Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Villains Revealed

The Obi-Wan Kenobi series is now full steam ahead on Disney+. Everyone is obviously very excited because Obi-Wan is the best Star Wars character ever (duh), and to see Ewan McGregor back in that iconic role might just be the coolest Star Wars story ever. (Also, that picture of Hayden Christensen with the Hot Toys figures that's been doing the rounds this week week? Just amazing.)

Of course, Disney had an Investor Day event last Thursday where Lucasfilm raised up a big content ball like Boss Nass and announced looaddss of new Star Wars projects, also providing updates for previously announced works like Kenobi.

Lucasfilm provided some exciting teases for the series, revealing that it'll be set in 9 BBY, but also that Hayden Christensen will be reprising his role as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, in an event Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy calls “the rematch of the century”.

But now there’s more. Noah Outlaw and Corey Van Dyke of Kessel Run Transmissions have provided another update on the Kenobi series, and it’s a doozy.

Apparently Temuera Morrison, who you will of course recognise as the man behind Jango Fett and his many clone brothers, plus his son Boba, is signed on to appear in the series, and he’s likely to be playing Commander Cody - possibly in flashbacks to The Clone Wars.

What’s more, according to Kessel Run, the other main villains of the series will be a band of clone troopers who are trained Jedi Hunters. Outlaw and Van Dyke also speculate that we may have already gotten a look at them in the Bad Batch teaser released last week, where black-clad soldiers appear on screen for just a moment. (Skip to 2:50 in the below video to see the troops in question.)

They also specify that the Jedi hunters are not the same as the Purge Troopers seen in the Darth Vader comic and in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, but rather entirely new creations for this era of Star Wars.

It remains unconfirmed as to whether or not Cody is a part of the modern clones hunting Obi-Wan, but it would make A LOT of sense. There’s that emotional connection between Kenobi and his former Clone Commander, and the character is yet to receive closure in the new Star Wars canon.

Either way, seeing Obi-Wan go up against two of his former friends is going to make for an emotional watch. Here's hoping we learn more details in the weeks ahead.