Ewan McGregor’s wholesome honesty on his relationship with Star Wars
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2022
- Ewan McGregor talking about his experience with the prequel backlash and his struggles and triumphs with Star Wars.
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Even the people who hated the prequels would agree that Ewan was the best part
Oh definitely.
as someone who hated and now simply thoroughly dislikes the prequel trilogy, hard agree
1. I don’t hate prequels but I I wasn’t fan of it but to me qui gon, Obiwan and Darth Maul were indeed my favorites.
2. My stance on prequels soften due to disaster of rian Johnson and abbram take on last Jedi and return of Skywalker. What a disaster
Agreed
There are some good things about them, but overall, I don't care to see them again. But I'm glad I met Daniel Logan and Ray Park, they're amazing.
Even prequel critics considered Ewan to be the best part of the trilogy, and he still felt like this. Now imagine how Hayden felt
Hayden was the best thing about the last film
Well maybe an actor should feel a bit of shame about a bad performance? Like should actors just be rewarded when they give an objective poor performance?
@@CartersRemasters Well it’s pretty hard to consider something as objectively poor when it comes to something subjective in the art industry ngl. Hayden’s performance though definitely wasn’t. His ability to convey emotion and turmoil in those 2 films, especially ROtS was amazing. Anakin’s contemplation scene before his dark deeds is incredible. He just stumbled over some poorly written dialogue every once in a while but that’s not the actor’s fault at all
@@CartersRemasters While this is true, I'd also go say that George Lucas is far more suited to writing (with someone nearby to keep him on track, like Spielberg did with the Indy movies) and supervising than he is at directing himself. He's a creative man, but just watching the behind-the-scenes footage, you can tell he's not really an "actor's director" if that makes sense. And aside from that, even if you had Orson Wells playing Anakin Skywalker, I'm not sure he could have salvaged lines like "I hate sand"
@@CartersRemasters a film is a team effort, an actor can only act as good as the writing, direction, production and editing in the final product.
I can't imagine a better casting for Kenobi and Dooku than the legends we got.
Darth Maul, Grievous, and Jango also stole the show.
Kit Fisto was based off an early draft of Dooku’s character design. Imagine how differently that could have gone. Christopher Lee was perfect.
dont foret Samuel L Jackson and Ian McDiarmid
And you can’t miss on how brilliant Yoda worked out in the PT either.
Christopher Lee, the man who literally invented the "scary villain" cinematic experience.
It's sad how Ewan McGregor ignored and maybe even disowned his role in the prequels because of the critics. But at least now everyone knows how amazing he is as an actor and the impact of Obi Wan Kenobi on the entire franchise.
And the fans gave him the love he deserved. I can recall him mentioning once that he didn't even know just how much the fans love him and appreciated him in the prequels.
Humanity needs to learn how to be less fickle.
A lot fans were pretty shitty, too, don’t forget
and impact on litterally a whole generation
Even more sad that they had the chance to give him a good show and the made it absolutely shit. I bet if he watches Andor he cries. Now we know a good star wars show was possible to make. He would've deserved one too :(
The problem was, as he said, that the young people who they made the films for didn’t have a voice back then, but now all of us have grown up and I think it’s really taken Ewan and Hayden by surprise because after 20 years (they both moved on) they’re getting this massive backlog of praise. I think it’s really neat.
Great point. I'm of the older generation (I was 3 when the original was released) and I'm glad you lot are now old enough to show these guys the respect they deserve.
@@prdoyle Yeah! Revenge of the Sith is one of the earliest films I can remember seeing in the cinema because it absolutely blew my 7 year old brains out! My generation has always had a special love for the prequels, even if we may like to poke fun at them occasionally they’re a cornerstone of our childhoods.
@@legendgamer676 Exactly, the prequels came out when I was 9 to 12, and they made my childhood! The podracing, the droid and clone armies, Darth Maul, the space battles, all iconic, Nathalie Portman one of my first on screen crush ❤
And even if growing up I then saw more of the big flaws of these movies I still love them very much!
not to spoil the moment but what you’re basically saying is that the prequels were only able to be appreciated by uncritical children
@@trashtie4854 I mean George Lucas has stated implicitly several times that these films are made for children, but I totally see your point
It's so sad to think that his own experience of his work was made so negative by critics. This dude is A LEGEND in my childhood memory. One of the coolest people on the planet. No matter what you think of the prequels you have to agree that his performance was excellent.
ewan is a real professional. always liked his roles
Absolutely agreed. I didn't really understand the significance of him trying to play a young Alec Guinness as a kid. Which meant I judged his performance in the prequels as its own thing. And he did a wonderful, wonderful job
Jar Jar Binks was the key to the prequels
Me too! But... Not from Star Wars, when i was young i watched Trainspotting a thousand times.
People don't realize that this is the effect of hatetrains for *every creative work. Imagine working on a videogame for countless overtime hours, only for people to rise up to hate it because of the publisher its under, or a controversy completely out of your control or even unrelated to the actual game.
Nobody could deliver such a meme of a phrase as "hello there" without as much passion and charisma as this man right here.
Jar Jar Binks was the key to the prequels
Um... I think you'll find there are two people.
Ewan didn't invent the Hello There, Alec Guiness did
He’s one of the best actors of his generation imo. He absolutely kills every role I’ve seen him in
I think he was amazing in Birds of Prey, that psycho maniac Roman Sionis that he played, was so well acted.
Did you even watch the mini series? It was not good...
He was awful in Kenobi, I felt absolutely no agency from him, he was like a wet rag - but that's not his fault, he was castrated by the writers and all the spotlight was given to the new female actors. That's just the trend, just like Picard which isn't about Picard but some random chick.
@@F4c2a it’s called bad writing
@@nomarxistspls90 to have bad writing you first have to try to write. These people didn't try to write. They tried to preach.
He should understand that he was the best part of the prequels. Nobody had an issue with his performance. There was a treatise on how The Phantom Menace could have been a great movie if the story was told from Obi-Wan's perspective.
That’s one thing Phantom Menace really suffers from, is that it genuinely doesn’t have a main character. Is it Qui-Gon? No, he’s the mentor character. Is it Obi-Wan? No, he spends half the movie tucked away on the ship. Is it Anakin? I wouldn’t say that either, but in a way he’s the closest thing there is to a main protagonist.
In all reality, these stories are supposed to be about how Darth Vader came to be, and they should’ve been told one of two ways: either put Obi-Wan as your main protagonist, and the audience sees what Obi-Wan sees. OR you make Anakin the main protagonist, and you see the tragic victim that became the machine we see in the originals. The catch is, that main character needs to be consistent in all three films. I can’t even say for sure if Anakin is the main character in Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith, but I also can’t say for sure if Obi-Wan is either.
George had a phenomenal story going on for the prequel trilogy, this is my only main gripe aside from the fact that Hayden should’ve been playing Anakin in all three films, with Anakin being a little closer to Obi-Wan’s age. George’s big problems were this and the lack of a consistent main character (along with some dialogue issues), but the story and plot was 100% there
@@itsthemumu8585 I grew up enjoying the phantom menace and that was never something I bothered to consider. A main character didn't mean anything to me, still doesn't. The entire prequels is more about the progression of events since it's so broad, like the avengers.
@@5PYZ3R I can agree. But if there were any solid arguments against the trilogy, it would be the lack of a consistent main character, and Anakin being so much younger than Obi-Wan.
I still love those films, don’t get me wrong. But I can see where the flaws are. I think the story progression could’ve been done while still having a main character.
I mean, look at the first Avengers film. Sure, all of the Avengers are protagonists, but Tony Stark is the main protagonist, and it’s clear as day. It’s a team up movie, but there’s still a single character at its center. Heck, you could make the argument that Tony Stark is the main character of all the Avengers films thus far. Meanwhile, Steve Rogers takes a very close second place in Endgame, and you could even make the argument that Endgame may have been his story just as much as Tony’s.
@@itsthemumu8585 Wait why is Anakin being younger a problem?
Some characters will inherently be more important than others. Stark is the bias of the Avengers like Anakin to the prequels. I don't think the prequels would have been better if they were Anakin movies similar to Ironman movies. (actually probably people would have hated that given the reactions to anakin alone at the time)
The fucker who did the last version of the AOTC scripted HATED Ewan's performance. Idk what the actual fuck is wrong with the man. He let "I don't like sand" get passed him but he dumps on Ewan?
He deserves the fan recognition and support he has earned. Him and Hayden did amazing, and I point to the 'you were my brother' scene as proof
you make elevator music
@@kirbstomp8041 Im not musical at all...was that supposed to be a joke?
Im not sure if you know this, but for it to be a joke it has to be funny, something you are clearly not.
@@Blessed_V0id i said that randomly on a bunch of comments on a bunch of different videos. XD
@@kirbstomp8041XD My bad dude. Sorry I was ruthless. I apologise for being defensive and mean. You seem nice, and im too used to assholes, not banter.
Thats on me not you, so sorry I was so cutting and cruel
Ewan is the greatest actor in any Star Wars movie.
I loved his portrayal of obi wan. He showed the naive young apprentice who became the noble/ arrogant Jedi knight to a master of the force to only see his “son/ best friend/ protégé fall. Then in the show you see him at his lowest point. He is a broken man ashamed of his past and then how he rises to become this noble wise Jedi ready to guide Luke into his destiny. Perfect transition into Alec Guinness’s portrayal.
Pfft. Written so poorly. His character is all over the place in the prequels
obi never viewed anakin as his son, that was his brother. qui gon was more of a father to anakin
@@Joela393 Did Quigon know Anakin long enough to consider him a son? Hm, I doubt it. They'd have probably got there, but come on, they only knew each-other a few days, maybe a few weeks? I'm not sure what the timescale is on Episode One, but it's pretty short.
@@IllisiaAdams bruh what’s your point. Someone can be a father figure in a short amount of time. And regardless, obi was never anakin’s father figure
@@Joela393 Firstly, I'm not a "bruh", I'm a girl 🙄🤣 Secondly, yes, it is theoretically *possible* to form a fatherly-figure bond in such a short space of time, I suppose, in the same way that Disney-style "love at first sight" "let's-get-married-although-we've-known-eachother-a-week" romance is theoretically possible, but highly unlikely. Thirdly, I never said anything about Obi-Wan, so why are you throwing him at me defensively? 🤔 I appreciate and respect your passion for the franchise, I do, but could you maybe tone-it-down a little and not act like an attack dog with other fans, eh? ❤️ Have a pleasant day.
Episode III is just the best. Gives me shivers down my spine every time I watch it.
It's definitely my favorite Star Wars movie of all time!
Same, Episode III is my most watched movie of all time
It's just the same as the first 2 films. It's just more "dark" and violent.
@@ToothlessDragon536 has better CGI than Attack.
In hindsight, they could've cut a lot of dross from episodes I & II and started Anakin's move to the dark side a lot earlier. For example - Did we really need to see him as a kid for the whole of episode I ???
"How does Anakin Skywalker end up becoming Darth Vader?" was the one question everyone wanted answered and we ended up having to wait for about 2 and a half film before getting down to it.
I was very disappointed in the prequels at the time but they have aged quite well and they are absolute masterpieces compared with episodes VII, VIII & IX
To be honest HE was whom i always liked the most in the Prequels because i could totally see the young Obi Wan Kenobi when he played him. He really did a great job stepping into Alec Guinnes' footsteps and making the whole thing work. It was interesting to see that characters growth and progression between Episode 1 and 3. I just wish the movies would not have been so heavy on the greenscreen & CGI ordeal but more practical. This is what mostly ruined my suspension of disbelief, with the effects that just always stood out too much.
He was undeniably the best part of the prequels. May as well have put each entry on his back and carried them across the finish line.
Regardless of how you feel about Phantom and AotC, Revenge of the Sith is a good movie. Ewan's speech before essentially leaving Anakin to die still breaks my heart a little bit every time I watch it.
Idk I actually think Phantom is the best prequel. The worst parts of it are Jar Jar and a clunky fun detour on Tattoine. AotC was pretty mediocre and RotS tried to make up for the lack of space opera in AotC with a ton of inter-story politics. Some of the dialogue in RotS was the worst of Star Wars until Disney took over
@@watermelontreeofknowledge8682Hey, another person who thinks The Phantom Menace was the best prequel! We’re a rarity. But seriously, just because it had the most hype and consequently the biggest backlash, and is also the most obviously a kid’s movie, does not mean that is actually the weakest as a film. I think it was a pretty charming, fun movie which gave us a ton of new world-building which I happen to love and which is responsible for so much Star Wars content that came after it (not to mention Duel of the Fates).
not sure if trolling
It's not a good movie. It's just better than Episode 1 and 2 so it looks good by comparisons. It's like the average looking girl/guy who surrounds themselves with a bunch of unattractive people.
@@watermelontreeofknowledge8682 Completely agreed on all points.
Clearly the best thing about the Prequel Trilogy was Ewan's performance. He wasn't the fully formed Obi Wan the world then revered but coming into it wild eyed yet cautious. His charisma carried his work with Hayden given the see saw chemistry between the two... but that made there relationship feel even more true to life.
i grew up with the original trilogy first and then when i got a little older, the prequels came out and out of everything that trilogy offered, obi-wan kenobi was one of the reasons you watched the prequels and wanted to watch them over and over again. He did an amazing job.
they both did a perfect job. ROTS still gives me goosebumps and makes me cry.
Nothing but love for this man.
Him and Ian as the Emperor gave not only the best performances of the prequels but some of the best in all of Star Wars!
Cannot think of anyone who could have played the young Obiwan any better. Ewan is great.
I always loved the prequels, and I did get the idea that everyone hated it back then but I was more than surprised when I started talking to other fans and realized how much the prequels are loved. and that majority of fans love both..
the cgi didnt age too well though. but the movies are still fun to watch, no doubt about it!
Jar Jar Binks was the key to the prequels
@@jamesjross xP well ... the prequels are not perfect, i give you that. But we can agree that Ewan was one of the glorious parts i guess :)
Star Wars Episode III came out when I was 15 and it blew my mind. Today there are still things about it that blow me away. There are things in the prequels that Star Wars today doesn’t even *attempt.* He was a part of something remarkable then and still is today.
A very humble man and a very underrated performer.
Ewan is a legend. From Train Spotting To Obi Wan Kenobi? Makes me proud to be a Brit. All the best Scotland
Choose a light saber. Choose a good role. Choose a big fucking franchise.
@@BearFattfilmSHYTE BEEIN A JEDI, WERE THE LOWEST OF THE LOW, the scum of the earth! The most wretched, servile pathetic trash that shat into civilization! Some people hate the Empire, I don’t they’re wankers. We, on the other hand are colonized by wankers!
I'm glad we're getting a renaissance of appreciation for the prequels, the actors don't deserve any hate, this is very wholesome indeed! They deserve all the love
@@DD-zh4by *your
@@DD-zh4by You are just shitty haters. The prquels were good films, and they gave us A LOT, Padme, QuiGon, Young Obiwan, Anakin, Grievous, the duel of fates, the order 66, count dooku and many more things. Stop the hate.
I love the first six movies. I grew up watching the originals. When i turned ten episode one came out, and i thought it was awesome. I was the near the same age as Anikan. And it made it all the better for me. And i always wanted a mentor like Obi-Wan.
He’s a great actor. I just watched the new Pinnochio movie yesterday, and Ewan killed it as JC. I could hear all the honesty and compassion that came from him as if it were real when he spoke, spine chilling
He was more wooden than Pinnochios balls.
Which new Pinocchio is that, please? There's been two this year; Disney and Netflix.
@@IllisiaAdams there’s been 3, I’m talking about the Netflix one. It’s a great film, it was in production for like a decade and it’s beautiful
@@LifeLongArtist I'm a huge Del Toro fan, so I'm hyped to see it! ❤️ I just need to find the time 🙄 What's the third one? Gosh, I guess 2022 is The Pinocchio Film Year 🤣
@@IllisiaAdams the third one is the meme YAAAAAAAS one
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Ewan and Hayden did not deserve the barrage of hate and cyber bullying at that time from fans who cannot separate movies with sub par scripts from the actors themselves. Ewan and Hayden and other talented cast members too many to mention here were still fantastic and gave as much heart soul and entertainment as they could with what they were given to work with. I can’t imagine a better Anakin than Hayden. He beautifully portrayed the conflict and turmoil within his character onscreen.
As a kid, I had no idea that Ewan played Obi-Wan in Ep. I. Since he didn't have the beard and the light hair, it was years before I realized!
The way he says felt and heard gives me life
I loved the prequels as a kid. Revenge of the sith is still my favorite movie of all time
As a kid I liked the phantom menace, and the revenge of the sith, attack of the clones was alright a bit slow in the beginning but the other half of the movie is great.
Breaks my heart to see nearly everyone's favourite actor from almost any star wars movie feel bad about his part from a period.
Ewan and Alec played their parts so well that it feels like they're the same actor separated by time.
I'll always remember him as the Obi Wan I know and love. I grew up with both trilogies and I thought his character was so cool in the prequels, to see him as such a badass who could hold his own in a fight or a battle of wits. His vagueness was a sign of how a true Jedi would act, his nervous acting was perfect for a master of the force who controls their emotions and doesn't release them so freely. As an actor, normally that isn't a good thing to portray because you want to be a vivid character, but it's perfect for the analytical Jedi mindset
if only he could have been wholesome and honest with his wife...
What?
I wish that I could explain to Ewan that not only was his portrayal of Obi Wan probably the best part of the entire trilogy. But that it profoundly shaped my life and gave me a guidepost for the kind of person I wanted to be when I grew up. Alex Guiness did an amazing job, but Ewan McGregor made the character something special.
Those movies were fantastic. There wasn't enough content at the time for everyone to truly understand what was going on. Mr. McGregor did do a great job.
I was 5 years old when Episode 3 released and let me tell ya, these movies are dear to my heart. I still have my deluxe edition episode 3 disc from when it first released! I’m pretty sure there’s a good amount of 2000’s kids who feel the same way about these movies. These are my childhood and these actors are still my hero’s!
I HAVE THEM TOO. I have the pack that came with the 3 movies in different boxes, all together with the extra discs and srtuff. I still hold on to them as a dear reminder of my chilhood.
Episode 3 was the best one. Ewan did a phenomenal job. He should be proud he did a stellar job in the best Star Wars movie.
Episode 3 is best of all star wars! And it's not an opinion it's just a fact!
@@darthjarjarthewise8051 Agreed. It is my most favorite too by far. Ewan and Hayden did an amazing job especially in the last duel. Such a complete movie.
Lol
I understand you liking it the most, but it is not the best one. The ending fight is the most protracted and pointless thing, and it should have been cut entirely save for the final scene of it. The boring fight is genuinely pointless and only takes away from the resolution.
@@Poet482 seethe
@@darthjarjarthewise8051 no, it's just your opinion, and claiming something is "fact" doesn't make it a fact.
Holy crap it still urks me how sooo many people were so vocally hateful about those brilliant films... they changed movies... they pushed every boundary... they were and are still highly entertaining. So much fun. Ewan's performance for me is absolutely legendary.
Ewan deserves more for his portrayal as Obi Wan. He plays the character perfectly, and though I honestly thought the new ObiWan series was not very well done, there are parts that he absolutely killed, same with Hayden.
Growing up with these films and not the first 3. I loved them, but I did not get to show my love to the actors for the fond memories. but I wish I could have it is tragic knowing how they felt afterwards, and I'm glad that has found redemption a recognition to them now
When 1 - 3 came out, I loved em in my 20s... Then in my 30s I read all the backlash and believed it all...jumped on the bandwagon..... in my 40s now and revisiting them and seeing how the now extended Universe swims around them, seeing them and appreciating them for what they are again... I bloody love em....
honestly thats why you should always form your own opinion and not listen to what the average internet user thinks.
Its easy to get annoyed by some flaws you normally wouldn't when 100s off people talk about said flaw.
I always watch a movie before I read the average opinion on the internet. Like if I think a movie is interesting looking I watch it, for my opinion and then read what others think.
And if im the only one in the world who likes or hates a movie? Whatever. Everybody has different tastes so dont let other people tell you what you should like or hate.
The smoking gun is in the DVD extras for Episode 3.
Hayden Christiansen does a scene that's really good, then Lucas calls cut, tells him to ham it way up.
Hayden does the scene again, it's total emo cheese, and it's terrible, director calls cut, says it's, of all words, "good", and they're moving on.
These are all very good actors following a script that was written the night before (YES IT WAS, WATCH THE DVD EXTRAS, "we have a script!"), and unfortunate direction that doesn't mirror most people's experience of emoting or seeing emotion.
These are all wonderful talented people, and there were some unfortunate choices made, and they were not the boss, period.
Good point. Actor's tend to get the blame for the results of a performance for obvious reasons, but they are part of a team and the director "directs" their performance if needed. An actor is often a blank body who is supposed to fulfill a vision of a director and producer, and to read lines written by another. It takes a good actor to make a a good performance out of an otherwise bad script and directing. They are not the boss of their performances and have to choose their roles wisely so as not to blemish their career.
that director of course being george lucas
Was that the "my new empire" scene? I can imagine how powerful that would have been without hammed up.
Hayden's turn in Obi-wan when he's shouting after Obi is so much more terrifying and intimidating compared to "I hate you!" in ROTS.
Much as Disney has drawn a lot of my ire over recent years I can never forget how George always needed a leash of professionals around him to temper his excesses.
George is and was a visionary but when it hame to directing the man has major issues.
hell yeah, lucas was never a good director. notably, nathalie portman, hayden christensen and freaking god amongst men christopher lee are just so badly directed they look like amateurs and it really reflected badly on them. didn't help that they had NOTHING to work with. no sets, no location work, just nothing real.
georges lucas was never the true soul behind star wars, it always was a team of actors, special effect artists and directors. when it began to be his vanity project it all went to shit.
The critics failed to see how ingenious they were, except Roger Ebert he understood.
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi was one of the best casting ever.
Ewan is such a legend. I don't think there's anyone thumbing down on his performance now.
I am one of the people who find enjoyable things in the prequels, but won't pretend they're masterpieces. Ewan took an iconic character and found the absolute perfect balance between honoring Alec Guinness and creating something for himself. His portrayal is absolutely brilliant, heart wrenching, humorous, and human. Obi-Wan is a lot of people's favorite character because of how good Ewan was.
Ewan McGregor will always be the true Obi-Wan to me more than anyone else. Alec was great but his time as the character was short. Ewan is the one who truly fleshed the character out in my opinion.
His iteration of ObI Wan is the best by a mile. Made the prequels bareable - every scene he had felt cool.
I’m gonna say it. Almost all of the films are good and have an emotional value to them, as well as most of the characters (yes even the ones that kinda fell flat). Ewan as Obi-Wan was believable, he played it so well it felt like it kinda was who that old hermit used to be. So I say Thank You Ewan.
when i see the character of obi-wan in the prequels it just feels like you're watching an actual person named obi-wan.
He Was the Best Thnig in Prequals
That felt surprisingly honest. He was a great Obi-Wan.
Ewan is my Obi Wan in many ways. Easily one of my favorite actors. Love lifts us up where we belong.
Critics or not, he always had the High Ground!
even Mr. Plinkett liked Ewan Mcdonald: )
I grew up with both and i loved both! I loved Kenobi too!
Ewan, thank you for putting your all into the character and movies. I was fortunate to be a teenager when Episode 1 came out and watching Obi-Wan’s coming of age story got me through hard times. Each subsequent movie seemed to debut exactly when I needed to witness the next chapter and I have cherished those movies ever since. It helped open my heart and mind to the entire universe that so many other authors and creators contributed to.
Thank you for being a part of something great.
He did the right thing by distancing himself from the role. It shows integrity. The man went there, did his job as best as he could, and kept his opinions to himself. That's called being a "professional".
And from this clip, we can see that it clearly hurt the guy, and now he's going back on that decision and owning it instead. So forget being "professional", if that's what that means.
@@Stathio I mean, that's just being human.
100% this boomer ass mentality person loves free speech and absolutely sputters into rage whenever they feel its infringed, but also despises people using it to voice their opinions lmfao
i love ewan so much and i’m glad he’s the one who got the role, obi wan my beloved
Obi wan Kenobi was my favorite star wars character growing up
To me, Obi-Wan is the main character in Star Wars. Ewan did a great job in the prequels, so did Hayden. Sometimes the direction wasn't great, I think George was more concerned about the overall story than the acting direction. And it's hard to act surrounded by blue screens- Ian McKellan broke down in tears filming the Hobbit because of all the green screens. It's bloody hard work.
He did the best he could.
His acting was great.
I love all the movies for their place in the Star Wars universe and story.
Words can‘t describe how much I appreciate this man. He is incredible and a major reason why Obi-Wan is one of my favorite Star Wars characters.
The thing is that even the people who hated the prequels, mostly agreed that Ewan did a great job playing Obi-Wan.
I go as far as saying that ALL of the actors were great AND well cast for their roles. But the scripts were absolute dogshit. These actors are the only reason people like the prequels at all
@@trequor Fair, but I'd counter with Ewan being the only one managing to get the horrible dialogue and directing look passable.
With resounding unity, we Star Wars fans adore both you and Hayden, Ewan. And we are very proud of you.
I wanna give him a hug.
He was so great, is so great, in everything that he's done. If someone could edit it together a version of the prequels that only had his scenes I might be able to stand watching them again.
A good actor can only raise the script by maybe 1 grade level. He did a wonderful job with the garbage he was given. I'm delighted that he got to reprise the role with a decent script. The character is fascinating and he portrays him very well.
I have only seen the episode 1-3 and I’ll never understand the hate 😊
Agreed! 🥹
They aren’t the best made movies but I loved them as a kid and they will always hold a special place in my heart! I fought many a lightsaber battle with my childhood friends in the front yard trying to copy your moves!
So glad our boys are getting the recognition these days. Working your ass off everyday, you do that cause you're passionate, but a little application would've probably been nice. But then, every great artist is appreciated by the world at a much later date
Context matters, with Star Wars especially. That's what so many people don't seem to get. We're talking about Grade B Science Fantasy modeled after Saturday Morning Cartoon Shorts. Of course the critics hated it. Of course a lot of adults didn't get it or found it to infantile or too different from their own Star Wars experience. But the kids that the movies were written for? They bloody loved them.
Context matters.
That is wrong also.
today's star wars are also written for kids hence we as adult don't appreciate them like our parent hated on the prequels
it have to do with expectations. As an adult i really did thought of new SW as of infantile grade B science fiction, but i loved them over the years! Idk what sorcery it is, but it blended into franchise finally. After you rewatch w/o those ridiculous expectations and old zealotry, but just with fresh look. Actually Rogue One was able to pull of that old school authenticity in many aspects, but i realised - it was just aesthetics, of battles and such, and probably casting choices. We all want to relive our childhood magic i guess
Unfortunately for you, that's completely wrong. I was 11 years old when The Phantom Menace came out, and I loved Star Wars. I was too young to properly articulate it at the time, but I left the cinema with the feeling that something was wrong with the film. By the time of Attack Of The Clones I was 14 and I remember plenty of us at school agreeing that the film was shit. I didn't even bother watching Revenge Of The Sith - I only saw it many years later when I actually was an adult.
In other words, I was the perfect age and audience for the prequels - still very much a child and already a massive established fan, and I thought they were rubbish. And that's because they ARE rubbish, and thankfully my parents had raised me on a diet of genuinely good films so I had enough intuitive feel of good cinema to understand there was something wrong with the prequels that I'd only be able to rationalise and articulate many years later.
@@ravecrab "diet of genuinely good movies"? we have one of them critics ova here ))) Dood, no one in this thread even said that was a good movie. People say they loved it, most kids loved it, that it fits into franchise, whatever... even if its B tier.
I feel like the Obi Wan Kenobi series was very cathartic and almost healing for both him and Hayden. I will always be a prequel apologist. Those 3 films had their flaws but were by no means bad movies. I just wish they had felt the love from the kids who were enthralled by their trilogy from the start.
They were beyond bad. Filmaking at its lowest
@@genetenz The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
Man i wish i could let the cast know when i was a kid that i loved the show after hearing this!
Can’t argue his movies were my favorite out of all of them
You, Hayden and all the other actors did a wonderful job with the prequels. don't care what the critics say
I think the “fans” are worse than the critics. The ones who shit on the sequels are the same one who hated on the prequels. Disney is not the worst thing to happen to Star Wars. The toxic fan base is.
@@zackcross7190 I don't consider the sequels canon. I loved the prequels since day one, maybe because I grew up with them, they are pretty special to me. As for Disney, it is a completely different narrative from Lucas' take on the franchise, and I love George's vision, not this tangled mess they are creating now.
@@zackcross7190 at least the prequels had a story and heart behind it, not a cash cow agenda
Want to talk about a toxic fanbase, lets talk about a toxic lucasfilm staff first
The prequels definitely do have problems, but the acting was never one of them.
@@CommanderAlpharocks Then you are literally the same as the people who said they didn't consider the prequels canon.
They really should work on a live action Clone Wars mini series. Just use some de aging and bring every body back for a few adventures. We need to use them while they are still alive and able. Come on Dave! Let’s see this after Ashoka!
Dumb
I’m glad the people who grew up with the prequels are now able to voice their support of them and how it makes them feel. OT people don’t realize that we feel the same way about those as they did about the OT.
I grew up with the prequels and they are not even close to the OT.
people like to forget jake. i’ve been watching the prequels since they released. i love them and every single actor in them did incredible work. it was an absolute revolution in terms of cinema.
I look back on the prequel trilogy very favorably two decades later because I think that they have aged very well despite the original criticism. I think the real issue is that it became a trend to be overly negative so to Garner attention with the rise of the internet culture and the late 90s and early 2000s and prequel trilogy fell victim to that in so many ways.
I didn't like the prequels but I thought he was great. I remember watching them in theatres thinking that his good performance was making them worse, he was so sincere while everyone around him seemed so wooden.
Same, even with disliking the prequels I always loved him as Obi Wan. He did a great job of characterizing what he could of the original actor Alec, and building so much on that.
I think the reason, he, Liam's, Ian's, and Sir Christopher's performances were the stand outs is because they were accomplished actors who had the confidence to portray their characters as they SHOULD be, while the younger, less experienced actors trusted Lucas' direction too much.
I mean...George somehow managed to get an awful performance out of Natalie Portman for crissakes. That takes serious ineptitude
I know how you feel, Obi and Qui Gon were AMAZING. I'm more of a blaster n starship kind of person but those 2 characters/actors were 100% perfectly done. Qui Gon should not have died in the first movie
Obi-wan Kenobi was my favorite character growing up thanks to Ewan's performance.
I'm glad you got this clipped and I know this is from 6 months ago but this could have been edited better so that we don't have the reporter cut off in the middle of barely starting to say the next thing she was going to say to Ewan McGregor
I loved PHANTOM MENACE!!
I never understood why the prequels were so denigrated. As a Star Wars fan I watched them and thoroughly enjoyed them. Ewan McGregor was stellar as a younger Obi Wan and it always annoys me that Hayden Christensen got pantsed for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker. The only sad bit was that Ray Park couldn’t come back as Darth Maul in the other two episodes, but then we were treated to Christopher Lee playing the openly bad guy so I don’t see the reason for the bad mouthing.
As for the series Obi Wan with Mr McGregor . . . More! More! More! Please!
Man, I enjoy his action for his MANY other projects
Ewan Mcgregor is one of the best parts of all the Star Wars hes in. He did everything right. Still does.
And now he's stuck with Disney writing his stories lol
I feep like this is a cautionary tale
Everyone talked trash about the prequels and yes they had their flaws, but compared to the dubster fire that came after ... Its like we didnt know what we had until we lost it
Needless to say, i think everyone today would recieve both actors playing their respective rolls with open arma
People have real trouble acknowledging this ever even happened.
He really made me *feel* like I was the chosen one, meant to bring balance to the force, not destroy it.
kenobi and qui gon jin will always bee my favourite
As someone who is definitely _not_ a fan of the prequel trilogy, I'd say Ewan's performance as Obi-wan Kenobi was truly stellar given the lackluster dialogue and direction provided. If I could go back in time and bully George Lucas, I'd give him a swirly and then make him write the prequel trilogy centered on Obi-wan, because that's the only way the whole damn thing would make sense and be Good, Actually™
He would horribly fail at that too. What was needed was the team that made the OT what it was who would fight, challenge and bypass George in virtually every decision.
@@ToothlessDragon536 yeah, I guess I was being lazy in my time-travel shenanigans. I'd have to stick around and give him _a lot_ of swirlies
Well, make no mistake Ewan, we loved you as Obi-Wan.
Can only imagine how he feels after Kenobi now. I’m sorry, Ewan.
going by the message he released
he isnt happy with the "fans" and their attacks on his coworkers
Sad part of growing up is that nothing will ever make you feel like you did watching Star Wars for the first time as a kid. You're not a kid anymore. It's not necessarily anything wrong with the movies, you're not the same person you were.
And then he gets sidelined in his own show.