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EWAN McGregor says he'd love to return to the Star Wars franchise and work on the story from Episode Three.

Ewan who played young Obi Wan Kenobi said of the new Star Wars VII film : "I'm excited as everyone else and am looking forward it seeing it.

"It's not a fanatical thing. I'm really pleased I'm part of the legacy of it and happy to see it and I've seen the trailer and it looks like they've absolutely nailed it."

In conversation with Edith Bowman during the Edinburgh film Fest at the Lyceum Theatre he joked: "I'm not sure about the hilt on the lightsaber. If you fight with a lightsaber properly you don't need one.

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"I'd be happy to do the story from episodes three where I finish up and Alec Guinness starts."

Ewan also said he was overwhelmed when he first saw his uncle Denis Lawson playing Wedge on the big screen for Star Wars.

He said: "I remember going to see him in Star Wars in my shorts and red socks when my mum picked us up from school. I was six and it blew my brains out and that was it. I remember saying of Denis when I was nine I want to be an actor."

Ewan also said he'd consider making a second Trainspotting film with Danny Boyle.

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