5 New TV Shows to Watch This Week: From ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ to ‘Stranger Things’
thewrap.com“Obi-Wan Kenobi”Friday, May 27, Disney+Hello there. Lucasfilm and Disney+’s third live-action “Star Wars” series (after “The Mandalorian” and its spin-off, “The Book of Boba Fett”) is really the one everyone has been waiting for.
Ewan McGregor returns to the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, a part he originated in George Lucas’ prequel films, to fill in some of the missing details from the “Star Wars” timeline. (Early promotional materials have shown Obi-Wan watching young Luke from afar and interacting with Owen Lars and Aunt Beru.) Maybe more of a shock is the fact that Hayden Christensen, who has largely been absent since the last prequel film, returns to play Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader, who presumably is unhappy with Obi-Wan for leaving him on a lava planet all hacked up and burnt to a crisp.
Given Lucasfilm’s inpenetrable force field of secrecy, we don’t know much more about “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” aside from its amazing supporting cast of unknown characters (among them: Benny Safdie, Kumail Nanjiani, O’Shea Jackson, Jr and Maya Erskine) and “The Mandalorian” favorite Deborah Chow directs all six installments.
Sounds like the Force is with this one. [TRAILER]“Saturday Night Live”Saturday, May 21 at 11:29 p.m., NBCThe NBC sketch series wraps up its 47th season with host Natasha Lyonne and Japanese Breakfast (presumably performing tracks from her critically acclaimed 2021 album “Jubilee”).
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