EWAN McGregor is set to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the next Star Wars movie.

He will film scenes for the finale of the sequel trilogy directed by JJ Abrams, ­sources in Los Angeles said.

4 Ewan McGregor - pictured as Obi-Wan Kenobi in 'Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace - will return to the Star Wars franchise for the sequel trilogy finale Credit: Lucas Films

4 The Scot last played Obi-Wan Kenobi in 2005's Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith Credit: Alamy

Star Wars fans will have mixed feelings as they have been hoping for a full-scale Obi-Wan spin-off from Disney.

Scot Ewan, 47, last played Obi-Wan in 2005’s Revenge Of The Sith.

A source said: “Ewan will secretly film for the next Star Wars movie.

“Disney have been mulling over a stand-alone film for Obi-Wan. There have been concerns about getting the story right.”

4 An Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off has been rumoured for a while but the latest news seem to put that one to bed Credit: Kobal Collection - Shutterstock

4 The Star Wars sequel trilogy started with The Force Awakens in 2015 - pictured Credit: �Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Right Reserved.

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Kenobi was played in the 1977 original by the late Sir Alec Guinness.

Darth Maul gets cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars The Phantom Menace