With the rumor floating around about an Obi-wan movie (or movies,) it certainly didn’t take long for someone (Coming Soon) to ask Joel Edgerton if he’d be willing to take on the role of Owen Lars again.
Has anybody contacted you about possibly reprising Uncle Owen?
Joel Edgerton: The first I heard about it was today. When did that happen?
CS: A week or two ago it started to percolate.
Edgerton: So who would play Obi-Wan?
CS: Ideally Ewan, most likely in the period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
Edgerton: Well then I definitely have to be there, right? Or they’re gonna get someone else? Am I too old for that now?
Well, Lucasfilm has 20 years to play with and the convenient excuse that folks age more rapidly on Tatooine, so…
Edgerton, who will next be seen in Exodus: Gods and Kings with Christian Bale, also has some nice things to say about being in Star Wars and his own ideas about Owen’s past.
Meanwhile, Bonnie Piesse (AOTC’s Beru) says it “would be pretty cool!”