Jango Fett might have instructed Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Assault of the Clones that it’s at all times a pleasure to satisfy a Jedi, however what unfolded not lengthy after later proved fairly the other for the bounty hunter. Jango and Obi-Wan obtained into fairly the tussle on a Kamino touchdown platform as rain was pouring down on them, and this resulted in fairly the unlucky damage when Episode II was filming. Ewan McGregor, the person who introduced Obi-Wan to life within the Prequel Trilogy and the character’s self-titled Disney+ subscription-exclusive TV sequence, revealed that his stunt double “broke his enamel” whereas capturing this sequence.
Throughout his panel at Fan Expo Chicago (through EW), McGregor was requested if he remembered any notably nasty accidents from the making of Assault of the Clones. The actor introduced up how Nash Edgerton, his stunt double and brother of younger Owen Lars actor Joel Edgerton, took fairly the spill on a day when somebody particular in his life was visiting:
He was my stunt double for years in Star Wars… His mum was on set to go to and he was doing, you understand, the combat within the rain with Jango Fett. I needed to do a giant again flip and he landed and he broke his enamel! And he was like, he was so conscious that his mum was there that he was similar to, ‘I am alright mum!’
I’d say “That’s gotta harm!”, however I’m too busy feeling badly for the way Nash Edgerton didn’t simply land flawed and break his enamel in entrance of the solid and crew, but in addition tried to maintain up a facade in entrance of his mom. Luckily, Ewan McGregor added that somebody escorted her away to get “a cup of tea” as soon as it grew to become clear that her son was “not all proper.” McGregor then assured the gang that greater than 20 years after Assault of the Clones’ launch, Edgerton’s doing simply nice, even quipping, “He’s obtained pretty enamel.”
Contemplating Nash Edgerton went on to carry out stunts within the second and third Matrix films, Superman Returns, The Equalizer, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and The Fall Man, amongst many different films and TV reveals, yeah, we will take Ewan McGregor’s phrase that he turned out okay. Moreover, Nash later labored with Joel Edgerton on Zero Darkish Thirty, The Nice Gatsby and Felony. Exterior of stunts, Nash has additionally directed numerous quick movies, music movies and episodes of TV reveals.
Launched on Could 16, 2022, Assault of the Clones (which *NSYNC practically cameoed in) isn’t one of many extra critically well-received Star Wars films, and it solely made near $654 million worldwide. That’s a far cry from the $1.407 billion and $905.6 million The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith respectively pulled in. Nonetheless, the center chapter of the Prequel Trilogy laid vital groundwork for this mythology primarily based in a galaxy far, distant, and the occasions instantly following this film would later be explored within the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV sequence. And hey, a minimum of Ewan McGregor crushed it as Obi-Wan in Assault of the Clones, similar to he at all times does on this franchise.
Whereas it stays to be seen if McGregor will reprise his Jedi character in Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2 or elsewhere, 2026 is about to be a giant 12 months for Star Wars followers. The Mandalorian & Grogu will open in theaters on Could 22, 2026, Ahsoka Season 2 can be anticipated to be launched on Disney+ subsequent 12 months, although a premiere date hasn’t been set but.