McGregor’s Star Wars Prequel Defense Will Make You Take Back Criticisms

Ewan McGregor defends the Star Wars prequels and explains how his relationship to them has changed since the kids who loved them have grown up.

McGregor has stayed away from the franchise since then, but he will be reprising the role soon in the live-action spinoff series Obi-Wan Kenobi, which is premiering on Disney+ on May 27, 2022. The show will bridge the gap between the prequels and the original trilogy, following Obi-Wan’s adventures after he takes up residence on Tatooine to watch over and protect Anakin Skywalker’s young son Luke. The cast of the series also includes Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse as Luke’s caretakers Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, Moses Ingram as Reva the Third Sister, and Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, the young Padawan who embraced the dark side and grew up to become the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Much of the excitement for Obi-Wan Kenobi has to do with the prequel trilogy being seen in a much more positive light in recent years.

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On Twitter, user keldorjedii posted a video of an interview with McGregor, Ingram, and Christensen at the premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi. During the conversation, the young interviewer expressed his appreciation for the prequel films, leading McGregor to share his thoughts about how his relationship with the Star Wars films has changed. He admits that it was “tough” to put so much passion into making the films and have them be critically panned, but he has come to appreciate them more – especially Episode III, which he says is “a really good movie” – now that the generation of children that loved them has grown up and been able to express that love. Read his full quote below: