Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

• Year: 2022
• Released: 27 May 2022
• Country: United States
• Adwords: Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. 5 wins & 31 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8466564/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/obi_wan_kenobi
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: TV-14
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
• Runtime: min
• Writer: N/A
• Director: N/A
• Cast: Ewan McGregor, Moses Ingram, Vivien Lyra Blair
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7.1/10

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Fails to Justify Its Existence

Lucasfilm needs to let the past go. This and Boba Fett were so mediocre. It should be a telling sign that the only show with new characters and stories (Mando) is the only one that’s succeeding to capture our hearts.

Obi Wan had a few fun moments with a solid climax but the rest of the show was full of boring filler, non-compelling new characters, and an on-the-nose precocious child Leía who could dodge adult assassins with a 10 year old light jog. The ultimate character journeys for Obi Wan and Anakin were not significantly expanded upon – we’re left pretty much at the same place as the end of Revenge of the Sith.

Maybe some fans appreciate a plethora of content, but to me this seems like an uninspired notch on the bedpost for the Disney+ repertoire to present at shareholder meetings. Sagas have value because they have a beginning and end. Otherwise if we keep bleeding it dry there’s nothing special about It anymore. I’d rather see new characters and new adventures and respect our old heroes by letting them rest in their place in history. Let’s move forward.

Hold On – I Watched All 6 Episodes

I waited until all of the episodes were released before passing a final judgement on this. I can say I’m glad I did, as the first couple episodes were 3/10 stars for a tv show with the latter being more toward a 7/10.

With that said, I’m trying rate this show as a whole. Would I recommend it to anyone? Would I watch it again?

It’s hard to slap a number on this. I did like it more than the recent film trilogy despite it being very campy at times (tbh I’m not entirely sure if that was at all intended, which make some moments even more hilarious) with a weak and noticeable production value that did take a lot of the enjoyment out of it for me.

Reva’s arc was a classic Star Wars story that actually justifies its existence in the end, even if it does it poorly. Why it was such a centerpiece in a show titled Kenobi… I dunno. Honestly I think this show would have received much less backlash if it was simply titled something else.

Taking everything into consideration, would I recommend it to anyone? I would recommend it to anyone that loved the prequels. I do think it falls out of purview for mostly anyone else though.

Would I watch it again?

Yes, I will rewatch a few of the episodes just for some of Vader’s sequences, as much as I don’t want to admit it. The last few episodes focus more on the relationship between ‘Ben’ Kenobi and Anakin, which in turn give us a better transition of Anakin to Vader than the films did alone.

This show is dumb, light hearted and sometimes heavy. It’s a very true to form Star Wars story with the exception of having poorer production and slightly lesser quality in writing, and if you can laugh at the scenes where the child outruns bounty hunters by walking, you’ll get some enjoyment out of this.

If you wanted a purely serious tv series based on Kenobi like I did, you won’t get that. But maybe you’ll find something passable in the meantime.

6/10.

The Sad Fate of Star Wars continues…

And Kathleen Kennedy is to blame no doubt.

The entire franchise was not only explored and fleshed out almost fully years ago, but had properly explained the Force, all the various users of it, Emperor Palpatine, his real motivation behind creating The Empire, etc. Even stories revolving around the children of Luke, and Leia & Han and other characters were well done enough to satisfy og Star Wars fans. From the first films release in 1977 to the eventual move to novels and comic books, the latter of which fully took the reigns during the late 2000s, and ended in 2011 and directly there after. EVERYTHING needed to create more movies and tales had already been done to compltion, and the world could have been in awe and given over a handful of films continuing the direct saga of Star Wars… But it was not to be simply because of the idiots at Disney that never bothered to read a single comic or book on the franchise.

And as a result, the show of Obi Wan is but another retcon and reimagining which does not pay proper homage, respect, or tribute to how the epic mythos of Star Wars could have, and should have been. Instead we are subject to a fairly boring, lazy, and pulled out of thin air meaningless romp that felt as hollow as the 7th through 9th films of recent years that helped to spell the downfall of what was once so great and awesome.

The only reason I gave Obi Wan a 5/10 was due to Haden’s return since nobody else should have played the character of Anakin/Darth Vader. I have no idea if the fellow has been doing well or needed the money, but at the least I am sure he and Ewan Mcgregor had some respect and loyalty to the true nature of how Star Wrs used to be…and thus gave us something akin to a minor amount of satisfaction. We all know how things end with the franchise. We all know what happens to all the characters. They can keep pumping out Mandalorian or Fett stories or anything, but Disney has tarnished, if not almost completely ruined Star Wars.

Stick to the first 6 movies at least, and at most include Rogue One, The CGI Clone Wars show, and articles regarding the novels surrounding the years after Return of the Jedi that were written over a decade ago. I mean you can even include Rebels, The Bad Batch, and Mandalorian for all I care. Its just sad how little it all matters anymore thanks to all the blundering and idiocy from Diseny and their flunkies. *smfh *