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Obi-Wan Kenobi Movie Writer Reveals Commander Cody Played a Key Role in His Script

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    In a new interview with The Direct, Stuart Beattie, who was originally brought on to write the Obi-Wan Kenobi movie, revealed Commander Cody played a big role in his story. The writer had already mentioned the character when talking about Reva's importance, in a segment of the interview previously released.



    Now, The Direct has published new quotes from their conversation with Beattie, where the writer confirmed Cody was going to be one of the familiar characters brought back for the movie. He also described Cody's first scene:



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    The movie would have revealed that Cody had removed his inhibitor chip, free from external control. Beattie explained how this would have affected his character arc:



    Obi-Wan left Tatooine in the movie script too, but instead of leaving young Luke with Owen and Beru, and no additional protection, he asked Cody to watch over young Skywalker. Beattie explained that this would have been a fun subplot for the movie:



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    Beattie is not sure why Joby Harold, Deborah Chow, and/or Lucasfilm ultimately cut Cody from Obi-Wan Kenobi, but he can only guess:



    Beattie continued to describe his pitch for Obi-Wan's character arc in the movie. Check out the full interview at The Direct. You can also check out The Resistance Broadcast's recap of the entire Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney Plus series here, which they filmed while having some fun with tacos. It's a must-see!



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