The Major Star Wars Actor You Likely Didn't Know Was Related To Obi-Wan Kenobi's Ewan McGregor

After leaving his Tatooine home, rescuing Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), and witnessing the death of his mentor, Ben Kenobi, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) joins the Rebel Alliance proper in "A New Hope". Thus, he takes part in the assault on the first Death Star battle station, doing so with a fleet of skilled X-Wing pilots at his side. One such rebel was Wedge Antilles, who'd go on to be the only X-wing pilot to feature in and survive all three "Star Wars" original trilogy battles — the battle at the Death Star I, the battle of Hoth, and the aerial battle above Endor.

The actor behind Wedge is Denis Lawson, who's Ewan McGregor's uncle in real life and actually warned him not to join the "Star Wars" universe decades after he did. In an interview with People from 2020, McGregor explained that when he was younger, he recalls Lawson harboring a dismissive attitude toward the first three films. "He was one of the people who said, 'Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it,' And then the nearer I got to it, the more I wanted to do it," McGregor said, adding that he had no regrets when it came to his first "Star Wars" stint.

Despite his previous claims, Denis Lawson ultimately returned to the part of Wedge Antilles as a brief cameo during the battle of Exegol in "Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker." Considering how popular both he and Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi are, it's great to see them both back in the modern "Star Wars" spotlight.