- “Obi-Wan Kenobi” star Ewan McGregor had to adapt to new movie technology in “Attack of the Clones.”
- McGregor found it “difficult” because he wasn’t used to green screens and digital cameras.
- During a roundtable interview, McGregor added that it was “difficult” to make the scenes realistic.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi star Ewan McGregor said he found it “very difficult” to film the Star Wars prequel trilogy because of the visual effects he pioneered for director George Lucas.
McGregor returns as the title character for the upcoming Disney + series. However, he first played Obi-Wan in prequels in the late 1990s and early 2000s, for which Lucas used advanced visual effects to represent the space stage and aliens in the films.
However, McGregor said in a roundtable interview attended by Insider that the new technology meant he spent “a lot of time” on his own because the aliens were added later.
“The three original films were very difficult to make because when George pioneered ILM, his visual effects company, and was at the forefront of that technology,” the 51-year-old actor said. “As he pushed this space, he wanted to use it as much as possible, which meant he wanted to create more and more funds.”
He continued: “For us, this meant that we were more and more on the green or blue screen, and it was difficult to do so.”
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in “Attack of the Clones.” 20th Century Fox
McGregor said it was especially difficult in the second film, “Attack of the Clones,” because his character spends most of the film separate from humanoid aliens while being chased by a bounty hunter.
“[In] Episode II, I spent a lot of time alone and on this planet with high aliens, and of course there was none of that, “McGregor said.” For me, it was like a long walk in the blue. . sets were talking with tennis balls and sticks and it was not what I was used to and it was hard to do. Hopefully, we’ve made it realistic and we’ve done the best we can. “
During a press conference for “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” McGregor further admitted that “Attack of the Clones” was his “first experience” shooting with a digital camera. He also said he had to re-record all the lines of the film due to a humming sound coming from a large store near the stage.
“It was so noisy and in post-production, they realized in the end, that the noise they were making was exactly in the frequency of the human voice,” McGregor recalled. “So we had to ADR every line of ‘Episode II.’
Earlier this month, McGregor told Vanity Fair for its June cover story that he found it “difficult” to finish prequel films after seeing reviews of the first film, “The Phantom Menace.” “.
During the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” press conference, McGregor said his feelings about the prequels “warmed up” after learning that fans loved the movies.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” premieres at Disney + on May 27th.