![]() While you like know him best as Han Lue from the Fast & Furious movies, he’s been covered in some very heavy makeup to play the Fifth Brother, an Inquisitor who actually first appeared in the Rebels animated series. Sung Kang has a new family in Obi-Wan Kenobi, one even more dysfunctional than the one at the center of the other massive franchise adorning his filmography. He was regular on political thriller series Homeland, co-starred in Willem Dafoe vehicle At Eternity’s Gate, and just starred in Anatomy of a Scandal. While he’s almost unrecognizable under all that makeup, you’ve likely seen Friend plenty of times outside of Star Wars. But it would be a shame not to get more of Friend’s menacing performance as the leader of the Inquisitors. What the heck? Did Obi-Wan Kenobi really kill off Rupert Friend’s Grand Inquisitor in the second episode? Fans will likely be speculating about that for a while, especially since it could potentially present a continuity error we’re not going to get into here. Luke is played by newcomer Grant Feely, whose only previous TV credit is an episode of Creepshow. He’s only on screen for about a minute, but yes, that’s little Luke running around the Lars homestead while Uncle Owen tries to teach him how to farm. She’ll next appear in the adaptation of Stephen King short story The Boogeyman. Leia is played by the adorable Vivien Lyra Blair, who most recently played little Eleanor Roosevelt in the Apple series The First Lady. In fact, little troublemaker Leia is the reason Obi-Wan is forced to come out of hiding, setting the events of the show in motion. Surprise! You likely thought the show was going to spend a bit of time showing us who Luke Skywalker was as a 10-year-old bored out of his mind on that farm on Tatooine, but Obi-Wan Kenobi is actually more interested in his twin sister, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. Vivien Lyra Blair as Princess Leia Organa ![]() Ingram herself is still a relative newcomer, but you’ve seen her in The Queen’s Gambit, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and this year’s Michael Bay actioner Ambulance. While the show is ostensibly about Obi-Wan and Darth Vader’s epic rematch, the series also puts a bit of focus on this dark sider, who clearly has some kind of hidden past with the Jedi that will likely be teased out over the next few episodes. Moses Ingram is an absolute powerhouse as the ruthless Reva, an Imperial Inquisitor who isn’t afraid to undermine and stab her own boss to get what she wants. McGregor will next star in Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson’s Pinocchio adaptation, which is out this December. More recently, you’ve seen him as an adult Danny Torrance in Stephen King sequel Doctor Sleep and as the villain Black Mask in DC’s Birds of Prey. Before Star Wars, he was best known for his character Mark Renton in Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting. But in case you somehow missed the Prequel Trilogy, McGregor first played the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, reprising the role in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Here are the Obi-Wan Kenobi actors you need to know and where you’ve seen them before: Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi There’s Moses Ingram as the menacing new villain Reva and Rupert Friend as the Grand Inquisitor, as well as quite a few welcome surprises fans will be talking about far after the credits have rolled. Obi-Wan Kenobi brings back Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their iconic Star Wars roles, but the show also boasts a very strong ensemble cast beyond its central stars. This Obi-Wan Kenobi article contains spoilers.
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