Filming on the Obi-Wan-specific TV show for Disney Plus has been pushed back from August to early 2021, according to actor Ewen McGregor. This clarification came after a report on Collider said the pre-production team at London's Pinewood Studios had been sent home, with production suspended "indefinitely". THR then followed up with a story mentioning that there were issues with the scripts and that a new writer was needed for the project. The number of episodes would also have been reduced from six to four. It all sounds pretty bleak, but McGregor seems confident the release date won't be affected. And he's very positive about the scripts he's read so far. "It just happened next year, that's all," the actor told IGN. "The scripts were really good. I think now that Episode IX is out and everyone at Lucasfilm has more time to write, they felt like they wanted more time to spend writing," McGregor said. "Instead of shooting in August , they just want to start shooting in January, that's all. Nothing more dramatic than that." "It will have the same release date, I don't think it will affect the release date." THR notes that one of their sources compared the Obi-Wan show to The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan protecting a young Luke Skywalker, with the possibility of an appearance by Princess Leia as well.It was previously revealed that Drive writer Hossein Amini and Mandalorian director Deborah Chow were working on Obi-Wan.