Obi-Wan Kenobi's Kumail Nanjiani teases what's in store for his character

Obi-Wan Kenobi's Kumail Nanjiani shares the first details about his character Haja.

Apart from appearing for one second in what looked like Jedi's robes in the Disney+ miniseries' latest trailer, we knew absolutely nothing about him and how he fits into the intergalactic storyline, until now.

"He's this guy who works on the streets of Daiyu, which is this new Star Wars location that we haven't seen before that's absolutely gorgeous," the actor told Entertainment Weekly.

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"And he's the guy who's worked really hard to stay out of the bigger conflicts at play. He just kind of wants to be his own guy. Survival for him is all that matters."

In this world of lightsaber duels and Dark Side lords, Haja exists on the fringes of society, closer to someone that Obi-Wan himself might place in the "scum and villainy" category.

"He's this sort of conman guy who cons people for money. That's what's important to him. And then he has a run-in with Obi-Wan and suddenly he sort of gets stuck in the bigger conflicts at play, which is the thing that he really tries to avoid," added Nanjiani, who also debuted in the MCU's The Eternals last year.

"So he is this street-level conman guy who then gets embroiled in stuff that's way too big for him. And he has to make a choice."

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On whether he'd like to reprise Haja in the future sometime- perhaps in Ahsoka or The Mandalorian? -the actor said: "It's all I've thought about. I don't know what that does, but yeah, I would love to play this character again. Not just because of Star Wars, but it's a really, really, really fun character to play.

"I've never gotten to play a character like this before."

Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres Friday, May 27 on Disney+.

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Dan Seddon

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