The cast of Obi-Wan Kenobi has been announced, but aside from a few familiar faces, we don't really know who anyone is playing. There have been a few reveals about the Disney+ series, though, including the fact that Hayden Christensen will return as Darth Vader (a sign the show won't only focus on the time "Ben" spent on Tatooine).
Now, though, it's been reported by Kessel Run Transmissions' Corey Van Dyke (via Steele Wars) that Moses Ingram (The Queen's Gambit) will be playing one of the Empire's Inquisitors.
"This isn’t something I’m running as a scoop because it’s only from one person so until I hear from other people, I don’t know," he explained. "I was told that she is definitely an Inquisitor so we’ll see. I don’t know. I’m still running it with other sources."
Since Star Wars Rebels, Lucasfilm has explored the idea of these Inquisitors in everything from comic books to the Jedi Fallen Order video game. This should be taken as a rumour for now, but it would certainly make sense for us to meet some of the Inquisitors given when Obi-Wan Kenobi actually takes place (a decade after Revenge of the Sith).
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, the Inquisitors were former Jedi who surrendered to the Empire and allowed themselves to be turned to the Dark Side so they could hunt their former allies.
Whether this is a new Inquisitor or a live-action version of a familiar character remains to be seen, but we're betting on the former. Obi-Wan Kenobi is definitely shaping up to be a series that will have been worth the wait, and we'll hopefully get some sort of official first look before the year is over.
"The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Kenobi faced his greatest defeat," reads the Obi-Wan Kenobi synopsis, "the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker turned evil Sith Lord Darth Vader."
The cast includes Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie. We don't know when exactly Obi-Wan Kenobi will premiere on Disney+, but 2022 is likely.