So, emotions are high anyway, given how much we loved his portrayal back during the prequels. With the 17-year anniversary of Revenge of the Sith just happening, it’s been a good while since we’ve seen Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi. I didn’t expect to cry hearing Owen call him “Ben,” and yet, here we are. It already was a lot to unpack given that Owen threw what happened to Anakin back in Obi-Wan’s face, but somehow the full scene is even more emotional than we could have imagined. There, he obviously comes in contact with Uncle Owen (played by Joel Edgerton from the prequels), and in the new official clip, we get to see more of their interaction (that we first saw in the trailer for the series). We know that Obi-Wan Kenobi is watching over Luke Skywalker and that he’s trying to keep his eyes on Anakin’s son on Tatooine. And it is one that backs a wallop of a punch. Have at me on Twitter or Facebook, rebel scum.Obi-Wan Kenobi is heading our way this coming Friday, May 27th, and with it now comes an official clip from the series. And I mentioned liking the fact that Ben started finally using his lightsaber and the Force. I do think Ewan McGregor continues to do a bang-up job, and that scene with Vader rushing at Reva was pretty cool. I don’t get the point of this show at all. Maybe we’ll get a cool Obi-Wan / Anakin flashback? I just don’t know. Honestly, with just two episodes left and virtually no meaningful character development or anything resembling a story anyone actually cares about, I’m just not sure where this is headed. In Episode 5, Mando and Baby Yoda will show up to save the day just like The Book Of Boba Fett! Why does Reva think this small child knows all about ‘The Path’ even though she’s only five years old?.Tala hides a body in plain sight after killing another officer.until he talked briefly about how the Inquisition killed his wife and now, yeah, sure he’ll help. The rebel guy who absolutely would not help Ben save Leia.Put Leia in a cart or a bag or something, problem solved. Tala could have also hopped into a Stormtrooper uniform since she had blown her cover already. Why didn’t the bearded, hooded Obi-Wan Kenobi ditch the robes and hide his face in a Stormtrooper uniform? It would A) be a better disguise (none of the Imperial officers have beards!) and B) a nice little callback to A New Hope. (And yes, there are some Easter Eggs in the admittedly cool (if disturbing) tomb within the fortress, such as Jedi Tera Sinube, but this isn’t enough!)ĭude, come on. There’s just such a rich universe of material to plumb, and yet Disney and Lucasfilm seem intent to offer up the most uninteresting, uninspired parts of it, focusing on a precocious thimble-sized six-year-old girl instead of, well, any number of fascinating bits and pieces and characters from The Clone Wars, Rebels etc. I know people were hoping for more Clone Wars cameos, Easter Eggs, plot-lines, but so far we’ve had more of those in The Mandalorian than here. This laser focus on Leia and Vader and the Skywalker stuff means that a lot of other characters from Kenobi’s past have simply not made an appearance. Even if Reva didn’t sense the Force inside her, Leia is exposed as a Jedi sympathizer years before she passes her note, via R2-D2, to General Obi-Wan Kenobi.Īll this is now in disarray for no good reason.Īnd speaking of good reason, why are they not immediately taking Leia back to Alderaan at this point? It’d be funny since then Vader would just track her there and Obi-Wan would, presumably, be long gone. She was supposed to be somewhat sheltered and protected on Alderaan, not in the thick of things by the age of ten. The moment Reva tried to poke inside her brain she’d know Leia had Force powers slumbering inside her. Yes, she comes to help the rebellion but we can assume that this is due to her father, Bail Organa, and his careful antipathy toward the Emperor.Ĭapturing Leia at this age and dragging her to the Fortress Inquisitorius exposes her immediately to the Emperor and his minions. That Leia is tough from the outset, but she’s spent her life as a princess and a diplomat relatively sheltered from the Empire. It also makes no sense for her later character, the grown Leia we meet in A New Hope and fall in love with over the course of the original trilogy. She feels a lot like a repeat of Grogu from The Mandalorian but less interesting, with a less interesting relationship developing between her and Kenobi. The actor is fine, but she comes across as a smart seven or eight-year-old, not ten. This should be a show about Obi-Wan Kenobi and maybe even a show about Kenobi rescuing Force-sensitive youth, but Leia is a mistake for several reasons. I’m sorry, but Leia was just a huge mistake here. I have a couple other big problems: Big Problem #1: Leia Obi-Wan Kenobi is weak and needs protection.
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