Five Directions An Obi-Wan Kenobi Season Two could go in

Obi-Wan Kenobi is seemingly done and dusted, yet it seems many Star Wars fans are not only still feeling the aftershock of the series' events some two months after the final episode's airing, we also seem to be experiencing a form of withdrawal. Ewan McGregor's vaunted Jedi Master may have completed his mission to save a young Princess Leia, seen off his former pupil Darth Vader in spectacular style, assisted in the former Inquisitor Reva's redemption and achieved the inner peace necessary to commune with his former master Qui-Gon Jinn, but for a sizable portion of the fanbase, there's an appetite for more Obi-Wan adventures in live action.

This feeling seems to extend to the cast and crew, with both McGregor and series director Deborah Chow publicly stating both a willingness and enthusiasm to tell further stories with Kenobi. Additionally, back when the project was intended to release as a movie, it was originally conceived as a trilogy, with writer Stuart Beattie confirming that the first instalment would've covered all six chapters, albeit with a slightly different outcome.

Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy also weighed in on the possibility of a second season, telling Entertainment Tonight: "Well, frankly, we did set out to do that as a limited series. But I think if there's huge engagement and people really want more Obi-Wan, we’ll certainly give that consideration because the fans, they speak to us. And if we feel like, 'OK, there’s a real reason to do this; it's answering the why then,' then we’ll do it. But we’ll see."

With that in mind, here are Five Directions a Season Two of Obi-Wan Kenobi Could Go In.

#1: Back to Tatooine

Considering that Obi-Wan's main status quo is living in exile on Tatooine to watch over Luke Skywalker, a second season that takes place entirely on Tatooine makes the most logical sense. There's still nine years after all until the events of A New Hope and while Obi-Wan's time on the desert planet has been covered elsewhere in both canon and Legends materials, both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett have added plenty of new elements to play around with, most prominently in the way both shows humanised the Tusken Raiders and made their feud with the moisture farmers more complex.

It's easy to imagine a story where Obi-Wan must reluctantly step in to diffuse tensions between both parties, whilst perhaps continuing to commune with the spirit of his master Qui-Gon Jinn for guidance. Not only would this allow Owen and Beru Lars to return in prominent roles, it would also be a chance to bring fan-favourite Legends character A'Shared Hett into canon, since the character was raised as a Tusken. He's also a former Jedi who notably fought Obi-Wan when his tribe threatened to bring harm to Luke. Perhaps the show could adapt this moment?

On the other hand, it has to be said that there has been perhaps one too many projects in recent years taking place on Tatooine. In fact getting the title character off-world by the first episode's end was part of what made Obi-Wan Kenobi a refreshing change of pace from the other Disney Plus shows. Diminishing returns are another concern. Now that the show has seemingly played it's best hand with the Obi-Wan/Darth Vader rematch, it's possible that conflict with any other character, new and old, might seem lesser by comparison.

#2: Maul Aboard

Darth Maul is probably the only other character whose feud with Kenobi could rival that of Darth Vader and given his status among the Star Wars fandom, making him the principal antagonist of Season Two would certainly be a terrific selling point. There is of course, the seeming issue that the resolution of that feud already took place in Star Wars: Rebels, specifically the episode Twin Suns, which is in of itself a fantastic piece of Star Wars television and I don't think for one second that it should be remade in live-action.

What I would suggest, instead, is another duel that, much like Obi-Wan's encounter with Vader in Season One, serves as a bridge between Twin Suns and where we last left the characters in The Clone Wars. There, Obi-Wan had been forced to watch as Maul murdered the Duchess of Mandalore, Satine Kryze, the woman he secretly loved, and while the loss was not enough to sway him to the dark side, he seemed reluctant to face Maul again during the Siege of Mandalore story arc, perhaps out of concern for the sort of emotions such an encounter would provoke. This conflict is nowhere present in Rebels. There, Obi-Wan seems at peace with the idea of facing Maul and even seems to pity his former adversary, only igniting his saber when Maul senses Luke's presence.

Then there's Maul himself. His surprise cameo in Solo: A Star Wars Story positioned him as the head of a powerful criminal cartel in Crimson Dawn, yet by the time of Rebels, he is marooned on the planet Malachor, left with nothing except his insatiable desire for revenge. We have yet to see just how Maul lost his crime lord status, other than the vague allusion that he was betrayed by his lieutenant Qi-ra, and while it's true that this could play out in a number of different Star Wars projects, there's a kind of cosmic justice in Obi-Wan potentially playing a crucial role in freeing the galaxy's criminal underworld from Maul's grasp. If nothing else it would a prime excuse to finally play that Duel of the Fates track again.

#3: Run Reva Run

Another natural direction to take the story in would be a continued focus on Reva. Moses Ingram's Third Sister wound up as one of the series stronger elements thanks to her layered performance and an affecting backstory. She was also a villain who was allowed to live past her act of redemption, a rare turn of events for Star Wars villains seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. The question then becomes, what happens to her now?

It's possible that Reva remained on Tatooine for a time, potentially even serving as a second apprentice of sorts for Obi-Wan as he aids her in learning to let go of her traumatic past? That would certainly make for a compelling side story to my earlier suggestions of a Tatooine-centric story. Alternatively, she could head off-world, either to carve out a peaceful life for herself or to seek further redemption as a member of The Path, much in the same way the former Imperial Officer Tala Durith did.

The latter option in particular would likely bring her into conflict with her former allies in the Inquisitorius, especially the Grand Inquisitor, who is no doubt still holding a grudge after Reva left him for dead in the show's second episode. I could even see the Emperor himself sending the Jedi Hunter Ochi of Bestoon, first introduced in The Rise of Skywalker and later fleshed out in Greg Pak's Darth Vader comics, after Reva, as he probably wouldn't want any involvement from Vader. Regardless of just who comes after Reva, her knowing Luke's whereabouts would be reason enough for Obi-Wan to come to her rescue.

#4: Jar Jar's Great Adventure

Despite the intense backlash the character faced in the 2000s after his debut in The Phantom Menace, Jar Jar Binks has seen a reappraisal in recent years from younger fans who grew up with the prequel trilogy, as well as it's principal cast members. When asked by Vanity Fair if there was a character from the prequel trilogy that he'd like most to reunite with, Ewan McGregor replied: "I’d like to meet Jar Jar again. I loved working with Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks. Maybe we can bring him back?" It has to be said that a return for one of the more infamous Star Wars characters would go hand in hand with the wave of vindication the release of Obi-Wan Kenobi brought fans of the prequels.

How then, could the series bring Obi-Wan and Jar Jar together again? Most likely through the realm of politics. It's more than feasible that Jar Jar is still serving in the Imperial Senate as a representative of his homeworld of Naboo by this point, and almost certainly feeling tremendous guilt for how he unwittingly helped bring the Empire to power in Attack of the Clones, much like how Obi-Wan felt guilty for Vader's creation. This could lead to Jar Jar desiring to make amends, possibly stumbling on some kind of Imperial conspiracy that places him in mortal danger, enough to prompt his pal in the Senate and secret Kenobi go-between, Bail Organa to call the Jedi for help once again?

#5: Bounty Hunter Team-Up

You might have noticed that I left out a rather prominent element of Tatooine in my section on the planet, that element being Jabba the Hutt. The 2015 Star Wars comics featured a series of stories dubbed 'The Journals of Ben Kenobi', which showed that Obi-Wan frequently came into conflict with the Hutt daimyo, thwarting his efforts to oppress the residents of Tatooine and seeing off the Wookie bounty hunter Krrsantin when Jabba hired him to get rid of the mystery man plaguing his operation.

Given his past dealings with the Jedi, it's not out of the question that Jabba could deduce Obi-Wan's identity and blackmail him into doing a job for the warlord in exchange for keeping his presence a secret from the Empire. This would provide a fun opportunity to team Obi-Wan up with a gang of bounty hunters on a seemingly impossible mission in the vein of The Dirty Dozen or The Suicide Squad that puts his morality to the test and potentially pair him with any number of familiar faces.

Cad Bane would be the most obvious choice, since the pair clashed multiple times in The Clone Wars and seeing them meet again in a more world-weary context would be appealing, but then there's also Boba Fett, who Obi-Wan only ever encountered as a child, as well as Krrsantan, Dengar, or even Durge. Personally, I think a story like this would be an ideal place to revive Thandiwe Newton's character Val from Solo, as her seeming demise early on in the movie was considered rather disappointing by Star Wars fans.

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And that's it. Do you agree? Disagree? Be sure to let me know in the comments below. Of course, it's very possible that Lucasfilm could go in a completely different direction from anything I suggested, or perhaps not progress with a Season Two at all. Whatever the case, given Ewan McGregor's willingness to return, as well as the general popularity of the character, it seems inevitable that we'll see Obi-Wan Kenobi again...