A considerably very long time in the past in a galaxy not so far-off, Liam Neeson took a lightsaber to the intestine.
The Oscar nominee not too long ago expressed dissatisfaction together with his Jedi Grasp character Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, noting that he was “presupposed to be a Grasp Jedi” however obtained duped throughout a lightsaber duel.
“I assumed my loss of life was a bit namby-pamby. I’m presupposed to be a Grasp Jedi,” he instructed GQ. “My character fell for that. ‘Oh, I’m going on your face! No, I’m not, I’m going on your abdomen.’ ‘Oh, you bought me!’ Like, oh please. Hardly a Grasp Jedi.”
“However nonetheless, it was nice,” famous Neeson of the filming expertise.
Greater than 20 years later, he reprised the function for a reunion with Ewan McGregor in his Disney+ spin-off collection Obi-Wan Kenobi. “I kinda preferred that. It was only one line. It was good to recreate that and be with Ewan after 18, 20 years. It was candy,” he recalled.
In the course of the prequel’s twenty fifth anniversary final 12 months, idea and storyboard artist Iain McCaig revealed that George Lucas had one other “very poignant” ending in thoughts, that might have concerned Neeson taking part in Obi-Wan from the bounce, with McGregor as his Padawan, Qui-Gon
“As Obi-Wan dies and Qui-Gon defeats Darth Maul and stays together with his Grasp as he passes away, he not solely takes on his Grasp’s quest, however he takes on his title,” defined McCaig in November. “Qui-Gon turns into Obi-Wan.”
Though the switch-up would have ended on a extra stunning reveal, it might have yielded the identical final result, with McGregor’s Obi-Wan happening to coach Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen), and finally his son Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) within the authentic trilogy.
