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Ewan McGregor Struggled to Relearn Obi-Wan Kenobi's Accent | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Disney made the right call to let Ewan be an executive producer in the series as well to give his own creative input because he knows the character, Obi-Wan pretty well.
Yeah, that's right... and he respect the character very much. Reminded me of Viggo Mortensen with Aragorn character.
@@alexablain8139 Damn Viggo would actually be an incredible Obi Wan
@@umair111 Did you know Viggo Mortensen broke his toe when landing after a force jump??
is Hayden (Anakin) also a producer or in any role other than actor? cause think he also really understands his character very very well and the Star Wars universe too
Yeah Disney learned from their last mistake of hiring idiots
Ewan is the rare case of an actor who somehow managed to take a role that had an iconic predecessor and made it even better
He is a great actor, thats why
Yeah with the two Trainspotting movies as well, what an iconic actor
Sir alec mcguinness was terrific.
WITHOUT making the iconic actor’s portrayal appear any less!
In movies that were widely hated on release
It's funny how Obi-Wan hates flying ships and driving speeders but in real life Ewan is ride or die 💀
That's acting mate.
Obi-Wan likes flying but Anakin's flying skills scared the shit out of him 😂
@@zarthana95 He doesn't mind flying but what Anakin's doing is suicide!
And Hayden said he was terrified when riding with him
He only has one speed, *_GO!_*
If I ever saw Ewan McGregor use the force to open an automatic door I think I would simply die on the spot
Sometimes you have to wave your hand to get them to work.
for real lol that'd be sick
Maybe that's why he thinks no one has seen him lol
@@lewisgreen4240 Yeah, every eyewitness to his antics has resulted in fatality. Granted, they died happy, but I'll wager the body count is quite high by this point.
At least you're in safe hands, you had 911 likes (before I ruined it...)
I always liked Ewan, but after a I saw his documentaries riding bikes around the world (long way down/up/round) I got another perspective from him, just a normal dude, very down to earth, in every each stop along the rides he never uses his fame, always introduce himself as if the person doesn't have the obligation of knowing him. Such a nice guy.
Hell yea! Thats the series where he visits Peru and MachuPicchu! That was so great (Im from Peru)
@@SerDunk yes! There are 3 of them, Long Way up (south america to california), Long way down(europe down to africa) and Long way round (europe across asia, pacific ocean, to alaska). I highly recommend watching these three.
This is how im gonna be i love it.
Can confirm...he's a really nice person, just regular.
Yes! I'm more of a Ewan fan than a motorcyle person, but I really loved watching his documentaries and they were just massively entertaining.
Nothing gives me more joy than knowing Ewan is all of us that have ever pretended to use "the Force" when approaching an automatic door.
He uses the force to open doors hoping people notice and that cracks me up 😂 I love it!
I know some people do that but my point is that Obi-Wan’s actor himself does it and that’s awesome lol.
did it as a kid, and I still do it in my 30s.
@@talisredstar1543 same :D also totally felt the mixed feeling of "I'm doing this for myself but hope someone sees me" lmao
Yea....same here lmao. I do it all the time. C.c
@@theop5203 to this day also when I hear people say something like. "I can't do it." I burst out with my Yoda impression. "Try not. Do or do not. There is no try."
I still do it 😆
People can criticize George Lucas all they want, but that man casted the Star Wars prequels perfectly. He's the person we should be thanking for Ewan playing Obiwan.
Amen to that!!!
amen. George casted the prequels crazy perfect. shows how serious he took his art.
ewan yes hayden no
@@boigerninkysauce8695 hayden played Anakin perfect you can hate the facts all you want.
No, he did not. Robin Gurland did the casting for that movie.
He has no trouble keeping the kid in himself alive, I love it!
They said we had to grow up, they didn't say we had to grow old ;)
My gran knew him as a teenager, she said he was a "braw laddie", which translated for non-Scots means "he was a lovely young man".
I know and I love that.
There's just something about him, so natural and kind just very Obi-Wan like
Like a cool uncle everyone wants??
I love that Ewan "opens doors" with his hand movements. If kids or even adult fans catch him doing this it will be a thrill for them I'm sure! Heck when my kids where younger I used to tell them to blow on the red light to turn it green (making sure to get my cue from opposite direction lights) they thought they were magicians!
I've been doing that with the doors ever since I saw the original movies.
Man, as a kid, after watching Episode 2 in theaters I started doing that for fun. Now I automatically do it EVERY SINGLE TIME! It became an actual reflex!
When he congratulates Questlove, what a gentleman. 🤩 I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I am so excited for it!
Ewan McGregor will forever be Obi one kenobi. May the force be with him
During his motorcycle journey in Mongolia, the people recognized him!
Sir Alec Guinness is the only Obi. Ewan is Renton forever.
James Arnold Taylor is a close first
All three are Obiwan as each represents a phase in the characters life.
Ewan McGregor is Obi-Wan Kenobi BUT there is another.
If I had the chance to meet any Star Wars actor, I would pick Ewan. He just seems like such a nice genuine guy.
When my son was 9, he had his first anaphylactic reaction to peanuts. We had to use and EpiPen on him and call an ambulance. During the ride to the hospital, he's on the gurney facing the windows on the back door and surreptitiously waving his hands side to side. I asked him, "What are you doing?" He said, "Using the force to move all the cars out of the way so we can get to the hospital faster." 😆 Well, the cars were moving to the side of the road, so it must have worked!
Great story!
Brilliant story 👏🏽 your son is a legend 😁
Beautiful story😊
Anaphylactic shock, yet he could speak 🤔
@@ImOriginallyGreen Yes, this was his first anaphylactic reaction to peanuts. Because he was diagnosed as a baby through blood testing, we were prepared with EpiPens. Because we hit him with the epinephrine so quickly, the reaction didn't get past the "thorns in the throat" stage. He was rushed to the hospital for observation because this was his first reaction. Good thing, because it turned out he had a secondary reaction and hour later and needed another dose of epinephrine.
Was very humble of him, to do that little thing even after Jimmy congratulated him on the Emmy, he re directed it back to them in a polite manner! Total class.
Absolutely. I loved it, too!
I actually do the “using The Force on automatic doors” thing all the time 😂 So nice to know he’s just as much of a geek as the rest of us!
I do the same everyday on our condo's elevator doors lol.
Ewan McGregor's smile is absolute magic~✨
riiiiiight???
00:22 Ewan showing love to Quest for his doc. Man, he's consistently been a real one.
Love that he never lost the feeling of “this should be illegal “. He really is a global treasure.
The force will be with him, always.
This dude really looks younger than he was back in 2005. Lol
Good for this guy, he hasn’t aged in nearly 15 years
black don't crack
Welcome to having a Hollywood-level makeup team
It's not good for Obi-Wan, cuz he's supposed to look way older now.
@@A-Dubs398 Not really. There's still several years before the original trilogy
@@sorin_markov must’ve been a rough 10 years after the show
Ewan honestly does not look like he aged at all since the last star wars movie
I gotta admit Ewan McGregor is not alone when it comes to "waving your hand like a Jedi" on automatic doors and stuff...🤣🤣🤣
Ewan mcgregor is such a great actor. I've been a fan since trainspotting. He is such a kind lovable guy!
If I close my eyes and listen to Ewan talk, I feel like I'm watching an episode of The Clone Wars on my dad's old couch. Absolutely iconic voice.
It Hits different
Ewan actually doesn’t voice Obi-Wan in the clone wars show! It’s James Arnold Taylor! But they both do an amazing job!
@@MissxRandomxPerson oh shoot, how did I not know that! Ahah ty for letting me know
@@MissxRandomxPersonThey sound literally the same
Mr McGregor did a excellent performance in the new series. Didnt miss a beat. He is a excellent actor.
He has the high ground on us all
We know what you did there👹
Lame
I love that Ewan is back for this show and I cannot wait to see it. Its no secret that he is well aware of how the prequels were originally recieved, and he's been clear about how much that has bothered him over the years. He could have just as easily said no, and I'd think that fans or whoever could'nt blame him one single bit for not coming back. He could love the character to death but the fear of anger would just make it too hard.
But instead, he saw the love that the prequels now get from the generation who grew up on them, giving him the passion to return to the role. And given the fact that he does the SAME thing that most Star Wars fans have done at least once in their life (using the force to open an automatic door) he will forever be Obi-Wan now. Even more so than Alec Guinness, as great as he was in the role.
Bless you, Ewan, for being humble enough to return and make so many of us fans giddy with excitement. I can't wait for Friday.
As an older fan from the first movies, Obi Wan and Qui Gon were both shining points of the prequels, whatever anyone said about them whoever criticized those two? I think he was always loved. That Maul battle? This was our first time seeing Jedi fight at their prime, it was amazing. 😊
@@inlonging As far as fights went, the one with Maul was simply epic! too bad that fights in the later 2 got shit cheesy though.
he's such a likable dude.
he's automatically so likeable...our Obi Wan, forever!
“That’s fuckin Obi-Wan Kenobi”
Ewan’s always struck me as a really great, down to earth guy and as a fellow Brit can say we’re all very proud of him and his continuing success.👍🏼
I didn't know he was british. I thought he was scottish.
@@hugo48473Yes to both is correct. The Scottish are British like everyone born on the Isle of Great Britain. The Scots, Welsh, Cornish and the English are ALL British. Not you though Isle of Manners, you froookin freejackers..
Us scots are only British when it comes to praise. When we lose something or someone isn’t good at something then we are Scottish according to English media hence why we never call ourselves British we always say we are Scottish
Scottish not British 🏴
@@hugo48473 lol. To Yanks, British is only someone from central London.
I swear I do the Jedi force with the automatic doors too lmao so funny he does that 🤣
Me too,... since 1978. I even used to respond to my teachers with *waves hand* "we're not the students you're looking for, move along", but it never seemed to work.
2:17 Even off screen, Ewan channels His Best Alec Guinness by Stroking His Beard, LOL
I love how the way he got back into his iconic character is rewatching Alec Guiness.
I adore Ewan! Especially loved his three motorcycle series with Charlie. Can hardly wait to watch the new Obi WAN series.
The moment you discover Obi Wan himself uses the force to open automatic doors like you have almost you’re entire life…… priceless!
My grandmother knew and worked with a teenage Ewan and his mum Carol when she worked at Kingspark School in Dundee, which is a school for disabled children. My gran used to be one of the escorts on the buses that would pick the children up for school. IIRC Ewan was doing work experience while at school alongside his mum.
Obviously, being my gran and of a totally different generation, Star Wars and worldwide fame didn't have the same impact on her as it might on me, so when I mentioned Ewan McGregor in conversation once she said "Oh, Ewan? He was a braw laddie, awfy quiet but he was nice, so was Carol though"
Which roughly translated for Americans, means "Oh, Ewan? He was a brilliant kid, extremely quiet".
Let’s face it… Ewan is one of the coolest guys alive!
He definitely sounds a lot more like Clone Wars Kenobi in this series.
McGregor and Fallon look like a couple of androids with all that Botox
Never before have I seen a guest have so much fun on Jimmy Fallon, nor have I seen Jimmy Fallon have so much fun with a guest. The power of Ewan
Its crazy how the kids that went to the prequels now just love them. I stood in line for the midnight showings and I will always have those memories. SOOOO glad he and Hayden came back
He does the hand gesture in the show with an automatic door on a ship and seeing this just made me appreciate it even more 😂
Jimmy: "we'll post that motorcycle bit."
NBC: "About that..."
Literally the best man to play obi wan.the accent the look was all obi wan
He is still so handsome
Not gonna lie, I would die of fan overload if I saw Ewan McGregor in an airport using the force to open a door
This man is so humble and kind! I love how he readily praises and puts attention upon others before himself
I thought I was crazy thinking he sounds so different in the Obi-Wan series. It comes out really... Tight (?) Or More nasal(?) sometimes and I wasn't sure if that was intended, a non-intended effect trying the Alec accent, or if his voice just changed since 20 years ago.
Just glad we finally got the "HELLO THERE" 😍
he’s so precious in such a ewan specific way i adore this man
Ewan just seems like a happy dude.
Ewan is such a legend.
The funny thing with automatic doors, is that extending your arm in front makes it open ahead of time, making it less likely to face a door too slow...Fast walkers understand the struggle.
This man is a gem, I’ve been a huge fan since I was a kid.
I love how he’s so humble❤️🤜🏼🤛🏼
His accent was definitely more Alec Guinness in the show
hello there Obi, he's my childhood prince!
Can't wait for Obi-Wan series. Ewan McGregor nails the part as well. He was also good in Fargo, Halston and others.
My name is Geoffrey
Ewan McGregor was born to play Obi Wan Kenobi. I enjoyed his performances in The Prequel Trilogy and see him return in Obi Wan Kenobi 🙂
It makes me so happy to know that as long as I’ve been waving my hand like a Jedi to open automatic doors, Ewan McGregor has been doing it as well
He is one of the most genuine and selfless guys out there, and one of the coolest in Hollywood for sure. Such an amazing actor, i truly love and adore Ewan😭😭😍😍
Obi wan is my fav character so really thank you ewan for doing it again after so long..i just finished the series and loved it…just really happy u n hayden came back!!
Whatched both eps today already. I love Ewan welcome bk Obi-Wan
Obi-wan from Ewan is the best character from Star Wars for me
I know for many people Alek Guiness is their Obi-Wan Kenobi...
But i cant help it.... Ewan McGregor is my Obi-Wan Kenobi
I mean I think he's better. Guinness was good at the time for sure. But that's an old film now. Was a little bit hammy
He's so beautiful. Lovely man. Great actor.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Why is no one talking about how clean the high five is in this one. 😮😂
I lost it when he started talking about the doors. If only i could see him do it in public. I would probably be catatonic afterwards.
The other guys reaction was hilarious too
Recently watched Long Way Up. He told his story of how he met his daughter. What an amazing man.
It's absolutely adorable that he does the Jedi hand thing. Us folks out here do it and we've never played a Jedi in an actual movie. He HAS and can't resist doing it. That is just SOOOO funny!
His cute snort when he laughed. Love Ewan!
Oh man! Ewan McGregor is amazing. His humour hits the stratosphere
Ewan back in the spotlight. I love it!
I love these jedi characters Obi wan kenobi and Qui gonn jin too played by Liam Neeson, i can still remember when i watched the movie in theaters 20 years ago, cant wait for this series
Ewan never left the spotlight. He's out promoting movies constantly.
That smile of his ❤️ 😍 Absolute magic ✨️ 🙌
As Danny in “DoctorSleep”……..
Awesome! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
EwanMcgregor is a phenomenal actor!
Who doesn’t try the Jedi hand wave with automatic doors? I certainly do
same.
@@DuncanHall2070 Personally I don't because I know that Jedi powers aren't real. The doors open because very polite ninjas that you never see open them for you every time you get close ;-)
I know they aren't real. I just do it because I think it's fun to pretend that they are and it's also satisfying.
@@DuncanHall2070 that it is. Very satisfying indeed.
Ewan McGregor is so awesome!! Episode 4 was in 1977, I was born in 1988, and in 1999, we saw Ewan play Obi-Wan for the first time. It is now twenty three years later, and not only was Ewan McGregor amazing in that performance, "singlehandedly rescuing the [entire prequel trilogy] while carrying [George Lucas] unconscious on [his] back," he is absolutely the gold standard of how to respectfully iterate on an iconic and legendary performance.
There is video of Ewan McGregor from the Prequel Trilogy just walking around with pictures of Alec Guinness and watching his scenes while he's in the makeup-chair and trying to really emphasize that "triangle" thing down, and trying to mimic that voice... he was SO authentic about it and SO humble about it, and you can't help but respect that integrity. He understood the assignment, on day one, no questions asked. Even people who HATED the Prequels still thought Ewan McGregor was the best part of them, despite the fact that he literally spent most of the filming process in a blue room talking to a blue ball on a stick.
This isn't an insult, because it's very understandable and it's not a flaw of Hayden's posture, Jake's height, Matt's pronunciation, David's body language, and James' voice, but just by comparison.... nobody who played Anakin Skywalker was EVER going to be able to do that. It has been LESS THAN A WEEK since we finally got a clear understanding of how Anakin's VOICE and Darth Vader's VOICE have ANYTHING to do with each other at all. What kind of technology could POSSIBLY make a guy's voice go from Stoned Pete Wentz all the way to Malcolm X?
(Imagine Hayden sitting in the chair, "If I scrunch my face up, I can kinda mimic those lines between Vader's eye...things, and maybe if I frown a lot, I can get my nasolabial folds to mimic Vader's ...vent / speaker?")
Every guests that say hi to the roots gets my respect
Now everyone is going to be searching for Ewan at the airport 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Obi-Wan is such a good show and it’s great seeing Ewan and Hayden back as Obi-Wan and Vader.
Hayden's hardly been in it so far...the full body shots are all another (taller) actor, there's a stuntman, and of course James Earl Jones does the voice (via computer trickery) :(
I love his laugh. It makes me laugh too 😄
Oh I love it when his Scottish accent is heard.
When I walk through an automatic door, I do the hand wave EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
So do I - and i rate the place on the speed with which the doors open.
Ever since Star Wars II when Obi-Wan opens up the door on Kamino using the Force, I've been opening automatic doors with the Force, too, Ewan. I love that he follows a trend he set up himself 😂
i remember seeing revenge of the sith opening night at our local theater. i cant believe its been so long
So…. It would appear I’ve been spelling his name wrong since Moulin Rogue, when he SNATCHED MY HEART with that beautiful voice. You have now idea how long I’ve wanted him to look at me and just say“ 🎶 we should be loooooooo uuuh vers 🎵 “. I knew I would follow this man career wherever it went.
Oh but we’re here for Obi-wan though, that performance was good too.
I was only 8 when Phantom Menace came out lol.
5:08 his laugh is so cute!
The "Long Way" series is SO good! Very underrated!
Ewan is a lovable guy! ♥️👍🏼✨
Knowing that we have all been influenced to open automatic doors with the force including the cast is awesome haha
I absolutely love that Ewan is just like me with the doors...every. single. time. I go to the grocery store I have to do it, and if there's someone ahead of me then I'll "open the door" for them 😂
His performance in the new series is stellar!
3:57 I was dead sure he would say: "A long time ago... in a galaxy far far away" XD
That’s hilarious!! Ewan McGreggor pretends to use the force on automatic doors !! Lol such a funny and cool guy
I love the fact that Ewen does the jedi move on automatic doors, cause I would so do that too in his position!
I swear if these Obi Wan episodes aren’t like 45 minutes to an hour long! 😤
That's been the general idea for all of these Disney+ shows
Good pacing that's why 👍
Happy Birthday Ewan McGregor. UR awesome legend. Black Hawk Down is freaking awesome. Soldier Movies r great. And I loved Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace. Me and my 2 brothers. We all watch it all the time, videotape, when we were kids. Good times. Episode 2 Attack of the Clones & Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith & Obi-Wan Kenobi is great. I love all Star Wars movies. All of them, r my first favorite movies. I'll never stop watching Star Wars. Never, ever. May the Peace be with u Obi-Wan Kenobi. From Harlingen Texas. March 31, 1971
March 31, 2023 through March 31, 3023
Lmao back when i was younger i'd always try to learn obi-wans accent so i just said "so uncivilised" or "hello there" until i got the right accent.
Honestly I find myself randomly saying “another happy landing” through the day all the time😂