Ewan McGregor in talks to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Disney+ series

Actor Ewan McGregor is in talks to reprise one of his most famous roles -- Obi-Wan Kenobi -- in a new TV series. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Actor Ewan McGregor appears backstage after winning the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for "Fargo" in Beverly Hills in 2018. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Actor Ewan McGregor arrives on the red carpet at the "Beauty and the Beast" New York screening in 2017. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Ewan McGregor is in talks to reprise his role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in a Star Wars series for Disney+.

Deadline reported the development Thursday and Variety said it also confirmed the actor is in negotiations for the role.

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The show about the powerful Jedi Master would be the soon-to-launch streaming service's third Star Wars project after The Mandalorian and a Rogue One prequel.

McGregor, 48, played the role of Obi-Wan in the Star Wars blockbusters The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

The late Alec Guiness played the hero as an older man in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

McGregor's other credits include Season 3 of Fargo, as well as the films Christopher Robin, Beauty and the Beast, Big Fish, Moulin Rouge, Black Hawk Down and Trainspotting.