Star Wars 8 could feature… Obi-Wan?! “They’re not done with [him] yet”, according to rumours

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We may still see a standalone Obi-Wan movie - but, according to rumours, it’s possible the Jedi may turn up in Star Wars 8. Woah.

StarWarsNewsNet reports that EW writer Anthony Breznican, speaking on Star Wars podcast Rebel Force Radio, pours cold water over suggestions that a standalone Obi-Wan movie is coming in a rumoured 2020 slot but “they’re not done with [him] yet... in the Saga films.”

Ewan McGregor, as everyone and their Ewok knows by now, recorded new lines for Rey’s vision in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you factor in some repurposed Alec Guinness dialogue as well (the ‘Rey’ in ‘afraid’, taken from an old recording) then it seems there’s definitely some sort of link between Rey and Obi-Wan - possibly lending support to the theory that Rey is part of the Kenobi bloodline. Could this be explored in Star Wars 8?

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