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Liam Neeson: I won't reprise my Star Wars role on Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/liam-neeson-shuts-down-obi-wan-kenobi-rumors-1234965916/

“I heard Ewan McGregor was going to do a series,” the Qui-Gon Jinn actor said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “No, I don’t think so. No, I haven’t been approached.” He then insinuated that they could not afford him to be in the series. Kimmel then pointed out that Neeson could easily be lying about making a cameo.

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I hope he is lying. Obi talking to his master's old ghost (and apparently the guy who discovered how to BECOME a Force Ghost), is something too good to miss out on. In fact I'd go so far as to say the series will be a bit disappointing if he DOESN'T, in at least one episode, talk to his old master's ghost. Qui Gon was awesome, and meant a lot to him. So I hope it's Andrew Garfield lying about not being in the new Spider-Man stuff going on.

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he did voice qui gon on clone wars. i'm sure he is holding back the truth and will appear on the show.

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Would be amazing to see him return depending what they would do with his character. Such as my fan theories I have of him that I wrote in another thread detailing how maybe something tragic happened in his past which is reason he felt so much into wanting Anakin trained as well as freeing Jar Jar and that he gave more into emotion not following the mainstream Jedi code.

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i thought he was cancel after his comment about black man who assault his girlfriend?

if he not in disney, that why. he was best character in prequel by far.

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Disney? With hope his absence is due to a reasonable mind that abhors the political nonsense Disney is only too happy to be a major part in.

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Not to be picky, but he never said he won't reprise his role in that interview. He just said that he had not been approached.

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That's what I read too but I figured I must have missed something.

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