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(REEL WHIRRING)
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MAN: One B. Take one.
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INTERVIEWER: This is probably
one of your first roles
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in a strictly fantasy-type film.
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Do you feel that it has presented
any particular challenges to you?
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Challenge from top to bottom.
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Now, I've never done anything remotely
to do with science fiction before.
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But then, as I see it, this has nothing
to do with past, present, or future.
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Star Wars could be
in any of those areas.
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George Lucas suggested to me
something of a samurai warrior,
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something of a wise man,
a kind of monk-like character.
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You've got to be rooting for someone
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and I think you certainly are
in this picture.
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Hello there.
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(R2-D2 BEEPING)
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Come here, my little friend.
Don't be afraid.
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EWAN MCGREGOR:
I remember clearly the first time
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I saw Star Wars. I was five or six.
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I came from this very small town
in Scotland and, me and my brother,
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we went to the big city to watch it.
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We didn't really know what it was, or...
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(CHUCKLING) That it was Star Wars,
you know.
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And then I watched it a billion times.
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When we got a video player,
we watched it over and over and over.
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We knew every single line of it.
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We watched it till it was
just colors on the screen.
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It was so worn out, you know.
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And Alec Guinness, of course,
I didn't know his work.
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I was only a kid.
But I knew him as Obi-Wan Kenobi,
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and he's this iconic, legendary character.
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If you strike me down, I shall become more
powerful than you can possibly imagine.
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MCGREGOR: By the time I was nine,
I'd decided I wanted to be an actor.
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And I just... I wondered at his career.
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Then when I got cast as Obi-Wan Kenobi,
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I tried to watch as many films as I could
of him as a young man.
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To try and imagine him
as a younger person.
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This series is special
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because it's a character
that I loved playing back in the day
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and I get the chance to do it again.
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(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
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DEBORAH CHOW: Good morning, everyone!
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Now, welcome to our first official day.
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(APPLAUDING)
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This is also
our first official day with Ewan,
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who not only is Obi-Wan Kenobi but is
also a producer and a partner on the show.
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MCGREGOR: Yeah. Thank you so much.
It's been a long time...
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-It's been a long time coming to this.
-WOMAN: (LAUGHING) Yeah, I know.
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MCGREGOR: Many years,
we've been talking about doing this
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and it's exciting and unbelievable almost
that here we are.
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(APPLAUDING AND CHEERING)
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WOMAN: Rehearsal up!
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MAN: Rehearsal's up!
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CHOW: Good luck. Here we go.
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(SLOW ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHOW: This series is the story of
Obi-Wan Kenobi in the intervening years
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between the prequels
and the original trilogies.
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We're starting in a moment
where the Jedi are gone,
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they're being hunted,
the Empire is in control.
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Everything's a very dark period.
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So, in many ways,
we're trying to answer the question of,
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"How did he go from
Revenge of the Sith
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"with all the pain and the tragedy
at the ending to,
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"sort of, the calm and the peace
of A New Hope?"
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(ENGINES WHIRRING)
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Takin' on the series, for me,
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it was hugely an honor to be able
to enter into this mythology
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and to inherit this galaxy
with such rich, amazing characters.
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But at the same time,
I also need to tell a story.
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And I can't copy what George did,
I'm not George,
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so I have to tell my own story
with these characters.
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I think the trick has been to find
the balance between those two things.
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Meet Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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CHOW: Ewan was very involved
all through the whole development,
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and he was such a lovely creative partner.
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He's more than just an actor.
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He, to me, is Obi-Wan.
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And Ewan was kind of the exact right age
to play this character again.
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(MUSIC CONTINUES)
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MCGREGOR: When I first heard that
they were doing Episode I to III
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and they needed an Obi-Wan Kenobi,
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I definitely didn't think it was for me.
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I thought, "This isn't who I am,"
just because of the scale of it.
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I felt like I was this indie actor.
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There was three of us for the part.
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And I went in and I did a screen test.
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WOMAN: You can't help but change
when it goes on.
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-Everyone can just be the most...
-Of course. Especially actors,
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-'cause that's what we do.
-Yeah, yeah.
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MCGREGOR: I thought, "No. I'm not gonna
be doing something that big."
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But the truth was, I really wanted it.
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I wanted it because
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of how I'd felt about
the original three Star Wars films.
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Shortly thereafter,
I heard that they'd offered it to me,
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and I was so beyond excited.
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-(LAUGHS) How are you?
-Hi. How are you doing?
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You all right?
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The crux of the story is you object
to Qui-Gon bringing this kid along.
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-Mmm-hmm.
-So, his last dying wish to you
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is that you carry on with the kid
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and you're sort of saying,
"Okay, I'll do it."
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But you're really not up for it.
But you do it anyway.
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You've taken on this obligation
that you don't really want
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and you're not really capable of,
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but you promised your dying master that
you would do it, so, that's where it ends.
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MCGREGOR: I had a walk around
the studio with George.
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We went into a stage
where they were making the submarine
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that Liam and Ahmed Best
and I end up in.
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And I was so excited,
I looked up at it, and then I went,
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"George, will we go underwater in it?"
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(LAUGHS) And he just looked at me
and he went, "What?"
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And I said, "Will we submerge in it?"
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I was so excited that we might.
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And he said,
"It's none of it real, you know."
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And a little part of me went...
(DISAPPOINTEDLY) Huh.
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Like, that feeling of when
you get into the world of it,
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like, of course you're not
flying through space, you know.
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But somewhere in my head,
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I thought maybe I would get the chance
to do something like that.
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And then later on, we went into
the props-making department
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and the props master
brought this wooden box out.
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And opened it up.
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And there was lightsabers in there.
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And I got to choose my one, you know.
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And that was the real moment
where I realized what was going on,
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that this was an important moment.
To pick Obi-Wan's lightsaber.
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I've been waiting for this for weeks.
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Every morning I'd say, "I wonder
if it's today I'll get to choose."
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(ALL LAUGH)
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(LIGHTSABERS WHOOSHING)
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MCGREGOR: I don't think
I'd imagined the scale of it.
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And it was unlike anything I'd ever done.
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(ANAKIN YELLS)
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MCGREGOR: It's so interesting now,
20 years later,
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the love that there is for those films
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from the generation
who they were made for,
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the children then.
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The films that we made
are their Star Wars, you know.
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And that's lovely.
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It's nice that feeling coincides
with making the series.
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CHOW: This is our prop master.
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MCGREGOR: Good to see you!
PROP MASTER: Good to see you!
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This is the A New Hope
Alec Guinness' saber.
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And this is what you had in Episode III.
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And this is kind of our halfway point
in a way...
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-MCGREGOR: I see.
-...that's leaning hard into this,
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as far as form factor, like it's got
the switchboard and not the bubbles.
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-MCGREGOR: This was mine in III?
-Yeah.
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MCGREGOR: We shot Episode III in 2003.
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And we started shooting this one in 2020
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so that's a long time
not to play somebody, I feel like.
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It was such a long time ago.
I've just forgotten all of it.
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And yet, as soon as I put his clothes on
and came on set here,
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it didn't take me very long
to feel comfortable again.
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(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
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MAN 1: Here we go, darlin'.
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MAN 2: I haven't tried
the smoke machine before.
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MAN 1: Okay.
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Good?
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PROP MASTER: This is sort of
a color sample of the edible meat.
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MCGREGOR: Okay.
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And so, you're gonna cut a piece
of one of these bricks for your eopie.
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Like taking a corner.
And maybe doing like that,
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on the way down.
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MCGREGOR: Yeah,
that would fit in my pouch, yeah.
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I started speaking with people at Disney
a long time ago.
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I always thought it would be interesting
to take a character that
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we know and love as being one way
and show him in defeat.
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I just said, I just feel like
it's an interesting story
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about a man who's broken
and lost his faith.
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And how does it come back?
How does he get it back?
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MAN: ...camera A marker.
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CHOW: And, action!
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The first thing we did with Ewan
was the Sandwhale Farm.
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And so, that was sort of
a lovely way to start
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'cause that scene is really
the introduction to his character.
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One of the things
that we really tried to focus on
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was less about the Jedi
and more about the man.
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We were really trying to do a series that
was really focused on Ben Kenobi, the man.
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Who is he and how does he feel?
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And how does he deal with everything?
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The Jedi is part of the identity,
but really it was about him.
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The Sandwhale Farm
is actually one of my favorite sets,
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and we were really looking at references
of whaling stations of old.
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He's living in Anchorhead
which is a farming town,
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so it's very much
a blue-collar town in many ways.
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I was really trying
to make it feel gritty.
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He's just an ordinary man
at this point.
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And just doing his daily routine.
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MCGREGOR: Physically,
he's rusty in terms of fighting
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and also just rusty
in terms of the desire to do it.
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He's sort of lost,
I think, Obi-Wan, in a way.
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He doesn't have the same drive
to fight for good.
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Something you wanna say?
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MAN 1: Okay. Backin' up.
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MAN 2: Excuse me, everybody. Excuse me.
MAN 3: Beep, beep.
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: If you're doing
crosses, it's not business as normal.
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Head down, aware that at any moment
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they can turn around and snap your neck.
Okay, thank you.
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MAN: Action!
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CHOW: It was really exciting for me,
coming on to this series
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to take on a new aspect of the dark side.
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These Inquisitors were first introduced
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by Dave Filoni
in his animated series, Rebels.
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So, this is the first time
in live-action for them.
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The Inquisitorius is an organization
that was created by Emperor Palpatine
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after the Clone Wars.
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And its primary purpose was to
hunt down and eliminate Force users.
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It's led by Darth Vader,
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and many of the Inquisitors were
former Jedi who turned to the dark side.
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JOBY HAROLD: It is truly extraordinary.
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It looks so close to what I'd pictured,
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which is really weird,
'cause it isn't always that way.
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But actually, it's how you imagine it.
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It's sort of that Western motif of the
three characters walking down the street
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and everyone parting ways
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and then everyone sitting silently
as they're intimidated.
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It's wonderful.
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Hey, man. How are you?
Nice to see you again.
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-I know it's been many years.
-It's been many years. Too many years.
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Have you got your kit on yet?
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-No. Not yet.
-CHOW: It's coming.
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It's coming.
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FRIEND: My character is
the Grand Inquisitor.
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The Grand Inquisitor used to be a Jedi.
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You know who we are.
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Inquisitors.
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FRIEND: The idea that somebody
could be fighting on the side of good
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and turn to the dark side,
I found fascinating.
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There's way more to this guy than just
a bad-ass with a double-edged lightsaber.
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CHOW: The Grand Inquisitor
is a former Jedi Knight and temple guard
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who turned to the dark side.
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He's a very interesting character because
he's calculating, cerebral, and cunning
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and he uses his intelligence as a weapon.
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Fifth Brother is a powerful warrior
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and he's the natural successor
to the Grand Inquisitor.
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Reva is a young Inquisitor
who doesn't like to play by the rules.
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She's fiery. She's passionate.
She's impatient.
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She's frequently in conflict
with the other Inquisitors.
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You just gotta make sure
that when her hand's out,
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be careful that you remember the width
of the length of the blade, right?
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And just making sure that
you don't touch her body with it.
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The story of Reva
was an interesting one for us.
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And this was a character
that I was really excited about.
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(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
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MOSES INGRAM:
It's a dream I didn't know I had.
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I just never thought it would or could
actually be me.
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CHOW: And, action!
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INGRAM: The first day, going to costumes
and putting on the suit,
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it blew my mind.
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MAN: Look up.
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(BURSTING)
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INGRAM: Women, in general,
are complicated beings
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and to get to inhabit
a character that seems one way
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but is very much something different
and is led all by her heart.
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The choices you make are sometimes muddled
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when you're trying to move
with your heart, you know.
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-Keep the eyeline cam with us?
-CHOW: He'll be... Yeah, he's going...
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Yes, so everything is going...
He's bigger.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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INGRAM: It's important for us
to have heroes, yes.
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But also, villains.
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It's cool to be... It's cool to be nice.
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But it's also cool
to see different people inhabit villains.
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CHOW: I really loved the idea
of having this young, dark side woman
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'cause there're been so few actual women
on the dark side in live-action.
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It was really exciting
to kinda get to develop this character.
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I needed a young woman
that you could really believe
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could take on Darth Vader
and make an attempt on him.
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It's a big role.
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(INGRAM GRUNTING)
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(AS REVA) He will have his revenge
on you all.
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And I will be the one
who delivers it to him.
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CHOW: Moses just had the strength.
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She had the intelligence.
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I just found her really charismatic,
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so I was really excited when
we cast her in the part of Reva.
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She's a complex character.
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Obi-Wan is clearly on the light side.
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Vader is clearly on the dark side.
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Reva's in the middle.
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Her original intentions were good,
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but she essentially got consumed
by fear and anger.
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And you can understand that.
You can relate to it.
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(ENGINE WHIRRING)
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MCGREGOR: The Inquisitors are looking for
Obi-Wan or any other Jedi.
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Thank you, Owen.
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MCGREGOR: Obi-Wan doesn't use the Force
at the beginning of the series.
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He won't. He can't.
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Because it'll give him away.
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But also, he made a promise
to look after Luke
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so he's trying to live up to that promise.
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CHOW: We were fortunate to have both
Joel Edgerton and Bonnie return for us.
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They are from the prequels.
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So it was amazing to get both of them
to come back and reprise these roles.
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And, action.
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So many years have gone by,
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and they have a personal relationship
to the character,
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they've lived their lives
with the character.
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Bonnie and Joel
were so young when they first did it,
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and then to be reunited
20 or so years later,
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it felt like something special
for them coming back.
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I was very excited to see you, Bonnie.
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I was excited to see you.
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-Good. Thank goodness for that.
-Yeah. I really was.
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(BOTH LAUGH)
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Yeah, no, I got a little like,
"Oh, my God, Joel's here,"
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-when you came into the makeup trailer.
-Yeah.
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PIESSE: When I heard that
we were coming back,
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I definitely felt the pressure
for a number of months.
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But as soon as I stepped on the set
it felt pretty relaxed, really.
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EDGERTON: Yeah.
It's been an incredible environment.
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And I think that Deb Chow is incredible.
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And just a really good vibe
and sense of camaraderie on set.
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PIESSE: Yeah. And it doesn't feel like
pressure so much
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'cause I feel like everyone
is excited to be here.
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MAN 1: Set.
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MAN 2: And, action.
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Luke!
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OWEN: Luke!
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OBI-WAN: Where is he?
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EDGERTON: The fact that there's
a real deepening of the relationship
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with us as a family, including Luke,
and the protectiveness that we display,
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felt like it was walking down
the right road with them
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because that's what they would do.
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People have a real love for Star Wars
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and it touches them deeply in their soul.
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And I think people are in love
with the heroic journey.
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It just calls on people's spirit in a way,
and what an honor to be a part of that.
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BREHA: Leia Organa!
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You had to do this today?
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Do what?
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Down.
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(CHIRPS NERVOUSLY)
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CHOW: So, we're gonna take it from you
coming down here
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then you're gonna come over here
and this...
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MCGREGOR: I love that everyone
thought it would be a story
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about Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker.
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And nobody knew that this was
the story about Obi-Wan and Leia.
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Deborah, should I give her
like a "I'm sorry" look
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before I press her off, like,
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"I'm sorry she made me do it"
and then press her off?
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CHOW: Yeah, just give her
a little sorry look.
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One of the most challenging and exciting
elements of the show
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is young Princess Leia.
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FRECK: Well, hop in. Meet my new friends.
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This is Orden and Luma.
They're hitchin' a ride to the port.
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CHOW: One of the things
that really drew me to the project
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was the father-daughter story of it all.
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'Cause my dad, growing up,
he was a very pivotal person for me.
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My dad was a huge movie fan,
and he was Chinese,
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so he used to watch
a ton of Asian action films.
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He loved them and he had
a huge collection of movies.
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So, I think I absorbed a lot from that
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and just the speed and the imagination
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that a lot of
the Asian martial arts films have,
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and the legacy of people like Kurosawa
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and the grandmasters,
Jet Li, all the people like that.
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It's been really interesting
'cause I never really thought,
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"Oh, I'm gonna grow up and become
an action director."
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It certainly was not what
I was thinking I was doing
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but I actually really love doing it.
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When I was growing up,
I was a huge fan of The Muppets,
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and I really love fantasy and sci-fi.
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SPECIALTY CREATURE SUPERVISOR:
He has full mouth, eye,
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he's got muscular movement.
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CHOW: If he tried to say something,
how close do you think you could get?
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(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
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CHOW: It's pretty good.
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(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
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CHOW: I like anything
that's weird and wonderful
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and, kind of,
goes into a different direction.
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CHOW: This person
would be amazing for shoplifters.
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So, maybe, that's like the clothing store
when they're getting the clothes.
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This is the store owner
that keeps watching everybody.
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WOMAN: (LAUGHING) That's so brilliant.
CHOW: Yeah.
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So, basically, what's gonna happen is,
she's just gonna run through your legs.
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So, just as the person
runs through your legs,
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it's just like getting a sense
of the creature looking down
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and then going, "Whoa."
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I love all the creatures in Star Wars
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because I think it creates a really
special world for everybody on set.
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Hey! Get your hands off of me!
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I thought we were friends.
I gave you a ride.
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CHOW: 'Cause it's there and you feel it,
and you can see it, and it's so charming.
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(BRAFF SOBBING)
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(SLOW ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)
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CHOW: The world building
of creating a galaxy
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that was so detailed and so thorough,
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but so inventive and so creative
at the same time, was just amazing.
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And Daiyu is one of my favorite planets.
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It's a place that's an underworld.
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You know, shady characters,
lots of colorful creatures,
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a lot of illegal activity going on there.
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It's where the mercenaries take Leia
once they kidnapped her.
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And they take her to this
underground spice den.
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Some of our earliest references
were things like
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the Bangkok night markets
or Hong Kong at night.
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So, I was looking a lot at Wong Kar-Wai
and other things like that,
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and just having this sense of the neon.
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It was a really fun planet design.
401
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MALE STORMTROOPER: Out of the way.
402
00:21:05,791 --> 00:21:08,083
When I meet Leia, I'm all business.
403
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It's just all about
getting her back to Bail,
404
00:21:11,250 --> 00:21:12,833
getting her back to Alderaan.
405
00:21:13,125 --> 00:21:17,250
And I'm not open enough
to see her for who she is.
406
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Why do I get the feeling
you're going to be the death of me?
407
00:21:20,041 --> 00:21:23,708
In the early films that I did, there was
a sort of impatience with Anakin,
408
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and at the beginning of our story,
there's that frustration again.
409
00:21:27,208 --> 00:21:33,041
Obi-Wan's got that reluctant
teacher-parent feeling with Leia.
410
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The blaster in the hand feels okay.
411
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If you don't like it,
I'm totally okay with it tucked in.
412
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MCGREGOR: Kumail plays a character
called Haja
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who's this trickster.
414
00:21:43,375 --> 00:21:46,750
And I meet him because I've heard
there's a Jedi who could help us get out.
415
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CHOW: And, action.
416
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You're no Jedi.
417
00:21:52,458 --> 00:21:54,083
But you know where one is.
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I'm the only Jedi around.
419
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(HAJA GROANS AND GASPS)
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NANJIANI: I got Force-pushed into a wall
421
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much harder than I thought I was going to.
422
00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:11,458
I'm very padded up and it was awesome,
but also, I forget what day it is.
423
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CHOW: And cut.
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WOMAN: Cut, cut.
MAN: Cutting,
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-How you feelin'? You all right?
-(CREW LAUGHING)
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WOMAN: You okay?
427
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NANJIANI: It's just really fun to play
a guy who's pretending to be a Jedi.
428
00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:26,125
I re-watched all the Star Wars
in preparation for it.
429
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And then I was like, okay,
this is probably all this guy knows,
430
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so his Force-gestures and the way
he conducts himself as a Jedi,
431
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it's very theatrical.
432
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Spaceport passenger check.
Gate 3-C, do you read? Over.
433
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NANJIANI: Because the people he's dealing
with also probably haven't run into Jedi,
434
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so it's just his version of it.
435
00:22:44,708 --> 00:22:47,416
This is a Jedi mind trick.
Do not be alarmed.
436
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I am inside your mind.
437
00:22:49,416 --> 00:22:51,333
MALE CONTACT: You're inside my mind.
438
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NANJIANI: I actually looked up a lot
about different techniques
439
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that con men use to con their marks.
440
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It was really fun to do that
in the context of Star Wars.
441
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MCGREGOR: You know, they think
it's so easy being a Jedi.
442
00:23:04,458 --> 00:23:05,458
They think it's so easy.
443
00:23:05,541 --> 00:23:07,083
NANJIANI: It's not. The hood work alone...
444
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that's what three years of training
is just to get the hood right.
445
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NANJIANI: I really love
that I got to play this character
446
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who has this complicated morality.
447
00:23:17,333 --> 00:23:19,291
This pull and push inside of him,
448
00:23:19,375 --> 00:23:21,750
doing the right thing or making money.
449
00:23:22,375 --> 00:23:25,083
It makes that choice a lot richer.
450
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BLAIR: Okay.
451
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CHOW: I think what this is, peek your...
Can you push your head out a little?
452
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MCGREGOR: Obi-Wan and Leia go on the run,
and they come across Tala.
453
00:23:36,708 --> 00:23:39,791
Tala's an important character
for Obi-Wan in terms of
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her encouragement of him
to leave the past in the past.
455
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May the Force be with you.
456
00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:47,375
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
457
00:23:51,583 --> 00:23:54,416
Today's been really emotional.
Hasn't it, Shea?
458
00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:57,083
It's a dream come true.
This is the best job I ever had.
459
00:23:57,166 --> 00:23:58,333
(BOTH LAUGH)
460
00:24:00,041 --> 00:24:04,791
VARMA: I play Tala and she's actually
the equivalent of the French resistance.
461
00:24:05,458 --> 00:24:07,750
I will not have my integrity questioned.
462
00:24:07,833 --> 00:24:09,666
REVA: Then admit you're a spy!
463
00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:12,916
Well, of course I am.
464
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,000
VARMA: She has been hurt.
Deeply, deeply disillusioned by the Empire
465
00:24:17,083 --> 00:24:19,083
and has since switched her allegiance.
466
00:24:22,333 --> 00:24:23,333
Now.
467
00:24:27,125 --> 00:24:30,875
VARMA: I think she sees Ben.
She understands him.
468
00:24:30,958 --> 00:24:33,791
She sees a man who's given up.
469
00:24:33,875 --> 00:24:35,458
Who's lost his mojo.
470
00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:41,541
And she tries to galvanize him
to face his past, and to face his fears.
471
00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:44,250
Actions speak louder than words.
472
00:24:45,291 --> 00:24:46,458
Let's get a move on.
473
00:24:47,916 --> 00:24:49,083
Thanks.
474
00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:51,208
I love that jacket.
475
00:24:51,541 --> 00:24:53,541
It's the Gap. (LAUGHS)
476
00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:56,083
VARMA: Do not joke.
You would not find that in Gap.
477
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,208
Would you wear that?
478
00:24:58,291 --> 00:25:01,041
JACKSON JR.: Man, I like my fit.
I'm out here dripping.
479
00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:03,375
-(LAUGHING)
-VARMA: You do look really cool.
480
00:25:03,833 --> 00:25:06,666
Man, it's gonna be a good time.
I feel official now.
481
00:25:07,583 --> 00:25:08,625
CHOW: Action.
482
00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:12,833
JACKSON JR.: Roken is leading what we hope
will eventually become
483
00:25:12,916 --> 00:25:14,666
what we know as the Rebellion.
484
00:25:14,750 --> 00:25:16,708
This is kind of like the first chapter.
485
00:25:16,791 --> 00:25:17,875
Where's Wade?
486
00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:21,500
He's just a regular guy
just trying to do the right thing
487
00:25:21,583 --> 00:25:26,583
and it leads him down this path to be
something bigger than what he is.
488
00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:30,541
Oh, little kid Shea is
spazzing out right now.
489
00:25:30,666 --> 00:25:31,875
I'm losing my mind.
490
00:25:31,958 --> 00:25:35,500
I'm trying to keep it cool,
trying to do the acting thing,
491
00:25:35,583 --> 00:25:37,250
but yeah, I'm having a good time.
492
00:25:37,333 --> 00:25:38,750
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
493
00:25:39,916 --> 00:25:41,458
I'm freaking out.
494
00:25:41,833 --> 00:25:45,166
Still can't believe... This, I love this.
495
00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:54,083
Star Wars is a huge, huge part of my life.
496
00:25:56,291 --> 00:25:59,583
Me and my sister would play the soundtrack
497
00:25:59,791 --> 00:26:02,958
and fight each other with our lightsabers.
498
00:26:03,041 --> 00:26:07,833
And to this day I still listen
to certain songs I really like...
499
00:26:07,916 --> 00:26:11,166
Duel of the Fates, I mean,
I want that played at my wedding.
500
00:26:11,625 --> 00:26:14,666
(LAUGHING) This is nuts.
501
00:26:15,416 --> 00:26:16,500
Stop.
502
00:26:16,583 --> 00:26:19,708
Me and my whole family were
addicted to Star Wars,
503
00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:22,041
and now I get to be in it.
504
00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:24,416
CHOW: So this is all...
JACKSON JR.: Yo, I mean, this is wild.
505
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,375
(LAUGHING)
506
00:26:26,458 --> 00:26:27,583
Oh, my God.
507
00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:32,208
One of the major things
that we're telling in this story is that
508
00:26:32,708 --> 00:26:35,041
Obi-Wan at the end of
Revenge of the Sith in the prequels
509
00:26:35,125 --> 00:26:38,500
did not know that Anakin Skywalker
survived to become Lord Vader.
510
00:26:38,583 --> 00:26:40,041
He thinks he's dead.
511
00:26:40,125 --> 00:26:42,791
So that is a major revelation
that we're doing for his character.
512
00:26:44,083 --> 00:26:46,583
In trying to tell the story
of Obi-Wan Kenobi,
513
00:26:46,666 --> 00:26:49,625
we looked at his past,
we looked at his relationships,
514
00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:53,875
and one of the most important people
in his life is Anakin Skywalker.
515
00:26:55,250 --> 00:27:00,375
It felt really key that Hayden
be playing the role in this series.
516
00:27:03,583 --> 00:27:04,916
(McGREGOR CHUCKLES)
517
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,791
Hello there. How are you?
518
00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:08,166
I'm good.
519
00:27:09,958 --> 00:27:11,333
-You all right?
-Yeah. Good. You?
520
00:27:11,416 --> 00:27:14,833
Yeah, good. Just been watching
some interesting clips of our old stuff.
521
00:27:15,458 --> 00:27:17,833
-(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
-(ENGINE WHIRRING)
522
00:27:17,916 --> 00:27:19,083
What took you so long?
523
00:27:19,166 --> 00:27:22,791
Oh, you know, Master, I couldn't find
a speeder that I really liked.
524
00:27:23,166 --> 00:27:25,000
(LAUGHING)
525
00:27:27,291 --> 00:27:29,291
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
526
00:27:32,791 --> 00:27:37,041
CHRISTENSEN: It's a surreal world
to play in and be a part of.
527
00:27:39,250 --> 00:27:43,000
I did those films many years ago
and still I go out in public,
528
00:27:43,083 --> 00:27:46,291
it's hard to not have some interaction
with someone
529
00:27:46,375 --> 00:27:49,708
where they express
what these films mean to them.
530
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,125
I remember auditioning for the films
531
00:27:54,208 --> 00:27:57,666
with no concept
that I could actually get the part.
532
00:27:59,458 --> 00:28:04,666
He cast me in the role,
and it was a dream come true, you know.
533
00:28:06,583 --> 00:28:08,375
Every day putting that costume on,
534
00:28:08,458 --> 00:28:11,208
you got the cloak
and the lightsaber on the belt.
535
00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:15,333
You know, walking by a mirror
and being like,
536
00:28:15,416 --> 00:28:16,916
you know, yeah, I'm a Jedi Knight.
537
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,666
That's, you know... (CHUCKLES)
It was incredible.
538
00:28:20,166 --> 00:28:21,583
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
539
00:28:21,958 --> 00:28:24,666
As you're looking,
you think about it and he goes,
540
00:28:24,750 --> 00:28:26,000
"What about Padmé?"
541
00:28:26,083 --> 00:28:29,000
And then you say your lines
and then you turn and look to see...
542
00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:32,041
CHRISTENSEN: A big part of the thrill of
coming back to this for me was
543
00:28:32,125 --> 00:28:34,625
the idea that I was gonna
get to do it with Ewan.
544
00:28:34,708 --> 00:28:36,666
LUCAS: Set. And, action.
545
00:28:37,375 --> 00:28:39,958
CHRISTENSEN: He is someone
I'm extremely fond of
546
00:28:40,041 --> 00:28:43,791
and he had a big impact on me
when we were making those films.
547
00:28:44,541 --> 00:28:48,083
I was young. I was 19 when we started,
and very new to it.
548
00:28:48,166 --> 00:28:49,791
And he took me under his wing.
549
00:28:49,875 --> 00:28:51,916
Good call, my young Padawan.
550
00:28:52,125 --> 00:28:55,166
We spent a lot of time together
and had a lot of fun together.
551
00:28:55,625 --> 00:28:57,041
LUCAS: And, action.
552
00:28:57,333 --> 00:28:59,041
-Obi-Wan...
-(BOTH LAUGH)
553
00:28:59,125 --> 00:29:00,166
LUCAS: Very good.
554
00:29:00,583 --> 00:29:02,166
MCGREGOR: Ugh, God.
555
00:29:02,250 --> 00:29:03,791
Turned out great. That's the one.
556
00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:05,083
Particularly nice...
557
00:29:05,166 --> 00:29:06,875
-(EXCLAIMING)
-(ALL LAUGH)
558
00:29:07,166 --> 00:29:08,208
Jesus.
559
00:29:08,291 --> 00:29:10,250
(LIGHTSABER WHOOSHING)
560
00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:11,875
(ANAKIN SCREAMING)
561
00:29:13,208 --> 00:29:15,583
CHRISTENSEN: I mean, you warned me,
you had the high ground.
562
00:29:15,708 --> 00:29:19,375
If I had a dollar for every time
someone's told me I had the high ground.
563
00:29:20,208 --> 00:29:23,333
CHRISTENSEN: Getting to come back
and do more with him was an opportunity
564
00:29:23,416 --> 00:29:25,583
that I think
we were both very grateful for.
565
00:29:34,708 --> 00:29:38,791
This is a character that has come
to define my life in so many ways,
566
00:29:38,875 --> 00:29:40,875
both professionally and personally.
567
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,708
Coming back to it after all these years
was very meaningful to me.
568
00:29:50,375 --> 00:29:53,125
I didn't think I'd get the opportunity
to put it back on again.
569
00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:56,666
So, this is a pretty neat thing,
you know, all these years later.
570
00:29:56,958 --> 00:29:59,291
Deborah just had so much insight.
571
00:29:59,375 --> 00:30:03,458
It was clear that she felt a great
responsibility to this character, as I do.
572
00:30:03,541 --> 00:30:05,041
(CAMERA CLICKING)
573
00:30:05,125 --> 00:30:06,750
PHOTOGRAPHER:
Okay, and then the other side.
574
00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:10,125
CHRISTENSEN: And so, we just knew
that we had to get this right.
575
00:30:11,333 --> 00:30:14,416
And that was kinda how
we ended all of our conversations with,
576
00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:16,458
was we gotta get this right.
577
00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:21,833
CHOW: We're gonna head down the path.
578
00:30:25,791 --> 00:30:27,708
CHRISTENSEN: There she is.
MAN: Done and done.
579
00:30:28,625 --> 00:30:31,833
CHRISTENSEN: My first day on set
was a really special day.
580
00:30:32,458 --> 00:30:35,583
I was Anakin from Episode III era.
581
00:30:36,916 --> 00:30:40,458
When I got to set, I was told that Ewan
had already finished for the day
582
00:30:40,541 --> 00:30:42,500
and that they were
trying to send him home,
583
00:30:42,583 --> 00:30:45,375
but he was insisting on staying
to be there for my first shot back.
584
00:30:46,583 --> 00:30:48,583
I was looking for him.
I was like, "Where is he?"
585
00:30:48,666 --> 00:30:51,416
They're like, "He's standing
by the camera for your eyeline."
586
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:55,041
And they pointed off way in the distance,
200-300 feet away.
587
00:30:55,666 --> 00:30:58,958
And I was like, I can't really see him,
so I shouted to him,
588
00:30:59,041 --> 00:31:00,583
I was like, "Obi-Wan."
589
00:31:01,083 --> 00:31:05,416
I saw a hand go up,
and then I really felt his presence.
590
00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:07,500
(EMOTIONAL ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)
591
00:31:12,208 --> 00:31:14,166
It was a very emotional thing.
592
00:31:14,250 --> 00:31:17,250
Not just reuniting as these characters,
but also as friends.
593
00:31:17,708 --> 00:31:20,208
It was like going back in time.
It was so cool.
594
00:31:22,250 --> 00:31:23,291
Are we ready for this?
595
00:31:23,375 --> 00:31:24,625
MCGREGOR: Man... Yeah.
596
00:31:24,708 --> 00:31:27,458
I love Hayden and
it was so nice to see him again.
597
00:31:27,833 --> 00:31:30,541
It was moving, it was
emotional to work with him again.
598
00:31:30,625 --> 00:31:32,083
I'm ready for you, then.
599
00:31:32,166 --> 00:31:34,000
(ALL LAUGHING)
600
00:31:34,833 --> 00:31:38,375
And also getting to wield lightsabers
at each other again
601
00:31:38,458 --> 00:31:40,291
was pretty epic. It was pretty cool.
602
00:31:44,916 --> 00:31:48,916
CHOW: It was really lovely
to watch Hayden and Ewan reunite.
603
00:31:50,666 --> 00:31:53,958
There's just such a warmth
and there is such a relationship
604
00:31:54,041 --> 00:31:55,166
between the two of them
605
00:31:55,250 --> 00:31:57,833
that it really feels like the characters
in a lot of ways.
606
00:31:59,375 --> 00:32:02,291
Especially when we're doing
the flashbacks to the prequels.
607
00:32:02,458 --> 00:32:05,208
It really brought something
special out of both of them.
608
00:32:05,541 --> 00:32:07,000
And, action.
609
00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:09,083
(BOTH GRUNTING)
610
00:32:09,375 --> 00:32:11,500
Mercy does not defeat an enemy.
611
00:32:15,291 --> 00:32:16,875
Which is why you're gonna lose.
612
00:32:20,291 --> 00:32:22,041
MCGREGOR: He's like my brother
or something.
613
00:32:22,125 --> 00:32:24,041
We have a sort of shorthand, I suppose.
614
00:32:24,125 --> 00:32:26,375
It's all still there
when we're working together.
615
00:32:26,458 --> 00:32:28,166
It just felt very natural and easy.
616
00:32:28,666 --> 00:32:32,125
I was looking over at Hayden,
he just looked exactly as I remember.
617
00:32:33,166 --> 00:32:35,041
I'm standing there with dots on my face,
618
00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:38,833
there's the de-aging people in the
background going "What are we gonna do?"
619
00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:40,833
MAN: Charlie mark.
620
00:32:41,166 --> 00:32:42,166
CHOW: Action.
621
00:32:45,791 --> 00:32:47,416
(BOTH GRUNTING)
622
00:32:49,041 --> 00:32:51,375
You grow aggressive, Anakin. Be mindful.
623
00:32:51,625 --> 00:32:55,916
CHRISTENSEN: We found our rhythm
and it was just like old hat again.
624
00:32:57,541 --> 00:33:01,458
There's Ewan with his Jedi mullet
and I've got my little Padawan braid,
625
00:33:03,125 --> 00:33:07,083
and it was Obi-Wan and Anakin again
from the good ol' days.
626
00:33:13,166 --> 00:33:15,916
Coming back, what I was most excited by
627
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:20,958
was the idea of exploring the character of
Darth Vader at this point in the timeline.
628
00:33:22,958 --> 00:33:25,416
When we meet him in the series,
629
00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:30,166
he's struggling with his past
in a way that he needs to reconcile.
630
00:33:30,916 --> 00:33:33,916
He needs to kill Obi-Wan
to kill that part of himself
631
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,583
and become the Sith
that he knows he needs to be.
632
00:33:38,958 --> 00:33:41,958
That is what
this pursuit is in the series.
633
00:33:44,833 --> 00:33:48,291
When I find out
that Anakin's alive and that he is Vader,
634
00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:53,083
his mission of getting Leia back to
Alderaan becomes all the more important
635
00:33:53,166 --> 00:33:54,875
because we're in great danger now.
636
00:34:05,750 --> 00:34:09,875
CHOW: They should be equally across.
Put this guy here, this one.
637
00:34:09,958 --> 00:34:11,583
And this one here.
638
00:34:11,666 --> 00:34:15,583
MCGREGOR: I came on set to do this scene
in this mining village set.
639
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,750
And there was just loads of people
standing around like...
640
00:34:19,833 --> 00:34:21,958
Of course there's
a big crew and everything
641
00:34:22,041 --> 00:34:25,250
but it was odd,
there was a lot of people just standing.
642
00:34:27,291 --> 00:34:28,916
But then I realized why.
643
00:34:30,791 --> 00:34:33,000
Vader walks out at the end of the street.
644
00:34:34,125 --> 00:34:35,958
It was like gobsmacking.
645
00:34:37,416 --> 00:34:39,166
Everyone's there to see Vader.
646
00:34:40,291 --> 00:34:42,375
And I go, "Oh, that's what it is."
647
00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:47,541
JONATHAN EUSEBIO: Maybe just start her
that direction, so you know.
648
00:34:47,625 --> 00:34:50,416
'Cause I think this felt right,
like when he pulls her down...
649
00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,791
Today is just a little action piece.
650
00:34:52,875 --> 00:34:54,333
A lot of it is just,
651
00:34:54,416 --> 00:34:56,458
you look over the scene with Deb
652
00:34:56,541 --> 00:34:59,541
and then we just kind of
see how she wants it to play out.
653
00:34:59,625 --> 00:35:01,750
CHOW: Here,
I think everything has to go faster.
654
00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:02,833
WOMAN: Got it.
EUSEBIO: Okay.
655
00:35:02,916 --> 00:35:04,291
CHOW: To get to the track, right.
656
00:35:04,375 --> 00:35:06,791
EUSEBIO: She wanted to make it
almost like a horror movie,
657
00:35:06,875 --> 00:35:08,458
where the monster would appear,
658
00:35:08,541 --> 00:35:11,166
and you turn around and he's gone.
You look one way, he's gone.
659
00:35:11,250 --> 00:35:12,833
It's like always hunting you down.
660
00:35:12,916 --> 00:35:15,666
All right, here we go. Ready and action.
661
00:35:19,166 --> 00:35:25,041
I grew up on this franchise, so this is
just a dream for me just to be around.
662
00:35:25,916 --> 00:35:27,458
CHOW: Yeah, they're gonna go out faster.
663
00:35:27,541 --> 00:35:31,166
So, more urgency getting out that you guys
have to make sure nobody's leaving.
664
00:35:31,250 --> 00:35:32,250
Going again.
665
00:35:33,833 --> 00:35:36,958
MCGREGOR: I'd done some rehearsal
with Vader in his costume,
666
00:35:38,333 --> 00:35:41,250
but I never rehearsed with him
with the helmet on.
667
00:35:47,375 --> 00:35:50,500
They're setting up
for our first lightsaber battle.
668
00:35:51,833 --> 00:35:55,541
They put the marker board on
for whatever the scene is. Take one.
669
00:35:56,291 --> 00:35:57,791
And, action!
670
00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:03,875
I'm walking, and then I hear his feet
and I turn around.
671
00:36:04,458 --> 00:36:06,916
And Darth Vader is coming at me.
672
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,708
I was struck with absolute fear.
673
00:36:09,791 --> 00:36:12,083
It was real boyhood fear. It was like...
674
00:36:12,166 --> 00:36:13,166
(GASPS LOUDLY)
675
00:36:13,250 --> 00:36:14,666
(LAUGHING)
676
00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:16,750
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
677
00:36:19,416 --> 00:36:21,916
It's the first time
I've lit my lightsaber in a long time.
678
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,583
So I don't really wanna face him. I'm not
ready to face him, but I take him on.
679
00:36:26,208 --> 00:36:30,625
CHOW: Essentially, Vader is much stronger
than Obi-Wan at this moment,
680
00:36:30,833 --> 00:36:33,875
and he really kinda kicks his ass
and burns him in the fire,
681
00:36:33,958 --> 00:36:36,750
and a lot of the history
is coming up with the fire.
682
00:36:38,416 --> 00:36:40,833
But it's more about just coming to terms
683
00:36:40,916 --> 00:36:44,291
and dealing with this monster
that he helped create.
684
00:36:50,291 --> 00:36:52,458
I'm feeling very like Darth Sidious.
685
00:36:53,208 --> 00:36:56,416
CHOW: It is a lot to play somebody
who's on the dark side.
686
00:36:58,333 --> 00:37:02,916
There is an intensity and there is an
emotional commitment and drive to them.
687
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,000
(SLOW PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
688
00:37:09,916 --> 00:37:12,000
They're driven by anger and hate, and so,
689
00:37:12,083 --> 00:37:15,541
it's not an easy place
to stay in as a performer.
690
00:37:16,916 --> 00:37:19,333
There is a larger-than-life
component to it.
691
00:37:20,291 --> 00:37:21,708
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
692
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:31,208
At this point in the galaxy, we have
a world that is quite a dark worldview.
693
00:37:32,166 --> 00:37:36,000
And there's a lot going on in the galaxy
that is definitely not right.
694
00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:39,833
(GASPS AND GRUNTS)
695
00:37:43,125 --> 00:37:45,666
CHOW: A large part of what we're
trying to do with this story
696
00:37:45,750 --> 00:37:47,833
is ask "How do you retain your hope?"
697
00:37:48,625 --> 00:37:51,250
and "How do you find hope
in these dark times?"
698
00:37:56,208 --> 00:38:00,125
MAN: Take four-six-eight, take three.
Camera. Action.
699
00:38:07,791 --> 00:38:10,041
CHOW: I've always thought
that Princess Leia, honestly,
700
00:38:10,125 --> 00:38:13,208
is one of the best female characters
that's ever been written
701
00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:16,083
and that's also combined
with Carrie Fisher.
702
00:38:16,333 --> 00:38:19,083
I feel like a lot of times, nowadays,
people are saying,
703
00:38:19,166 --> 00:38:20,791
"Oh, it's a strong woman and she's tough,"
704
00:38:20,875 --> 00:38:22,958
and it just means
that she's killing everybody,
705
00:38:23,041 --> 00:38:24,750
and Carrie was not like that.
706
00:38:24,833 --> 00:38:27,958
Carrie, in Princess Leia,
you had somebody that was a rebel,
707
00:38:28,041 --> 00:38:30,208
was a fighter,
but she was also intelligent,
708
00:38:30,291 --> 00:38:33,458
she was funny, but she could also be warm,
she could be loving.
709
00:38:33,541 --> 00:38:37,583
And she really kinda had this
multi-dimensional characterization
710
00:38:37,666 --> 00:38:39,708
that was just wonderful.
711
00:38:43,041 --> 00:38:47,208
One of the things for me that I really
wanted to acknowledge in the series
712
00:38:47,291 --> 00:38:49,416
without getting too heavy-handed about it
713
00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:53,333
was this sense that, there's obviously
been a lot of focus on Luke Skywalker
714
00:38:53,416 --> 00:38:55,291
and his contribution to the galaxy,
715
00:38:55,375 --> 00:38:57,541
but I feel like with Princess Leia,
716
00:38:57,625 --> 00:38:59,625
I don't think he could have
done it without her.
717
00:38:59,708 --> 00:39:02,166
-What the hell are you doing?
-Somebody has to save our skins.
718
00:39:02,583 --> 00:39:05,666
CHOW: And she was the one
who organized all the rebels,
719
00:39:05,750 --> 00:39:07,875
she was there fighting the war,
720
00:39:07,958 --> 00:39:10,625
she was there kinda doing
all the other side of it
721
00:39:10,708 --> 00:39:14,666
and I think the two of them really,
they did it together in a lot of ways.
722
00:39:14,750 --> 00:39:17,500
That was something
that I really loved about the series
723
00:39:17,583 --> 00:39:21,541
is that we were getting a chance to
acknowledge that she played a pivotal role
724
00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:23,833
in allowing
everything to happen as it did.
725
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:28,666
(SIGHS) It's not like anyone would miss me
if I wasn't there.
726
00:39:29,125 --> 00:39:30,208
I'd miss you.
727
00:39:30,291 --> 00:39:32,333
All I ever do is wave.
728
00:39:32,416 --> 00:39:34,666
CHOW: For any performer,
let alone a child,
729
00:39:34,750 --> 00:39:38,458
trying to take on the legacy of
Princess Leia and Carrie Fisher
730
00:39:38,541 --> 00:39:40,041
is incredibly difficult.
731
00:39:40,541 --> 00:39:43,041
But Vivien just kinda
had the essence of her,
732
00:39:43,125 --> 00:39:44,958
and I think that was the main thing.
733
00:39:45,083 --> 00:39:46,708
Try to reason with her.
734
00:39:46,958 --> 00:39:49,833
So, think of your own mom a minute.
How do you win your mom?
735
00:39:49,916 --> 00:39:52,166
-What does she respond to the most?
-Um...
736
00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:56,250
-Hugs. Usually.
-(LAUGHS)
737
00:39:56,666 --> 00:39:58,416
LEIA: I'm sorry, Mother.
738
00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:00,000
I really am.
739
00:40:00,625 --> 00:40:02,625
I promise I won't do it again.
740
00:40:05,666 --> 00:40:08,625
MCGREGOR: Vivien's brilliant,
just brilliant to work with.
741
00:40:08,708 --> 00:40:11,708
You know, I can feel you doing that.
742
00:40:11,791 --> 00:40:16,916
She had all of the wit and cheek
of Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia.
743
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,250
She had the same job to do
as I had with Alec.
744
00:40:20,625 --> 00:40:26,333
I actually started on the Star Wars books,
and I learned how to read with those.
745
00:40:26,416 --> 00:40:29,541
And Star Wars, of course,
the moment I saw him on the page,
746
00:40:29,625 --> 00:40:31,208
I fell in love with R2-D2.
747
00:40:31,875 --> 00:40:33,875
MCGREGOR: I didn't know Vivien
before we started,
748
00:40:33,958 --> 00:40:36,666
and so the story line
and the reality of shooting
749
00:40:36,750 --> 00:40:40,041
are somewhat side by side in that
we didn't know each other very well
750
00:40:40,125 --> 00:40:44,166
and then we got to know each other
better and better as we shot the series.
751
00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,458
So, it went hand in hand really.
752
00:40:46,541 --> 00:40:52,125
She was never anything but fully
enthusiastic and she's a passionate actor.
753
00:40:52,958 --> 00:40:56,208
If you're a real Jedi, why aren't you
using your lightsaber?
754
00:40:56,291 --> 00:40:57,791
Because we're in hiding.
755
00:40:58,375 --> 00:40:59,416
Convenient.
756
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:03,125
Unless, you can't do Jedi stuff and
that lightsaber is completely stolen.
757
00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:04,625
Make me float.
758
00:41:06,208 --> 00:41:08,541
MCGREGOR:
I'd really thought that she nailed it,
759
00:41:08,625 --> 00:41:11,958
like I could feel
Princess Leia in her, you know.
760
00:41:14,083 --> 00:41:16,791
And she loves droids
more than anything in the world.
761
00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:19,625
Vivien loves droids.
762
00:41:19,708 --> 00:41:21,333
WOMAN: We did those scenes yesterday...
763
00:41:21,416 --> 00:41:23,250
-(DROID BEEPING)
-(GIGGLING)
764
00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:28,416
MCGREGOR: I've got four children
who are girls,
765
00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:32,125
so I'm familiar
with the looking after of girl children.
766
00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:36,375
And although Obi's not a father,
767
00:41:36,458 --> 00:41:39,666
that's what she brings out of him
through the arc of our series.
768
00:41:40,541 --> 00:41:45,750
A more paternal sense to him that
life isn't just about living by the book.
769
00:41:46,583 --> 00:41:51,375
At first, he doesn't trust her
to be able to look after herself,
770
00:41:52,083 --> 00:41:54,875
and then he slowly realizes
she's not only able to,
771
00:41:54,958 --> 00:41:58,291
but by the end she's
absolutely involved in the escape.
772
00:41:58,666 --> 00:42:03,750
So, he's found a trust in her and
she brings out a more human side to him.
773
00:42:06,916 --> 00:42:09,041
CHOW: One thing that Star Wars
does make you feel
774
00:42:09,125 --> 00:42:11,375
is you feel the connection to family.
775
00:42:12,125 --> 00:42:15,666
I think a lot of these films, for me,
and I think for a lot of people I know,
776
00:42:15,750 --> 00:42:18,208
Star Wars was something
you saw with your family,
777
00:42:18,291 --> 00:42:21,541
and so, your family sort of
tied in to the experience of it.
778
00:42:23,291 --> 00:42:26,125
One of the things that was
really interesting in bringing back
779
00:42:26,208 --> 00:42:29,791
a lot of the legacy characters is that
they know these characters.
780
00:42:29,875 --> 00:42:34,416
They have also lived with these characters
and lived in the public perception,
781
00:42:34,500 --> 00:42:36,791
as being these characters for years.
782
00:42:41,916 --> 00:42:45,333
Hayden is Anakin Skywalker,
and he knows this.
783
00:42:46,083 --> 00:42:48,500
So, to have them bring all that knowledge,
784
00:42:48,583 --> 00:42:52,000
and it's more than knowledge,
it's more instinct and emotional.
785
00:42:52,666 --> 00:42:56,500
They just know what feels right
for their characters. It's invaluable.
786
00:42:58,958 --> 00:43:02,000
CHRISTENSEN: It's a very
meditative process for me.
787
00:43:03,083 --> 00:43:07,958
Sometimes my mind wanders, mostly about
the scene we're about to do.
788
00:43:09,583 --> 00:43:12,375
The difference between
Anakin and Darth Vader...
789
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,333
Is Anakin completely gone or not?
790
00:43:16,916 --> 00:43:21,458
He is fully Darth Vader,
he is fully consumed by the dark side,
791
00:43:22,458 --> 00:43:27,375
but I like to believe that there's always
a little bit of Anakin still in there.
792
00:43:28,416 --> 00:43:31,041
As it was explained to me by George Lucas,
793
00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:35,375
even when he becomes Darth Vader,
and even when he's
794
00:43:37,041 --> 00:43:40,583
fully immersed in the dark side,
he is still the Chosen One.
795
00:43:45,291 --> 00:43:49,625
CHOW: As the series goes on, it's becoming
more and more about Obi-Wan and Vader
796
00:43:49,708 --> 00:43:52,750
and about the inevitable collision
that's about to happen.
797
00:43:54,125 --> 00:43:57,958
At this point,
Obi-Wan is at his full powers again
798
00:43:58,208 --> 00:44:01,916
and he is strong
and his mind is at peace finally
799
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,458
and he realizes that he has to meet Vader.
800
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,416
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
801
00:44:08,291 --> 00:44:11,208
CHOW: Three, two, one, action!
802
00:44:15,666 --> 00:44:17,791
We looked at
a lot of the prequel fighting,
803
00:44:17,875 --> 00:44:21,458
'cause we wanted to tie into it
to show this is sort of the origins
804
00:44:21,541 --> 00:44:23,208
and this is how they are trained.
805
00:44:23,833 --> 00:44:27,708
And then we started to take it bigger
and add some more modern elements to it.
806
00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:32,000
And as the fight went on,
nobody can get the high ground.
807
00:44:32,083 --> 00:44:35,000
They will fight to the death,
that's how this is gonna go.
808
00:44:37,875 --> 00:44:40,333
CHRISTENSEN:
Obi-Wan gets the upper hand in the fight,
809
00:44:40,416 --> 00:44:41,875
and cracks Vader's mask,
810
00:44:44,291 --> 00:44:47,208
sees his former apprentice
one last time,
811
00:44:47,291 --> 00:44:50,875
tries to connect with Anakin
and gets rejected.
812
00:44:51,416 --> 00:44:53,083
So, it's a heartbreaking scene.
813
00:44:54,041 --> 00:44:56,666
MCGREGOR: I think there's something
about the acceptance,
814
00:44:56,750 --> 00:44:59,708
more than, he's then able to kill him,
which he doesn't do.
815
00:44:59,791 --> 00:45:04,250
He's able to walk away
from carrying this terrible guilt.
816
00:45:04,416 --> 00:45:09,791
He sees that Anakin is no longer there,
that Vader is Vader.
817
00:45:09,875 --> 00:45:12,958
So he's able to move on.
There's a bit of closure for Obi-Wan.
818
00:45:14,666 --> 00:45:17,750
With Vader, a large part
of what we were trying to do is
819
00:45:18,666 --> 00:45:23,500
show this emotional drive
that Vader has about Obi-Wan
820
00:45:23,583 --> 00:45:26,166
is that that's
something that he has to let go of.
821
00:45:26,958 --> 00:45:28,541
WOMAN: Okay, Ian, you good?
IAN McDIARMID: Good.
822
00:45:30,791 --> 00:45:33,208
CHOW: In the final scene
with Vader and Palpatine,
823
00:45:33,291 --> 00:45:35,916
that's what Palpatine
is trying to say to him,
824
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,541
is that obsession with Obi-Wan
is weakness.
825
00:45:39,625 --> 00:45:41,250
If you're gonna live in the past,
826
00:45:41,333 --> 00:45:44,000
this emotional Vader that's coming out
827
00:45:44,375 --> 00:45:46,625
is not what we need for the future.
828
00:45:47,208 --> 00:45:52,125
I wonder if your thoughts
are clear on this, Lord Vader.
829
00:45:53,125 --> 00:45:59,000
Perhaps your feelings for your old master
have left you weakened.
830
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:03,250
Because obviously, we can play that
with more of an edge
831
00:46:03,333 --> 00:46:05,208
and some that are more casual.
832
00:46:05,291 --> 00:46:07,916
Just feel free to do a range in there.
833
00:46:08,583 --> 00:46:10,708
Does everything else
feel like it's making sense?
834
00:46:10,791 --> 00:46:13,958
Yes, I think so. I keep forgetting
the word "execute" for some reason.
835
00:46:14,041 --> 00:46:15,916
(CHUCKLES) You'd think that would be
a word you could remember.
836
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:17,583
-Yeah.
-(CHOW CHUCKLES)
837
00:46:19,791 --> 00:46:22,833
CHOW: So he's forced
into letting go of the past
838
00:46:22,916 --> 00:46:24,708
in order to be able to move forward
839
00:46:24,791 --> 00:46:27,458
and become the Darth Vader
that will move into A New Hope.
840
00:46:33,208 --> 00:46:35,000
MCGREGOR: At the end of our series,
841
00:46:35,083 --> 00:46:38,208
there's a great growth from
this broken faithless man
842
00:46:38,291 --> 00:46:39,750
at the beginning to the end,
843
00:46:39,833 --> 00:46:44,208
he's had to accept that this is who he is
and he's got his faith back.
844
00:46:45,541 --> 00:46:48,041
And Qui-Gon does finally appear. Yeah.
845
00:46:48,458 --> 00:46:50,333
It was so amazing to work with Liam again,
846
00:46:50,416 --> 00:46:53,791
because, of course, I only worked
with Liam in the first film, you know.
847
00:46:54,458 --> 00:46:58,916
So amazing to see him again as Qui-Gon,
you know. It's just incredible.
848
00:47:00,458 --> 00:47:02,750
LIAM NEESON: I spoke to Deborah
a number of months ago.
849
00:47:03,333 --> 00:47:07,375
And she told me that
Ewan was going to do this series
850
00:47:07,458 --> 00:47:10,208
and Deborah's,
"Just something towards the end
851
00:47:10,291 --> 00:47:15,416
"where Obi-Wan has gone through some
journey and he's reaching out for help...
852
00:47:16,583 --> 00:47:19,083
"and you're not there,"
that's Qui-Gon Jinn.
853
00:47:19,958 --> 00:47:22,833
"And then, he sees you."
854
00:47:24,541 --> 00:47:27,875
And I thought, "Yeah, I'm on board,
I'm definitely onboard with that."
855
00:47:29,083 --> 00:47:32,041
It was at once very familiar,
856
00:47:32,666 --> 00:47:34,625
and at the same time, I kept thinking,
857
00:47:34,708 --> 00:47:39,625
"Wait a minute, it's 24 years
since we made The Phantom Menace."
858
00:47:41,333 --> 00:47:43,916
And here we were
with a whole brand-new crew.
859
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:45,833
Deborah, this wonderful director.
860
00:47:45,916 --> 00:47:47,625
It was lovely to see Ewan.
861
00:47:47,708 --> 00:47:50,250
And so the myth
and the storytelling goes on.
862
00:47:53,666 --> 00:47:57,291
MCGREGOR: Obi-Wan has re-established
a connection with Qui-Gon,
863
00:47:57,375 --> 00:48:01,000
and he's back to being
the Obi-Wan that we knew and loved.
864
00:48:02,041 --> 00:48:06,125
And it's because of Leia,
and it's because of characters like Tala,
865
00:48:06,250 --> 00:48:09,708
who bring that faith back to him,
who bring hope back to him.
866
00:48:11,541 --> 00:48:12,541
A New Hope.
867
00:48:14,375 --> 00:48:15,833
That's pretty good, isn't it?
868
00:48:18,708 --> 00:48:20,541
WOMAN: Rolling.
MAN 1: Okay, rolling.
869
00:48:20,625 --> 00:48:21,625
MAN 2: Rolling.
870
00:48:21,791 --> 00:48:24,875
MAN 3: Here we go. And, action.
871
00:48:28,666 --> 00:48:29,666
CHOW: And cut.
872
00:48:29,958 --> 00:48:31,041
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Cutting.
873
00:48:31,125 --> 00:48:32,166
(BELL RINGS)
874
00:48:32,250 --> 00:48:37,083
WOMAN: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen,
that is a wrap, wrap!
875
00:48:37,166 --> 00:48:39,166
(ALL CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
876
00:48:51,583 --> 00:48:54,750
CHOW: So I just wanna thank everyone
from the bottom of my heart.
877
00:48:54,833 --> 00:48:57,875
I know this was
a hugely long, epic journey.
878
00:48:57,958 --> 00:49:01,333
I know it was super tough
and our ambitions were so high.
879
00:49:01,625 --> 00:49:03,208
But I feel like we matched them
880
00:49:03,291 --> 00:49:05,833
and that's, honestly,
because of all of you guys,
881
00:49:05,916 --> 00:49:08,041
'cause everybody
was here working tirelessly
882
00:49:08,125 --> 00:49:10,750
and everything is reflected on screen.
883
00:49:10,833 --> 00:49:13,833
So, from the top of the call sheet
right down to the very bottom,
884
00:49:13,916 --> 00:49:15,291
thank you from all of us.
885
00:49:15,375 --> 00:49:17,375
(ALL CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
886
00:49:20,791 --> 00:49:24,625
I've got some cigars left over
from when my wee boy was born.
887
00:49:24,708 --> 00:49:26,791
Disney won't like this very much,
will they?
888
00:49:26,875 --> 00:49:28,000
(ALL LAUGHING)
889
00:49:28,083 --> 00:49:30,166
Cool. Anyway, death sticks are over here.
890
00:49:30,250 --> 00:49:32,250
(ALL LAUGHING AND APPLAUDING)
891
00:49:41,166 --> 00:49:42,250
Hello there.
892
00:49:43,458 --> 00:49:46,125
MCGREGOR: I don't think
there's anything like Star Wars.
893
00:49:47,041 --> 00:49:48,916
It's just everywhere.
894
00:49:51,041 --> 00:49:53,708
I often think about George,
back in the '70s,
895
00:49:53,791 --> 00:49:57,916
writing A New Hope and what he must feel
about what he's created.
896
00:49:58,875 --> 00:50:00,875
For her lines,
it's better for her to be out.
897
00:50:00,958 --> 00:50:02,916
It's better for her
to be on this side of you.
898
00:50:03,541 --> 00:50:06,125
It's so that she's closest to Luke.
899
00:50:06,625 --> 00:50:07,625
Action!
900
00:50:07,708 --> 00:50:09,708
(EMOTIONAL ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)
901
00:50:13,791 --> 00:50:17,166
MCGREGOR: It's extraordinary,
how large the breadth of it is.
902
00:50:19,291 --> 00:50:22,541
It's important, I think,
to be mindful of that.
903
00:50:26,333 --> 00:50:30,208
There's certainly nothing that I've ever
done that has a fan base like this.
904
00:50:31,458 --> 00:50:34,708
It's global, it's international,
it's all over the world.
905
00:50:35,416 --> 00:50:36,416
MAN: Action!
906
00:50:38,875 --> 00:50:41,458
CHRISTENSEN: It's been a great honor
and a privilege
907
00:50:41,541 --> 00:50:43,041
to get to play this character.
908
00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:49,916
The gift that George Lucas gave me
when he cast me in this role was profound.
909
00:50:53,958 --> 00:50:56,416
Coming back now
to do more with this character,
910
00:50:56,500 --> 00:51:00,208
I just felt a big responsibility,
not only to George,
911
00:51:00,291 --> 00:51:02,875
but to all of these people
912
00:51:02,958 --> 00:51:07,083
that have contributed to making
this character so great and iconic.
913
00:51:10,833 --> 00:51:13,916
Star Wars has this staying power.
914
00:51:16,916 --> 00:51:19,958
And I think that's because
we're able to learn about ourselves
915
00:51:20,041 --> 00:51:21,875
and the world around us through them.
916
00:51:22,458 --> 00:51:24,333
And we learn about good and evil,
917
00:51:24,416 --> 00:51:25,875
and what it is to be a hero,
918
00:51:26,291 --> 00:51:29,000
giving yourself to something
bigger than you.
919
00:51:29,750 --> 00:51:32,000
It's a mythology that has
now allowed others
920
00:51:32,083 --> 00:51:33,708
to come in and build upon.
921
00:51:35,125 --> 00:51:37,708
It's exciting to see the saga continue.
922
00:51:39,041 --> 00:51:42,916
CHOW: Coming into the Star Wars galaxy
and getting to be part of this world,
923
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:44,166
it's pretty special.
924
00:51:44,750 --> 00:51:46,083
It's in everybody's life.
925
00:51:46,166 --> 00:51:48,500
Everybody's grown up with it
in some respect.
926
00:51:49,125 --> 00:51:52,458
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi,
you're my only hope.
927
00:51:53,291 --> 00:51:56,125
CHOW: So many people have
such an emotional relationship to it
928
00:51:56,208 --> 00:51:59,541
and so, it is quite meaningful in
the broader context of your life.
929
00:52:02,666 --> 00:52:06,541
The Star Wars audience, there's so many
different generations involved in it
930
00:52:06,625 --> 00:52:09,958
and there are so many
people who care so passionately about it.
931
00:52:10,583 --> 00:52:12,541
George Lucas created these characters
932
00:52:12,625 --> 00:52:16,250
that are so rich and that have
such huge inner lives.
933
00:52:16,333 --> 00:52:18,250
And so taking on these characters
934
00:52:18,333 --> 00:52:21,083
and trying to tell
the middle part of the journey,
935
00:52:21,166 --> 00:52:23,583
I feel hugely fortunate
to be able to do this,
936
00:52:23,666 --> 00:52:26,291
but also a big responsibility
to trying to do it right.
937
00:52:26,375 --> 00:52:28,375
(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC CONTINUES)
938
00:52:40,375 --> 00:52:41,791
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
939
00:52:57,625 --> 00:52:59,666
MAN 1: Celebration,
I'm one hundred percent onboard
940
00:52:59,750 --> 00:53:01,458
for everything that takes place today.
941
00:53:01,541 --> 00:53:03,958
Emotions, overwhelming, phenomenal.
942
00:53:04,291 --> 00:53:06,375
WOMAN 1: Totally happy, excited.
943
00:53:06,458 --> 00:53:09,416
MAN 2: We're really excited to see
what's behind those doors over there.
944
00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:11,125
WOMAN 2: I know.
My mind is blown right now.
945
00:53:11,208 --> 00:53:13,416
I'm like, I can't even wait,
the anticipation.
946
00:53:13,500 --> 00:53:15,333
(ALL CHEERING)
947
00:53:20,833 --> 00:53:23,708
It's pretty crazy for us
'cause not only are we at Celebration,
948
00:53:23,791 --> 00:53:25,541
but we're also premiering the show.
949
00:53:25,625 --> 00:53:29,000
And to have it all come
to this giant culmination
950
00:53:29,083 --> 00:53:33,208
it's a mixture where you feel nervous,
but you also feel incredibly excited.
951
00:53:34,625 --> 00:53:37,125
CHRISTENSEN: We've kinda been
building up to this for a while,
952
00:53:37,208 --> 00:53:39,958
the excitement is palpable,
953
00:53:40,041 --> 00:53:43,666
and it's a big deal for me
to get to be back and do this.
954
00:53:43,750 --> 00:53:46,583
I'm excited to see
what they make of it tonight.
955
00:53:46,666 --> 00:53:48,208
It'll be cool to see.
956
00:53:49,333 --> 00:53:51,041
WOMAN: How's everybody doing?
957
00:53:51,125 --> 00:53:52,958
(ALL CHEERING)
958
00:53:55,458 --> 00:53:58,375
I can't hear you!
959
00:53:58,458 --> 00:54:00,291
(ALL CHEERING LOUDLY)
960
00:54:02,958 --> 00:54:06,708
ALL: (CHANTING)
Obi-Wan! Obi-Wan! Obi-Wan!
961
00:54:08,041 --> 00:54:09,458
(CHANTING CONTINUES)
962
00:54:15,416 --> 00:54:17,416
(CHEERING AND APPLAUDING LOUDLY)
963
00:54:30,083 --> 00:54:33,500
Hello there, Star Wars Celebration!
964
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:35,833
(CHEERING)
965
00:54:37,166 --> 00:54:38,958
We are back!
966
00:54:45,666 --> 00:54:48,500
INGRAM: I was actually very even keel
going out there.
967
00:54:49,416 --> 00:54:51,541
And then I heard the audience
and I was like,
968
00:54:51,625 --> 00:54:56,250
"Oh, my God! This is really happening.
"People are really about to see this."
969
00:55:03,375 --> 00:55:05,583
MCGREGOR: I've never been
to a Celebration before,
970
00:55:05,666 --> 00:55:07,875
so I just wanted to see
what that feels like
971
00:55:07,958 --> 00:55:10,583
and meet real, real Star Wars fans.
972
00:55:12,250 --> 00:55:13,875
MAN 1: I'm just so emotional,
973
00:55:14,041 --> 00:55:19,625
a 50-year-old man crying like I was
in the movie theater in 1977.
974
00:55:22,875 --> 00:55:25,500
MAN 2: It's nice to see Ewan
back in this role,
975
00:55:25,958 --> 00:55:28,625
having Hayden come back
and step in as Darth Vader,
976
00:55:28,708 --> 00:55:30,708
it was just such a great pairing.
977
00:55:31,958 --> 00:55:33,791
(LAUGHS)
978
00:55:33,875 --> 00:55:34,875
Kinda like us.
979
00:55:37,791 --> 00:55:40,416
CHRISTENSEN: You know,
this whole experience has been
980
00:55:40,500 --> 00:55:42,000
rather emotional for me.
981
00:55:42,083 --> 00:55:44,250
I couldn't help
but get a little bit choked up.
982
00:55:47,958 --> 00:55:51,625
MCGREGOR: There's this warmth
from the kids who we made those films for.
983
00:55:52,208 --> 00:55:56,708
We were their Star Wars in the same
way as Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford
984
00:55:56,791 --> 00:55:59,083
and Alec Guinness
were my Star Wars films.
985
00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:02,625
CHOW: We worked very hard for three years.
986
00:56:02,708 --> 00:56:03,958
And we did it for the fans.
987
00:56:04,041 --> 00:56:06,916
So, it was really nice to be able to
come out and share it with them.
988
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,416
(CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)