Today in unexpected news, Ewan McGregor has responded to claims that Noel Gallagher gave him his “first lightsaber training” prior to his role in Star Wars.
Jimmy Kimmel reminded McGregor of the claim on the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live ahead of his appearance in a new Star Wars series on Disney+.
“Noel Gallagher of the band Oasis claims, he said this in an interview, that he did your first lightsaber training with you. Is there any truth to that?” Kimmel asked McGregor.
McGregor said: “Well, it was Noel Gallagher’s 30th birthday party and he lived quite close to me in London, north London. And I was at his party and then there was a lightsaber fight in his garden very early the next day in the morning.”
“But I don’t remember too much instruction. I don’t remember like any lessons being given by Noel. It was just more of a battle in the garden.”
Kimmel went on to ask who won the battle, to which McGregor replied: “I would be surprised if either of us could remember that.”
Meanwhile, McGregor recently told The Hollywood Reporter that the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series will be “much more real” than the prequel films.
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“If you’re in a desert, you’re standing in the middle of a desert,” he said.
“If you’re in the snow, you’re surrounded by snow. And if you’re in a cockpit of a starfighter, you’re in space. It’s going to feel so much more real.”
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Check out Ewan McGregor discussing Noel Gallagher on Jimmy Kimmel Live:
