Obi-Wan Kenobi s Grand Inquisitor Rupert Friend almost avoided watching Star Wars Rebels

Get the Full StoryWhen the first Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer revealed our first look at the Grand Inquisitor in live-action, fans had a lot of thoughts. Many thought the show hadn t done a great job of transplanting the imperial villain s look from the Star Wars Rebels animated series to reality, with much criticism coming in about his strangely bulbous head. Actor Rupert Friend s latest comments on his role offer us some context for why the GI looks so different, however the production team wanted to start from scratch with the character.

Friend even admitted that he almost didn t do his research and watch the Grand Inquisitor s original appearances in Rebels, in which he was voiced by Jason Isaacs. By the sounds of it, though, he ultimately elected to check it out. The star explained to Entertainment Weekly that he and the other chief creatives working on Obi-Wan decided to do something fresh with the villain that wasn t reliant on what had come before.

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