It's an exciting day for Star Wars fans as the first look at Obi-Wan Kenobi has finally been dropped. However, that's not the only awesome thing we got today. The Star Wars series just launched a new Twitter account and the first tweet is absolute perfection!
Earlier today, Entertainment Weekly revealed the cover of its latest issue and it is none other than Obi-Wan Kenobi himself. Ewan McGregor poses on the cover of the issue in his new Jedi robe and a powered-up lightsaber with Tattoine in the background. After the image was unveiled, the show's Twitter account was launched and it dropped the perfect first tweet.
Not surprisingly, Star Wars fans are loving the tweet which has now has over 60,000 retweets and more than 262,000 likes. In addition to that, the replies are filled with a fitting response to Kenobi's legendary "Hello there": Sam Witwer recording his lines as Darth Maul screaming "Kenobi!"
The Obi-Wan Kenobi Twitter account is so new that it hasn't even been verified yet but it now has over 110,000 followers. There is little doubt that the numbers will grow as more people find out that the show is now on social media.
In addition to the awesome first look at Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, EW also revealed our first glimpse at a completely new Star Wars character played by Moses Ingram. The actor will play an Inquisitor named Reva who is described as "ruthlessly ambitious." Previous reports indicated that Ingram is playing the Third Sister in the series.
Obi-Wan Kenobi will also star Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader, Joel Edgerton as Owen Lars, and Bonnie Piesse as Beru Lars. They will be joined by Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, Benny Safdie, Maya Erskine, and Rory Ross.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series premieres on Disney+ on May 25, 2022.
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