Joel Edgerton Credits Much Of His Acting Career To George Lucas Casting Him In 'Star Wars'

Star Wars

May 16

In 2002, Joel Edgerton landed a small role in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. He played Owen Lars, Anakin Skywalker’s stepbrother. In an interview with NME, Edgerton credits that role with kickstarting his career in Hollywood, saying, “It allowed everyone in L.A. to kind of welcome me and go, ‘Oh, he’s in Star Wars. Let’s give him an audition for other things.'” Besides reprising the role of Owen Lars in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Edgerton has more than 75 IMDb credits listed. These include Ned Kelly, Zero Dark Thirty, The Great Gatsby, and The Green Knight.

Edgerton was hesitant about returning to the Franchise for Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+. He said, “I was a little bit… not snobbish but reticent in regards to going, ‘I’ve done this before.’ I’ve always joked that Uncle Owen is the most boring character in Star Wars history because he’s a moisture farmer, and he doesn’t get to wield a lightsaber.” However, he continued, “I saw it as a way to complete a circle of some kind.” The show was a critical success and Uncle Owen had, perhaps, the most memeable moment in recent Star Wars history when he asked the simple question, “Like you trained his father?”

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