Obi-Wan Kenobi [Spoilers Allowed]

[Whill]

[Grimace]

I had no expectations, save for the "Obi Wan will be an 'old hermit' by the time of Star Wars original movie".

Comparing it only to The Mandalorian (my favorite) and Book of Boba Fett (watched as many episodes of it now as I have of Obi Wan).

The sets on Obi Wan look fake-ish. The desert looks phony. The scenes look odd in some way. Almost "not real".

I dislike how the action all seems to take part "in a bubble". Basically, where the main event is taking place, that is all that seems to exist, and everything outside of that doesn't exist or even register the existance of the things in the "bubble".

Examples: Episode 1 - 3rd Sister cuts the hand off of a gal for speaking up how the Inquisitors don't have authority in that town. Besides the rather fake looking hand that falls on the ground, once 3rd Sister focuses her attention on Owen, no one else exists or does anything. There's no wails of pain, no gasps of shock from the multitude of people standing around. No people fleeing to get away from the crazy lady swinging the lightsaber and cutting off hands. You don't see the lady clutching her stump in pain. You never see anyone draw a blaster. 3rd Sister then threatens Owen and that entire time you still just have people standing around like it was a day in the park, just seconds after a lady had her hand cut off. A "bubble".

Episode 2 - Leia runs from Obi Wan and some random alien guy grabs Leia, making grunting sounds and not trying to actually run away with her...just grabbing her and grunting. Obi Wan shoots the guy. There's multiple blaster shots fired. You hear a couple of shots of shock at the thing, one guy tries to draw his blaster but Obi Wan attacks him and takes him down. Everyone else just stands around looking while this goes on. Obi Wan runs up to Leia, Leia talks, then runs further away. This is obviously an Imperial world. They show Imperial troops around in various areas. Where is the calls for the troops? Where is the people shouting for justice, or pointing the direction Obi Wan went after shooting a guy? It seems like once they leave the 'area of engagement', all of the bystanders go back to being just people milling around and talking with one another. Another "bubble".


Oh, I was entertained when I watched the shows, but not really enthused about continuing to watch them. So many of the sets look so fake. The rooftop scenes in Episode 2 looked atrociously fake. I really don't care for the brash 3rd Sister. She hot-headed, impulsive, obsessive, and until she taunts Obi Wan in the storage room, never exhibits any sense of calculation or cunning. She's a brute force, and not at all interesting. The Inquisitor she kills is more interesting. The other Inquisitor with the helmet is more interesting, and they get less time on screen. I guess she's only ever gone after Younglings with no real lightsaber training, because if she want against anyone with any sort of lightsaber training she would likely get her tail end handed to her because of her impulsive, reckless demeanor. I know, they're trying to convey she's acting from the Dark Side, which is chaotic. Fine. Then keep her like that. The transition to a taunting, cunning bad guy in the storage area just seemed like an about-face to try to make her into a dangerous, recurring villain that Obi Wan must be afraid of.

Add in that the whole concept of Obi Wan going to Tattooine was to disappear and watch over Luke. He CAN'T fight Inquisitors on Tattoine, as it would bring too much attention to the planet. And he can't watch over Luke always going to other planets and having adventures. So how are they going to make a series where a person is TRYING to disappear be interesting? His days consist of doing a menial job and going home. Over and over. Obviously that was successful, otherwise he wouldn't be alive come the movie and Luke would remain undiscovered that entire time.

So, honestly, I'm probably don't watch Obi Wan with any sort of regularity. It was just "okay-ish" for me. Too fake looking. Too many instances of things happening in a bubble. And the seeming desire to turn it into a lightsaber swinging action fest, has me worried. That's not the way to keep Obi Wan off the radar and have Luke remain undiscovered. The 3rd Sister villain is just ho-hum. Honestly unthreatening, just pompous and brash, reckless and prone to just going off on her own. Reminds me of Kylo Ren a bit.

[TauntaunScout]

It's not bad, it's decent entertainment. But it's worse than TBOBF which in turn was worse than TM.

The music is a huge letdown for me, for a Star Wars property though.

[Whill]

[Whill]

So I rewatched Part 3 between yesterday and today. There are some head-scratchers, for sure.

The middle of an open field on a hill in the day time is a really stupid spot for an underground contact meet-up.

Leia acted exactly like a I had imagined a 10 year-old Leia would (trying to take charge and talking too much), but that was a boneheaded slip-up of Obi-Wan to call her "Leia" in front of the stormtroopers, right after he had been so insistent on their cover story.

The stormtroopers who Freck picked up had been out actively looking for a Jedi, but weren't very suspicious of Obi-Wan when they got on the truck. One got angrily suspicious after Obi-Wan called Leia a different name than they had been told her name was, but still had no idea that Obi-Wan might be the Jedi they were actually looking for.

Why didn't Obi-Wan use the Jedi mind trick on the stormtroopers?

In the tunnel of the underground railroad for Force-sensitives, Jedi had signed their names and drawn Jedi symbols on the wall. That doesn't seem like a very wise thing to do if you are being hunted down by the Empire.

Kenobi V Vader Round 2 was very underwhelming. I get that Obi-Wan was rusty, but he was acting like a padawan, not a former Jedi Master on the High Council. Now I'm sure there will be another round before this is all over, but the first meeting of these character in 10 years should have been a bit better. And they should have used more John Williams in the scoring, with some direct musical references back to the epic battle on Mustafar.
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[Mamatried]

I thought Obi Wan would use all the slag hills to gain high ground....

[Whill]

...I forgot one above...

Only the probe droid can identify Obi-Wan? It doesn't make any sense that the stormtroopers on the planet weren't given a stock image of Obi-Wan to know who to look for. If the probe droid can transmit a recording of Obi-Wan to the Mustafar system instantaneously right before he destroyed it, then the Inquisitorius could have transmitted a stock image of Obi-Wan to the stormtroopers on the planet.
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[Whill]

From this thread's OP

[Ninja-Bear]

My son and I also questioned why Tala left Leia alone when obviously Leia is important to him. (Naturally it was a plot point). My brother though was irritated that Reva figured out where the tunnel went and beat Leia to the pilot. We’re still watching it though. I’ve still seen worse.

[ThrorII]

[TauntaunScout]

I didn't like the most recent episode. The special effects for the scenes with ships and speeders seemed kinda chintzy and unconvincing. The snowspeeder hovering in place to shoot repeatedly at someone (who had no trouble parrying blaster CANNONS with a lightsaber) was also pretty goofy looking to me.

[Whill]

[Mamatried]

Does anyone hava a writeup on Wade?

[CommanderFocs]

Episode 4 of the Kenobi show and the 2019 video game Jedi Fallen Order definitely have some similarities. Jedi Fallen Order follows the adventure of the main character Cal Kestis, who is a young Jedi who survived Order 66. Personally, I really enjoyed the game and would recommend it to any Star Wars fan. Now, the similarities between the Kenobi show and Jedi Fallen Order.

-For starters, the Fortress Inquisitorius on the planet Nur, which both Cal Kestis and Obi-Wan Kenobi enter very similarly, both entering the fortress underwater.

-I also have to mention Purge Troopers. Although the Purge Troopers in the Kenobi show have a different helmet design and maybe some slight armor changes, the color scheme is still the same as in Jedi Fallen Order and they are still Purge Troopers.

-Tala Durith's role as a female ally for Obi-Wan Kenobi mirrors Cere Junda's role in Fallen Order. Both Tala and Cere are a female ally that helps a male, Jedi main character.

-Obi-Wan Kenobi and Cal Kestis both broke an underwater Fortress Inquisitorius window to flood a hallway and escape their opposition.

-Obi-Wan Kenobi and Cal Kestis are both a male, Jedi main character who face a named, female inquisitor. Cal faces the 2nd sister, Trilla, and Obi-Wan faces the 3rd sister, Reva.

There are 5 similarities between episode 4 of the Kenobi show and the video game Jedi Fallen Order that I noticed.
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[Whill]

Thank you!



I do like the new Purge Trooper design a bit better.