Liam Neeson Would Like to Be on the ‘Obi-Wan’ Disney+ Series

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Collider had the opportunity to answer this question (to a certain degree) when our own Steven Weintraub sat down for a video chat with Liam Neeson to discuss the star's movie, The Marksman. At the end of the interview, we turned the conversation toward Neeson's role as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in the first prequel movie, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. When asked if he was aware just how frequently fans clamor for Neeson to return as Qui-Gon, the action star replied, "I'll be honest with you: I haven't heard that at all."

Of course, we had to reassure Neeson that fans were definitely down for Qui-Gon to come back. Neeson, somewhat surprised, asked us if "Star Wars [is] starting to fade away from [the] cinema landscape," to which we once again confirmed that it is not, in fact, fading away. After informing Neeson about the big plans for all the new Star Wars movies and TV shows, we asked whether he'd be game to appear in, say, a flashback in Obi-Wan Kenobi as Qui-Gon. At the point, a smile spread across Neeson's face and he answered, "Sure, I'd be up for that, yeah."