Ewan McGregor Says Each Line In Star Wars: Episode II Was Re-Recorded

Obi-Wan Kenobi star Ewan McGregor shared why all of the traces in Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones needed to be re-recorded.

Very like The Mandalorian‘s use of the StageCraft know-how, Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones additionally pushed the trade ahead as the primary main movie to be shot utilizing digital cameras. In Thursday’s digital press convention for Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ewan McGregor recalled the digital cameras as they have been again in 2000:

“These cameras have been like dinosaurs. They have been innovative know-how, however in comparison with what we shoot on now, they’d large umbilical cords popping out the again of the cameras. They couldn’t change the lenses. Or they may change the lenses, however it could like half an hour. So, every little thing was simply shot on a zoom lens. There are two digital cameras on two techno cranes, actually, they simply transfer the cranes and so they zoomed out and in. And that was the brand new setup and the umbilical’s led to this huge tent within the nook of the stage that actually hummed.”

Rising Pains

Ewan McGregor then revealed that as a result of the cameras on Star Wars: Assault of the Clones have been so noisy, they’d to return and redo the traces:

“In post-production, they realized on the finish, that the noise they made was precisely within the frequency of the human voice. So we needed to ADR each single line of Episode II. Not one of the unique dialogue made it by due to that as a result of the cameras have been so new, and not one of the bugs had been labored out but. So, in comparison with what we’re doing now, it’s like evening and day actually.”

Right here is the synopsis for the upcoming Star Wars collection:

Through the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Grasp Obi-Wan Kenobi embarks on an important mission. Kenobi should confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire.

Directed by Deborah Chow from Joby Harold’s scripts, the collection stars Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Pal, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie. The collection may even see the return of legendary Star Wars composer John Williams, who scored a theme.

Obi-Wan Kenobi will premiere Might 27, 2022 on Disney Plus with two episodes. Keep tuned for all the most recent information on the upcoming collection in addition to the way forward for the Star Wars franchise, and subscribe to Heroic Hollywood’s YouTube channel for extra unique video content material.