Ewan McGregor admitted that using John Williams’ music on set helped him not to mimic the sounds of the lightsaber.
Ewan McGregor reprized the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi on the occasion of the series that will debut on May 27 and the actor admitted that the music of John Williams it helped him a lot on set.
In a new interview with The Wrap, the actor faced the problem he had in the prequel trilogy in which while fighting he could not resist and imitated the sounds of the lightsaber.
17 years after filming the prequel trilogy, Ewan McGregor said: “I think I still do them in my mind, for sure. I think it’s hard not to.”
The director Deborah Chow, to shoot the scenes of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, however, decided to use the music of John Williams on the set during the takes of the battle sequences. McGregor remarked: “While we were shooting the battle scenes we used a lot of music and it’s so great to play with the John Williams soundtrack to fight. Whether I was making the lightsaber sounds or not, they wouldn’t be heard this time around. “.
The artist did not compose the songs used in the episodes of the series, leaving the task to Natalie Holt, but decided to sign the musical theme of the Jedi Knight because it was something he had not done for the film.
The series stars Ewan McGregor, who will reprise his role as the iconic Jedi Master, and Hayden Christensen who achieved international fame for playing the young Anakin Skywalker in two episodes of the Star Wars saga: in 2002 in Star Wars – Episode II: Attack of the Clones 3D and 2005 in Revenge of the Sith.
Also joining the cast are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie. Obi-Wan Kenobi is headed by Deborah Chow, while executive producers are Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and Joby Harold.
