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Joel Edgerton Looks Back at Obi-Wan Kenobi, and George Lucas Contribution to His Career After Casting Him in Attack of the Clones

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    Joel Edgerton, who returned to the Star Wars galaxy last year for another round as Owen Lars in Obi-Wan Kenobi, is currently promoting his upcoming film Master Gardener. While talking to NME, the actor credited George Lucas for casting him in Attack of the Clones over 20 years ago, as he sees that as the launching point for his career.



    It's interesting how 10 years after Disney acquired Lucasfilm, Edgerton is practically the first person associated with the franchise and not named Dave Filoni to publicly bring up the creator's name. Here's what he had to say:



    Egerton also confessed that he was a bit unsure at first about coming back to the role as he thought there wasn't much more that could be done with Owen:



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    And yet, when given the scripts, Egerton still felt like he could add more to the character with a more nuanced performance than before:



    And that came true. The final episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi featured a now-infamous sequence of Moses Ingram's Reva chasing down Luke on Tatooine, with Owen and Beru doing their best to defend him. While it's been widely criticized on the Internet, Joel Edgerton was actually quite excited to shoot it, as he explained:



    A second season of Obi-Wan Kenobi remains up in the air, though it seems less and less likely every day. Ewan McGregor repeated at Celebration he would still like to come back to the role, but nothing concrete has come of it so far. Season 1 was directed by Deborah Chow and is now available on Disney Plus.



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    I still can remember Edgerton stating he brought his entire family to watch AOTC and he had such a small role, which embarrassed him to no end... he was embarrassed on how short the role was... until doors opened wide because he appeared in Star Wars...

    "Uncle Owen is the most boring character"

    For me, Owen Lars is a substantial character and an intriguing one...the Marvel Star Wars comicbooks illustrated the feud between Owen and Ob1 long before the live action series...
     
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