According to DanielRPK, Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2 is reportedly in development. Ewan McGregor is expected to return, even though the original show was meant to be a one-and-done miniseries. And I’ll admit, I should be excited – but honestly, I’m just wondering what story they even have left to tell.
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Season 1 already gave us a Vader rematch, a Leia rescue arc, some closure for Obi-Wan, and even a Force ghost cameo from Qui-Gon. So unless they plan to retread the same ground or do another canon-stretching galaxy-hopping mission… they better have something smarter in mind.
And they do. It’s already written. They just need to adapt it.
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The Kenobi Novel Already Did It “Right”
If there’s a story worth telling in Season 2, it’s the one in John Jackson Miller’s Kenobi novel. That book nails exactly what fans like me thought Season 1 was going to be: a quiet, personal, grounded western-style story set entirely on Tatooine.
It doesn’t involve Vader. There’s no Inquisitor showing up. Obi-Wan doesn’t leave the planet. He’s just trying to live in exile, protect Luke from a distance, and stay unnoticed in a dangerous environment. He deals with Tusken Raider tensions, shady settlers, and an inner struggle that’s way more compelling than another saber fight.
What makes it even better is the emotional tension between him and a local woman, Annileen Calwell, who starts figuring out he’s not just some random hermit. He wants to help her, but he knows he can’t stay. He has to disappear. There’s this constant push-and-pull between helping others and keeping his mission secret. That’s the kind of internal conflict that fits the character perfectly.
This is what the show should be if it comes back – something smaller, tighter, and more emotionally mature. I don’t need more shock value or nostalgia bombs. Just give me Obi-Wan navigating life as a fallen Jedi trying not to lose himself.
Let Qui-Gon Training Be the Backbone
The one thing from Season 1 that actually sets up something new is Qui-Gon. The show ended with Obi-Wan finally seeing him, and anyone who’s been paying attention since Revenge of the Sith knows Yoda told Obi-Wan he had “training” for him. That thread has been hanging for nearly 20 years now.
Season 2 could run the Kenobi novel plot as the surface-level story – Tatooine drama, Tusken conflict, staying off the radar – while using the Qui-Gon training as the emotional throughline underneath. Obi-Wan is learning how to become more than a Jedi. He’s learning how to become one with the Force. That’s what leads to his ability to vanish after death in A New Hope. It’s not just some Jedi trick – it’s earned. He trains for it.
If they can get Liam Neeson back, even just for some quiet scenes or voiceovers, it could add something really spiritual to the show. No over-the-top Force displays. No lightsaber duels in a lava pit. Just quiet cave meditations and those subtle, deeply personal conversations that only Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon could have.
This Only Works If They Don’t Go Big Again
Season 1 already pushed canon harder than it probably should have. Obi-Wan and Leia meeting young. Another Obi-Wan vs Vader duel. An Inquisitor surviving a lightsaber to the gut. I get that it made for good TV moments, but a second season can’t keep trying to one-up itself.
There’s nothing left to escalate. The Vader story is done. The Leia connection is done. Obi-Wan has already found peace.
That’s why this only works if they go smaller. Make it slow. Make it isolated. Show Obi-Wan slowly losing himself in the desert, trying to help without being seen. Let him struggle with the fact that he’s not allowed to be the hero anymore. Let him grow into the quiet protector that Luke knows in A New Hope.
This is also the perfect chance to tap into the Andor style of storytelling – more grounded, more emotional, more human. Don’t give me another Reva arc. Don’t drag him off-world again. Keep it in the sand, in the shadows, and in his head.