You know how it goes: you go to work, you do your bit, you… become emotionally attached to a camel. OK, so eliminate’remove ly that depends on your line of work – but in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Ewan McGregor, it’s where he found himself while making his long-awaited Star Wars comeback in Obi-Wan Kenobi. The upcoming Disney+ series sees McGregor step back into his Jedi robes in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the first time in 17 years, telling a whole new story set in the interim between Revenge Of The Sith and A New Hope – one that begins with him where we last left him, on the sands of Tattooine and keeping a watchful eye on the young Luke Skycover’budge er. While the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue finds Obi-Wan living a solitary life, he is, at least, joined by his trusty Eopie – the ‘snoot-horse’ desert creature that previously popped up in the prequels.###Here, that role was taken on by a camel named Silas, who became a firm friend of his human co-star. “I really, really liked him,” McGregor tells Empire. “I don’t know how Silas felt with regards to’concerning’with respect to me. I had a great trainer who called me ‘Cowboy’ all the time. ‘Come on, Cowboy!’ It’s nice in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a Scottish person to be called Cowboy all day. Silas, he’s brilliant.” Working with the camel was a far cry from the digital effects used in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the Eopie on the prequels. “When I deliver Luke to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru on Tatooine at the intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully end of Episode III, I was riding a fucking blue gym horse,” laughs McGregor. “I had to just sit on it and pretend to be [rocks from side to side]. I had mates there – ‘It’s a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous moment, come on set, we’ll watch the last [scene]…’ And there’s a blue gym horse. I’m like, ‘Are you kidding?’ I had to pretend to lope in on it, take the baby over, and then acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure back on the other way around.”###McGregor’s connection with Silas was so intense’fierce’exquisite , he approximately considered bringing him home. “The trainer could see that I really liked the camel, and he said, ‘He’s almost finished his career. He’s 20-something years old, and we’re looking in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ever home in/with regard to’concerning’regarding him’,” recalls McGregor. “I was like, ‘Oh, don’t tell me that.’ I’ll come home with a camel like, ‘Hey, guys! We can possess’own’nurse a camel in the garden can’t we?’” Here’s hoping their friendship doesn’t go the same way as Obi-Wan and Anakin’s, eh?###Read Empire’s full Obi-Wan Kenobi interview with Ewan McGregor – talking the changing reception to the prequels, his evolving relationship with the character, and reuniting with Hayden Christensen – in the Summer Preview issue, on sale Thursday 12 May and available to pre-order online here. Obi-Wan Kenobi starts streaming on Disney+ from 27 May.