Ewan McGregor (DVD) is learning his mouth can soon become as talked about as his penis. Though, as with the latter, it depends on what’s coming out of it.

Recent reports have hinted at Ben Kenobi’s apparent dislike of George Lucas’ new Star Wars (DVD) trilogy, saying they’re not a patch on the original movies. 

This is true and not true at the same time. They’re nowhere near as good as the originals (perhaps because Lucas directed all three?), but it doesn’t really matter. They’re all good fun and certainly better than sticking your head in a gas oven for a couple of hours.

McGregor insists these untrue reports are a result of him grumbling about filming the new trilogy, and not the finished products as seen by everyone in the civilized.

"I’ve never said that I’m disappointed with the films to anybody, because it’s not true. I’ve talked about the process of making them being difficult, because it is.”

And that beard must have itched like a sonofabitch.

"There’s no question that standing in front of a green curtain acting to a bit of marker tape stuck on a stand instead of acting with another actor isn’t what we’re trained or prepared to do.”

He’s got a point. Time for a bit of slack cutting we fancy. Ewan McGregor makes some decent movies, Big Fish (DVD) being his most underrated so far, and he always comes across like a stand up fellow. He reputedly wanted to wallop some showbiz reporter in the noggin over photos of his kids turning up in Heat magazine.

That’s good enough for us. You’re off the list, Mr. G.

Now please send us a lightsaber.

[story by Chris Laverty]