Kenobi Season 2 Gets ANOTHER Huge Update... OOF!

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00:00Hello there my dear friends and welcome back to another Star Wars video. It is I coming at you

00:16once again your favorite galactic hostess, the one, the only, Star Wars Meg. And today we are

00:22returning to the Star Wars rumor mill. It feels like it's never ending, but today we have a very

00:28important update. So do you guys remember a couple of days ago, there was a rumor circulating that

00:32Kenobi season 2 might be in the works, and Star Wars fans were confused. We were thinking, well,

00:38after round all season 2 we've only got Ahsoka season 2 left, when you're talking about remaining

00:43Disney Plus shows. So it's a bit surprising to see that Lucasfilm might be returning to Kenobi,

00:48of all shows, the miniseries. And the reason this really didn't sit right with me and it didn't

00:52really make any sense, is because Lucasfilm is going back to the big screen. One of the main reasons

00:57being that the Disney Plus shows, even though there were some great ones, were just not profitable

01:02enough for Disney, with increasingly lower returns on investment, whether you're talking about the

01:06Acolyte, Ahsoka, Skeleton Crew, and even and all season 2, which was fantastic, but had a gargantuan

01:13budget. So why would they want to return to the miniseries, who to many fans was very disappointing.

01:19You know, Kathleen Kennedy came out and said, this is going to be the rematch of the century.

01:23It was originally going to be a movie trilogy containing Commander Cody, it was generally going

01:28to feel more George Lucas-esque, if you're talking about what we know of Stuart Beatty's script,

01:32it was more true to a natural progression of what Obi-Wan was up to after Avenger the Sith,

01:37mostly staying put on Tatooine. So different to the Leia and Reva focused, Deborah Chow and

01:42Joby Harold version. Protecting Luke, not leaving Tatooine, to ensure the rise of the new hope,

01:49can happen in episode 4. And so here we are in 2025, the return to Star Wars movies, and this is

01:55something Kathy alluded to, is an attempt to steer the franchise back on course. So with such a firm

02:00change of priorities, of all Star Wars shows, why would they return to Kenobi? Despite all logic,

02:06the source for the rumour, Daniel RPK said, no no no, it's happening. But now my friends, a more

02:11reliable insider has chimed in, Jeff Snyder, who promised a couple of days ago he'd address the rumour

02:17in his newsletter, and he finally just did. And it's exactly what you expect. Now when it comes

02:22to Jeff Snyder, he's proven time and again he has reliable sources. Now granted he has made a couple

02:28of mistakes in the past, and Daniel Richmond certainly has gotten a couple of things right,

02:32but overall Jeff Snyder is someone to trust. He was the first person last year to tell us there's

02:36going to be a Mandalorian movie. That was before the Mandalorian in Grogu was ever announced.

02:41And so now my friends, he has two pieces of so-called bad news. The first concerns the rumours

02:46about the Indiana Jones reboot, he thinks that while it's inevitable, the rumour that they're

02:51going to do anything soon is bogus. And the second report he debunks is the one concerning Kenobi

02:56Season 2. So check this out. Jeff Snyder says, I don't know if this will make you happy or break

03:02your heart, but no, there isn't an Indiana Jones reboot in the works. Nor is the company working on

03:08Season 2 of Obi-Wan. I know that Ewan McGregor was hopeful he'd get to don the robes again,

03:13but insiders say that despite rumours, there are no plans for a second season of the show.

03:18When it comes to the galaxy far, far away, Lucasfilm has bigger fish to fry. And like I said,

03:23at the moment that is Ahsoka Season 2, where Ewan McGregor definitely can appear again,

03:28and the upcoming movies. But no Kenobi Season 2. That being said my friends, with Lucasfilm there is

03:34very little transparency. Sometimes announcements, confirmations of projects, big updates,

03:39casting announcements, come out of the blue. At the moment it's a he said, she said situation.

03:44I'm inclined to believe Jeff Snyder on this, but you never know. Kathleen Kennedy flip-flops and

03:50changes her mind all of the time. There is nothing set in stone either way. But there have been

03:54rumours since Kenobi Season 1 came to an end, and like I said from reliable sources, that Lucasfilm

04:00does want to do more with Obi-Wan. From a business standpoint, that makes sense. Whether that becomes a

04:04movie trilogy, or a big screen sequel to the first season, whatever they decide to do, we will get

04:10more of him. But is it going to be Kenobi Season 2, another iteration and instalment of the same

04:14thing? I very much doubt that. But in other big Star Wars news, Daniel Richman has yet another update

04:21to share. He thinks that on top of the Rey movie, and the Simon Kinberg trilogy, there is going to be

04:27another sequel film. This one is apparently a spin-off of a known side character, and immediately I'm

04:32doubtful of this. And the reason I smell BS, is he can't name the character this film is going to be

04:37about. That is extremely sus. So, let me get this straight. He's been told there's going to be

04:43another sequel film. It's not about Rey, it's about another character from those films. But he can't

04:48name which. With all due respect, and like I say, he's gotten many things right, the reason I don't

04:54believe this rumour, is because I think he's just making an educated guess, based on a little bit of

04:59this, a little bit of that. Various things we've heard, over the last few months, and creating a

05:03very vague scoop. It's fan guesstimation. He knows there have been talks about a Finn project, there

05:09have been rumours about a Kylo Ren project, and if either of those turn out to be true, by way of not

05:13being specific, this ends up looking like a legit scoop. When all he did was bank on a good guess.

05:19So no, I don't believe this for one second. Whether they're making a Finn project, whether they're

05:24gonna do the rise of Kylo Ren, this rumour that he's heard about something, is probably nonsense.

05:29And I would urge you to take this with a huge grain of salt. But if you want a legit Star Wars movie

05:33update, look no further than, and or genius, Tony Gilroy. He recently revealed he's heard some very

05:39good things about the upcoming state. In particular, the James Mangold Dawn of the Jedi movie. I covered

05:45the first details of the film the other day. It's probably titled Star Wars Jedi Prime. It's the next one

05:50to go into production after Star Wars Starfighter, and there was recently a massive clue for it

05:55in the brand new galactic map. But now Tony Gilroy had something to say about it, as well as a few

06:00other Star Wars projects. On Dawn of the Jedi, he says, quote, it's interesting because it has freedom.

06:05It can explore so much, given how far back in the timeline it set. 25,000 years ago. The only character

06:12who might be familiar during that time is Hu Yang, but it's also fascinating Tony Gilroy's the one who said

06:17this, because Andor had some easter eggs going back to the Rakartans. So it's good to hear that Tony

06:22Gilroy, such an amazing writer and director, is in the know about these things. And one of the reasons

06:27I think James Mangold's movie is going to happen, and isn't just going to be shelved, is because of

06:31the people working on it. Bo Willimon already worked on Andor, and James Mangold, or Jim, as he's also known,

06:37worked on Indiana Jones, and is good friends with Kathleen Kennedy. And so for Jedi Prime, it's both

06:43exciting, but terrifying. On the subject of other Star Wars projects, as you probably know by now,

06:49Tony Gilroy's a big fan of Skeleton Crew. And talking to Empire Magazine, he says, quote,

06:54I watched some of it, and I thought it was really, really cool. I love how committed it is to its tone,

06:59and it seems really well done. Tonally very different to our show, he's talking about Andor,

07:04but just as awesome. And what I find so great about this, is you can never imagine Tony Gilroy writing a

07:10show like Skeleton Crew. Something so ambling, something so light-hearted, unserious, for the

07:16most part, no politics, and just generally a fun ride. Something for the entire family to enjoy.

07:21The polar opposite of the political drama Andor, which was fantastic, but so different in terms of

07:27writing style, character archetypes, dialogue cinematography, but both can exist in the Star

07:32Wars universe. And it really is a testament to how much of an open-minded creator he is,

07:37that he's not putting the show down, that he's not comparing it to his own and saying mine was

07:41better, our show was superior, despite not being the biggest Star Wars fan, he respects the universe.

07:47I've said it before, but these days, Star Wars can be so many different things.

07:51But with that said, my dear friends, share your thoughts on all of today's news in the comments

07:55down below. Do you want to see an Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2? Why so? Or why not? And if you enjoyed this

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