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Rupert Friend Will Not Reveal Whether the Grand Inquisitor Survived in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

Discussion in 'SWNN News Feed' started by SWNN Probe, Jun 11, 2022.

  1. SWNN Probe

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    The Grand Inquisitor himself, Rupert Friend, recently graced us with a visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where the actor discussed the makeup process he had to go through every morning on set and hinted at his character's survival in Obi-Wan Kenobi. In this article, we condensed some of the highlights of the interview, which you can check out in full form at the bottom of the piece.



    When asked if being part of Star Wars is a dream come true for him, Friend said:



    Friend also explained the makeup process he'd have to go through every morning on set, after Kimmel showed a picture of him on screen. 'He hasn't seen the sun in a while', he joked, before adding:



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    After briefly touching upon the Grand Inquisitor's lightsaber, which Friend said he didn't fully realize he'd be getting until they handed it out to him, Kimmel brought up the end of Part II. In the final moments of the second episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the character was stabbed in the stomach... or at least one of them. As explained in Daniel José Older's Last Shot, Pau'ans have two stomachs, which, as Kimmel said, has led to some speculation online that he might survive the wound. That prompted the following exchange between host and guest:



    This might be the biggest hint yet that Rupert Friend will be appearing again in the series, or at least that the character is not dead. For one, Friend never really denied that he survives, and also, having two stomachs seems like a very specific detail about his character's species, something he normally wouldn't have to know. In fact, the actor then added the following:



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    Of course, another big reason why we know the character survives is that he is very alive during the events of Star Wars: Rebels. Head writer Joby Harold has been asked about this multiple times over the past couple of weeks and has even addressed the theory that the character in the animated show might be a different Grand Inquisitor. However, he wouldn't confirm nor deny any of it. All he's said so far is that they would never break canon while writing Obi-Wan Kenobi.



    Friend also explained in this interview that, because he grew up in a very small town in England, where they had no movie theaters. His family also didn't own a VCR until he was 16. So his first experience with Star Wars was not watching the movies, but rather hanging out with older friends that had seen them and were playing around, pretending to be some of the characters. You can check out the full video here:



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9L5Bm0fL6o



    Obi-Wan Kenobi will be back next Wednesday with the release of Part V on Disney Plus.



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    IMHO, this is very undramatic. Either Friend's Grand Inquisitor survives and is the same dude that shows up in Rebels (=most likely), or he dies and there's another utapau Inquisitor rising to the challenge.

    In all propability, the former is correct, as a vengeful GI showing up to clash with Reva is a strong story beat, and the alternative (a second, near-identical utapau who's not in the O-WK show inheriting the post) is extremely inelegant.
     
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