‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series Casts ‘Game Of Thrones’ Veteran Indira Varma
Indira Varma, who is probably best known for playing Oberyn Martell’s ruthless and scheming paramour Ellaria Sand on HBO’sGame of Thrones, has just become the latest performer to go from Westeros to a galaxy far, far away.
A new report says Varma has joined Disney+ and Lucasfilm’sObi-Wan Kenobicast opposite starEwan McGregor.
Deadline reports that Indira Varma, who also has credits onFor Life,Torchwood,Rome,Luther,Carnival Row, andThe One and Only Ivan, among other things, has been added to theObi-Wan Kenobicast opposite McGregor and returning actorHayden Christensen, who isreprising his roleas Darth Vader in theStar Warsstreaming series.
As you might expect with aStar Wars-related project that is shrouded in secrecy, there are no details available about what character she might be playing. The show takes place between the events ofRevenge of the SithandA New Hope, and will presumably follow Obi-Wan as he keeps watch over a young Luke Skywalker on Tatooine and inevitably faces off against his old padawan in what Lucasfilm presidentKathleen Kennedycalled “the rematch of the century.” That’s quite a claim – here’s hoping the show can live up to it.
Varma, whose piercing scream during a keyGame of Thronesmoment still haunts my dreams years later, is the latest Thrones veteran to hop over into Lucasfilm’s playground. Pedro Pascal, who played Oberyn Martell, is now the star ofThe Mandalorian; former Khaleesi Emilia Clarke played Q’ira inSolo: A Star Wars Story; Gwendoline Christie played Brienne of Tarth onThronesand later portrayed Captain Phasma in theStar Warssequel trilogy; the late Max von Sydow playedThrones' Three-Eyed Raven andThe Force Awakens' Lor San Tekka; Katie Dickie played super weirdo Lysa Arryn and later popped up as a First Order lackey inStar Wars: The Last Jedi; Richard E. Grant played a Braavosi theater troupe leader and then stepped into the uniform of Allegiant General Pryde inStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; and the list goes on.
Production onObi-Wan Kenobibegins this springin California with the same StageCraft technology used to createThe Mandalorian, but this series will be under the direction of filmmakerDeborah Chow.
“I’m thrilled to get a chance to play him again,” McGregor said last month. “I’ve always felt that there was a story about him between [the prequels] and Alec Guinness’s [movie], and yeah, that’s what we’re going to do.”
