling forObi-Wan Kenobito bring back Qui-Gon Jinn as well. The actor was then asked directly if he’d be up for appearing as the character in a flashback sequence in the Disney+ series, and Neeson made it clear that he’s very open to it with his response.
“Sure, I’d be up for that, yeah,” Neeson said with a smile on his face.
Nesson has only physically appeared asQui-Gon Jinnin 1999’sStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. His voice was used in the 2002 sequelAttack of the Clones, and he later reprised the role in three episodes of the animated seriesStar Wars: The Clone Wars. In 2019, he made another voice cameo as Qui-Gon Jinn alongside many other franchise stars inStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. It didn’t seem likely that we’d ever see him back in the role in a live-action project, but theObi-Wan Kenobiseries opens up all kinds of possibilities.
Deborah Chow, who helmed part ofThe MandalorianonDisney+to great success, will direct theObi-Wan Kenobiseries. Chow will also executive produce alongside McGregor, Kathleen Kennedy, and Tracey Seaward. Joby Harold (Zack Snyder’sArmy of the Dead) will write the series following the departure of previous writer Hossein Amini. In December, Disney revealed at the company’s Investor Day 2020 that the show would be set ten years after the events ofRevenge of the Sith.
“I think the scripts are great,” McGregor said of the upcoming series last year at theBirds of Preypremiere. “They’re in really good shape. They want them to be better. I think we keep our same airdate. All good.”
And that’s just one small part of Disney’s overall plan to developat least ten new Star Wars projectsin the near future. Other titles in the works that have fans excited include an Ahsoka Tano live-action series, a Lando Calrissian series, and aRogue Squadronmovie directed byWonder Womanhelmer Patty Jenkins.
As for Neeson, he can next be seen in his new movieThe Marksman, which releases on Jan. 15. Directed by Robert Lorenz, the movie stars Neeson as Jim Hanson, a rancher on the Arizona border who becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who’ve pursued him into the U.S. It’s a role that seems tailor-made for theTakenstar. This news comes to us fromCollider.
