The entire series garnered a record-breaking viewership on Disney+.
Nevertheless, despite its popularity, some Star Wars fans have claimed that the series would have made a better plot as a stand-alone movie. And initially, according to The Direct, that was exactly the intention of Lucasfilm.
Interview With 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Writer
In an exclusive interview with The Direct, "Obi-Wan Kenobi" writer Stuart Beattie discussed his involvement in the Ewan McGregor-starring film and how it was originally envisioned as "a full trilogy," with the first season of the series representing as simply part one of the story. The series' first, second, third, and season finale all bore Beattie's writing credit.
"There's actually three stories here. Because there's three different evolutions that the character has to make in order to go from 'Obi-Wan' to Ben,'" Beattie said.
When asked if he had been able to submit a treatment for the second or third movie to Lucasfilm, Beattie responded that he had not because of how busy he had been working on the first one.
"No, just the first. Because they hadn't hired me to do the others yet, 'cause I was busy working on the first one."
'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Recently Broke a Disney+ Viewership Record
In a separate report by The Direct, it was said that "Obi-Wan Kenobi" was surely going to rank among the most popular Disney+ shows to date. But up until this point, no one really realized how huge it would be.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi" is now the most watched Disney+ series globally, according to the number of hours streamed during the series' debut last month. Following the launch, the number of hours watched in Star Wars films over the first weekend tripled.
Ewan McGregor's return as "Obi-Wan Kenobi" has been anticipated by Star Wars fans for more than ten years, so the Disney+ record is a no-brainer. Uncertainty exists regarding this statistic, specifically whether Disney counts both of the two premiere episodes in the overall amount of hours streamed over the first weekend.
Even more intriguing is how "Obi-Wan Kenobi" affected the popularity of the remaining Star Wars films. Undoubtedly, viewers rekindled the passion for Star Wars among many fans, inspiring them to see the movies again or, possibly, to watch animated programs like "Rebels" and "The Clone Wars" to understand more about these characters.
Meanwhile, Deadline said that a five-day audience of 1.8 million U.S. households watched the "Obi-Wan Kenobi" season one finale on Disney+, which is 20% more than the viewership for the similar period for "The Book of Boba Fett," which garnered 1.5 million U.S. households. The publication said that the information comes from Samba TV, which tracks the number of people who have seen a show for at least five minutes in 3 million U.S. terrestrial TV households.
Seattle outperformed the top 25 largest markets in terms of Obi-Wan Kenobi over-indexing (+46%), followed by Denver (+41%) and Sacramento (+22%) for L+4D.
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