Ngokolwazi lwangaphakathi, ama-studio e-Disney neLucasfilm axoxisana noHayden Christensen, ehlose ukumnikeza indima ye-Anakin Skywalker egameni elihlukile lochungechunge oluphathelene ne-Obi-Vana Canobi. Njengoba kuhlelelwe ukuthi uzokhuluma ngempilo yeKenobi ngaphambi kokuhlola i-Skywalker, khona-ke inkulumo kungenzeka ukuthi kukhona ukubukeka kwe-episodic ochungechungeni.
UHayden Christensen onenkanyezi endimeni ka-Anakin Skywalker ezingxenyeni zesibili nezesithathu zeSaga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, waligcwalisa le ndima esiqeshini sokugcina se- "Star Wars: Skywalker. Ukuphuma kwelanga ", kepha umqondisi kaJay Jay Abrams akazange afake isigaba kunguqulo yokugcina yefilimu, ngakho-ke yizwi lihlala livela kumlingisi esithombeni.
U-Obi-van Kenobi kwakufanele abe ifilimu eligcwele ubude. Kepha ngemuva kokwehluleka kwe-Spin-off ngoKhan Solo, umqondo waguqulwa. Manje kuzoba uchungechunge lwe-TV lwesiteshi + isiteshi. Iqhaza leKenobi lizokhipha i-Yuen McGregor, izehlakalo zizokwenzeka eminyakeni embalwa ngemuva kokuthi umlando utshelwe ku- "ukuziphindisela kukaSitchov".
Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, kwaziwa ukuthi inhloko kaLucasfilm Katelin Kennedy yachitha isimo seHussein Ami ngeqiniso lokuthi isimo sochungechunge sasifana kakhulu neMandaloque. Manje uJochi Harold ubandakanyeke embhalweni ("INKOSI u-Arthur Enkemba). Umqondisi wephrojekthi yesikhathi esizayo uzoba nguDeborah Chow, owadubula uchungechunge oluningi "Mandaloort".