Watch Ewan McGregor Describe How He Got a Role in the New Star Wars
, , It turns out Ewan McGregor reprised his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars The Force Awakens. Didn't notice? That's because his face never appears and he utters just one line in a voice over, McGregor explained Thursday on Jimmy Kimmel Live. , "I'd been waiting for the call to come for two years," McGregor told Kimmel of waiting to be asked to join the movie. "Maybe they lost my agent's phone number.", , When the call finally came, McGregor was asked to record one line as Obi-Wan Kenobi. His voice was melded with a recording of the original Obi-Wan actor Alec Guinness.