Australia's Joel Edgerton & Bonnie Piesse To Reprise Roles In Upcoming 'Star Wars' Series
The series is set to start filming next month.
Australia's Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse are set to reprise their roles in the upcoming Star Wars TV series.
The pair will return as Owen and Beru Lars in the forthcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series which was announced in December.
They first played the roles of Luke Skywalker's uncle and aunt in 2002's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones, returning for 2005's Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith.
The new series will start 10 years after the end of Episode III with stars Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Hayden Christensen (Skywalker/Darth Vader) confirming their return to the franchise last year.
More cast members have been announced today including Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick, Marvel's upcoming The Eternals), O'Shea Jackson Jr (who portrayed his father Ice Cube in the 2015 NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton), Moses Ingram (The Queen's Gambit), Sung Kang (the Fast & Furious films), Indira Varma (Game Of Thrones), Rupert Friend (Homeland), New Zealand actor Simone Kessell (The Crossing), and Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems).
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The series will begin filming in next month.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is just one of the 10 forthcoming Star Wars series expected in the near future.
Rosario Dawson will reprise her recent role from The Mandalorian in new series Ahsoka, while Rangers Of The New Republic has also been announced as a new original series set to run in The Mandalorian timeline and the Lando Calrissian character will return once more in new series, Lando.
Oscar winning New Zealand director Taika Waititi's upcoming Star Wars film project, read more about it here.
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