Firstly, DO NOT PANIC. Obi-Wan Kenobi will only be premiering two days later than originally scheduled – the show is being moved from a May 25th release date to the Friday, May 27th.

What’s more, there’s actually GOOD news attached: Disney+ will be dropping not one, but two episodes simultaneously. Everyone’s favourite Scotsman, Ewan McGregor announced the slight change of plans via a video released to Disney+’s Twitter account.

Amusingly – and probably not coincidentally – this new release date change sets up a clash of the titans of sorts, since the 27th will also see the first part of Netflix’s Stranger Things season 4 drop on the streamer. Choose your side carefully, folks.

Obi-Wan Kenobi sees McGregor and Hayden Christensen return as Obi-Wan and Darth Vader respectively, for the first time in seventeen long years. Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie also star.

The story begins ten years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, with The Mandalorian filmmaker Deborah Chow directing all six episodes of the limited series.

So mark your calendars for May 27th and if you haven’t already, check out the glorious trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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