Joel Edgerton

Previous film roles include Gawain in 2004's King Arthur, co-starring Keira Knightley, Mads Mikkelsen, Stellan Skarsgård, and Ray Stevenson.

Biography

Joel Edgerton was born on June 23, 1974. He portrayed Owen Lars in the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones after being casted by director George Lucas. He said it was the only time in his life where a dream came true that he'd never have. Edgerton was envious of his brother, Nash Edgerton, because he was a stunt double for Ewan McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the film. While shooting Attack of the Clones in Tunisia, Edgerton filmed a scene for Episode III in which he is delivered the infant Luke Skywalker by Kenobi, played by a stand-in actor, because Lucas did not desire to return to Tunisia for that single shot years later.

Edgerton also played Lars in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. The scene of Edgerton receiving the infant Luke was changed during the Episode III shoot in September 2003, where McGregor was filmed handing baby Luke to Bonnie Maree Piesse who played Beru Lars, this time with Owen being played by an stand-in because Lucas "felt it would be better if Luke were handed over to a woman". In 2004, Edgerton was shot and added to the scene.

In 2014, Edgerton heard about a rumored Obi-Wan Kenobi Anthology film and he expressed enthusiasm in reprising the role. In 2017, Edgerton still wanted to reprise his role in the film and suggested that "he could go out and have some adventure and then he comes back and slips back into that unassuming moisture farmer role." Edgerton asked Colin Trevorrow, the filmmaker originally going to direct Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, if he could return to Star Wars. Trevorrow told him he had already been in Star Wars and Edgerton suggested he could play someone else such as Boba Fett.

Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, and Grant Feely on the Lars Homestead set

Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, and Grant Feely on the Lars Homestead set

On March 29, 2021, Lucasfilm Ltd. confirmed Edgerton was a cast member of the live-action Disney+ television series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Director Deborah Chow was very excited to bring Edgerton and Piesse back to play Owen and Beru Lars, respectively, and she said their return was part of what made the series special. Edgerton and Piesse were excited to see each other again. He thought Chow was an incredible director and had a good sense of camaraderie on set. Grant Feely, the actor who played Luke Skywalker, made a connection with Edgerton. During filming, Chow instructed Feely how to film a certain shot and Edgerton translated the instructions into something Feely understood.

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