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Disney+ and Lucasfilm’s 'Star Wars' series centered on Obi-Wan Kenobi has been put on hold as the companies attempt a retooling, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

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00:00The Obi-Wan Kenobi series starring Ewan McGregor

00:02has been put on hold at Disney+.

00:04The show in which McGregor is set to reprise his role

00:07as the famed Jedi Knight was in the midst of pre-production.

00:10Sources say that the show was even screen-testing

00:12actors opposite McGregor.

00:14The actor last played Obi-Wan in 2005's

00:16Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith.

00:19Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil.

00:22From my point of view, the Jedi are evil.

00:24Well then you are lost.

00:26Sources also tell The Hollywood Reporter

00:27that the two scripts that were written for the series

00:29and story became an issue,

00:31and that the entire package has been abandoned.

00:34Lucasfilm is now on the hunt for a new writer

00:36to pin the series.

00:37At the same time, sources say the project

00:39is being reconfigured from six episodes to four.

00:42Disney had no comment.

00:43The development follows social media rumors

00:45a week ago that the series was canceled.

00:48Those posts proved premature,

00:49but did expose the project was facing problems.

00:52Hours after the news broke,

00:53IGN caught McGregor at an event,

00:55and he told the outlet he did not expect

00:57the release of the series would be delayed.

00:59But noted that filming would shift

01:01from this summer to January 2021.

01:03McGregor said,

01:04It's just slid to next year, that's all.

01:06The scripts were really good.

01:08Now that Episode IX came out

01:09and everyone at Lucasfilm has got more time

01:11to spend on the writing,

01:12they felt they wanted more time to write the episodes.

01:15Star Wars has found acclaim with its first Disney Plus series,

01:17The Mandalorian,

01:19which introduced a breakout character in The Child,

01:21AKA Baby Yoda.

01:23Everything's fine.

01:24What is that?

01:25I don't know, it's a pet or something.

01:26For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:30Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:32I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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