OBI-WAN KENOBI Star Ewan McGregor Says Seeing Darth Vader On Set "Scared The Sh*t" Out Of Him

OBI-WAN KENOBI Star Ewan McGregor Says Seeing Darth Vader On Set "Scared The Sh*t" Out Of Him

Teasing "Ben" Kenobi's reunion with Anakin Skywalker in Obi-Wan Kenobi, actor Ewan McGregor shares his reaction to sharing the screen with Darth Vader for the first time and admits to being terrified!

By JoshWilding - Apr 27, 2022 04:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Source: Games Radar (via SFFGazette.com)

Despite playing the Jedi Master in three Star Wars movies (and lending his voice to The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker), Ewan McGregor has never shared the screen with Darth Vader. However, that's set to change in Obi-Wan Kenobi when the hero finally comes face-to-helmet with his former Padawan. Needless to say, we can't wait to see them come to blows in the series.

Talking to Games Radar, McGregor shared his reaction to appearing alongside the iconic Sith Lord for the first time. "I’ve never met Darth Vader. I had rehearsed the scene with Vader, but not with the helmet on or anything like that. When we came to do the scene, when they shouted 'action', he had to come from behind me. I turned around, and [frick]ing Darth Vader was coming at me. It was like I was six again. I’d never acted into Vader’s helmet. I’d never looked him in the eye."

"It scared the sh*t out of me," he added. "I’m not joking. It gave me a proper jolt of absolute fear. I was like, ‘Oh my God, that’s not acting. That’s real. I’m really, truly frightened right now.’ And the same thing would happen with the Stormtroopers. I’d worked with Clone troopers before, but so many of them were CGI. I never worked with Stormtroopers, and, again, I was seven years old again. Because when you’re actually faced with a Stormtrooper, with a blaster, it’s like: ‘F***ing hell.'"

"It’s like actual childhood memories of being scared. That’s how deeply it’s in us," McGregor concluded. "I’ve acted for 30 years, and I’ve never been genuinely frightened when I’m acting frightened. But I had moments on this that were genuinely quite scary. It’s so funny."

Like you, our imaginations are now going into overdrive picturing Vader walking up behind Obi-Wan and igniting his lightsaber! It's fascinating to get McGregor's perspective on this, and with Hayden Christensen in the suit, McGregor will have had more than just a stuntman to work off. 

We're still hoping that a new trailer is going to drop imminently, and when it does, it would be very cool to get a first look at Vader in action (without showing too much of this clash, of course).

Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres on Disney+ with its first two episodes on May 27. 

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/27/2022, 5:36 AM
Perfect time for pocket sand if you ask me
Super12
Super12 - 4/27/2022, 10:09 AM
@bobevanz -
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 4/27/2022, 10:49 AM
@bobevanz -

UXASIS
UXASIS - 4/27/2022, 5:49 AM
Because when you’re actually faced with a Stormtrooper, with a blaster, it’s like: ‘F***ing hell.'"

Not sure I'd say that, but okay.



He's probably got PTSD from Order 66.
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/27/2022, 7:52 AM
@UXASIS - best part from that episode
Mugens
Mugens - 4/27/2022, 6:15 AM
I believe I understand where he is coming from. And kudos to him for being man enough to admit it.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 4/27/2022, 6:24 AM
I'm a Star Wars geek. The relationship between Obi-wan and Anakin is my favorite. Seeing it expanded is a big deal for me. I care about these stories more than a grown man should. lol. I admit that. So when I say to Disney...



I mean that shit.

DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 4/27/2022, 6:57 AM
@Waddles - It came out before I was born. It'll be here long after I'm gone. I just hope these stories are treated with respect.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/27/2022, 9:50 AM
@DarthOmega - for me Vader and Luke is probably my favorite. Just because of that alone I hold Episode VI in very high regard.

But yeah, I definitely care about it more too than the average fan. I can deal with Boba Fett being dissappointing (even though I haven't watched it yet), but Kenobi is a different thing. The prequels are the Star Wars movies of my youth after all
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 4/27/2022, 6:31 AM
Probably more excited for this than for any other movie or series ever.
ElricReturns
ElricReturns - 4/27/2022, 7:25 AM
"I'd never looked him in the eye."

Not eyes? Hmmmm, I wonder if by the time they interact Vader has had some helmet damage and we see the evil Anakin eye peering through the broken helmet.
JohnCastillo
JohnCastillo - 4/27/2022, 8:37 AM
@ElricReturns - Just like what happened when Vader fought Ahsoka, a beautiful moment. Not sure they would copy that but something similar would be cool.
tRuckRogers46A
tRuckRogers46A - 4/27/2022, 11:00 AM
@ElricReturns - no, it's just a British turn of phrase. We don't say look him in the eyes ..we do say look him in the eye.
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/27/2022, 7:53 AM
That’s sad I never got scared as kid see Vader for first time
GameOn
GameOn - 4/27/2022, 8:48 AM
@dragon316 - But you never saw Vader coming at you in person
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/27/2022, 8:55 AM
Don't worry Kenobi,Stormtroopers can't hit an elephant strapped to their blaster rifle.
grif
grif - 4/27/2022, 9:41 AM
overselling
Super12
Super12 - 4/27/2022, 10:11 AM
@grif - a bit maybe, but it seems believable to me.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/27/2022, 9:55 AM
I really hope we get some of that Vader going beast mode like at the Rogue One or Fallen Order. Now that is some frightening stuff.

Now that I think about it, I kinda want that an Alien Isolation type VR game but with Vader hunting you instead.
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 4/27/2022, 10:48 AM
I saw Titanic when I was seven. If I turned around and saw an iceberg, I'd probably sh*t myself too.
KaioKen
KaioKen - 4/27/2022, 11:26 AM
The first I played that Darth Vader game on oculus I had the same reaction.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 4/27/2022, 12:02 PM
Dope
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