Yep. /facepalm.
I'm ready to pretend the Obi Wan series never happened.
I'm ready to pretend the Obi Wan series never happened.
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The Collective said:
Chipotlemonger said:
Yep. /facepalm.
I'm ready to pretend the Obi Wan series never happened.
What Obi-Wan series? What is this thread, even?
TCTTS said:Chipotlemonger said:
Yep. /facepalm.
I'm ready to pretend the Obi Wan series never happened.
What Obi-Wan series? What is this thread, even?
As I finish this show all I can think is please dear god let the skywalker story Rest In Peace and die. They keep milking it and milking it and making stories that are flat out terrible. The Vader fight was legit cool but makes absolutely zero sense that obiwan has now crippled Vader twice and done nothing about it.
I can't wait for Mando and Ashoka to go their own direction. Give us a new story, give us a really good and intelligent Thrawn. Anything but more skywalker saga storylines.
I can't wait for Mando and Ashoka to go their own direction. Give us a new story, give us a really good and intelligent Thrawn. Anything but more skywalker saga storylines.
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Madmarttigan said:
As I finish this show all I can think is please dear god let the skywalker story Rest In Peace and die. They keep milking it and milking it and making stories that are flat out terrible. The Vader fight was legit cool but makes absolutely zero sense that obiwan has now crippled Vader twice and done nothing about it.
I can't wait for Mando and Ashoka to go their own direction. Give us a new story, give us a really good and intelligent Thrawn. Anything but more skywalker saga storylines.
Done nothing about it? Do you know Obi Wan's character at all? There's a brotherly and fatherly guilt that he carries. Always. He's the most loyal friend you have multiplied by 10x. Oh and he's also the single greatest master of form 3 Soresu. He's essentially a Paladin. Meant to take the blows of his enemies for his friends and strike when only he must. I couldn't connect more with any other character. It's no wonder he's been my favorite character since I was 10-11 years old
I like the first part. But the part about the inquisitor finding out the location of luke skywalker would introduce a plothole. The inquisitor would have just told Vader where his son is.jackie childs said:heard it suggested on a podcast that you could have fixed her arc by simply making her not realize that anakin was vader.KCup17 said:
I specifically tried to not grow jaded towards characters throughout the series but dang Reva was a trash character in this series. What an unsatisfactory end to her character arc...
thinking that through, you can explain her following vader because she wants revenge on anakin and the rest of the jedi. she does bad things with vader to do that, but she's blinded by the need for revenge.
then you have kenobi tell her at the door in episode 5 that anakin is vader and it shakes everything she's thought. that causes her to impulsively attack anakin/vader and leaves her for dead. then you could have one of the other inquisitors find the transmission from Bail about Luke and that inquisitor decides he's going to Tatooine to find the boy that Bail speaks of.
then on Tatooine, you could let Reva be the one to save Luke from the other inquisitor, but she dies in the process. that gives her character a full redemption arc as she does what Anakin failed to do...protect the force sensitive child, and dies at peace.
But yeah, I don't like that just about everyone knows who Vader is.
OSOB
What is the point of that entire last fight other than pure spectacle? They meet out in the middle of nowhere, fight to the brink of death, and yet again, Kenobi just lets him go. And that's AFTER he acknowledges that his old friend is gone. Then they both go their separate ways and both choose to just forget about each other? RidiculousFlaith said:Madmarttigan said:
As I finish this show all I can think is please dear god let the skywalker story Rest In Peace and die. They keep milking it and milking it and making stories that are flat out terrible. The Vader fight was legit cool but makes absolutely zero sense that obiwan has now crippled Vader twice and done nothing about it.
I can't wait for Mando and Ashoka to go their own direction. Give us a new story, give us a really good and intelligent Thrawn. Anything but more skywalker saga storylines.
Done nothing about it? Do you know Obi Wan's character at all? There's a brotherly and fatherly guilt that he carries. Always. He's the most loyal friend you have multiplied by 10x. Oh and he's also the single greatest master of form 3 Soresu. He's essentially a Paladin. Meant to take the blows of his enemies for his friends and strike when only he must. I couldn't connect more with any other character. It's no wonder he's been my favorite character since I was 10-11 years old
OSOB
You expect Disney to follow up intergalactic light saber battles against Vader and mowing down storm troopers to Kenobi alone in the desert? Dream on. Disney has shown over and over now that they can't do anything original. They can't do anything story-driven. They are putting out B-tier fan fiction that make the prequels look like classics. If this **** didn't have the Star Wars brand no one would watch it.Jim01 said:
I haven't read y'all's reaction to todays so as not to get brought down.
That's what I'm frickin talking about! THAT is what I wanted from this series. It felt epic, it looked epic. The duel was great and I enjoyed the dialog. "Your strength has returned, but your weakness remains." Loved Hayden appearing in the way he did, the cracked mask, the blended voice. I really felt like a kid watching that!
The third sister had her issues but I also liked her end. Stepping away and looking at it, a surviving youngling being the lone person to know Luke's identity and being forced to face killing him with what was done to her friends is a story I could get behind. It was a clunky journey but I choose to overlook the warts.
Overall it was just a really nice ending. I just wish the first 5 could have been at that level.
It did leave me interested in a second season. All the fan service/Vader/Leia/Luke stuff is out of the way so maybe it could focus on the lone Obi-wan in the desert aspect of things.
I'll come back and read your takes later. For now I'm just choosing to overlook the stupid moments of the first 5 and enjoy that finale. Big thumbs up on the landing for me!
OSOB
Final episode was best said as "competent" compared to others. However, overall this show was garbage fan fiction and I'm glad it's over.
This goes into my personal not canon list.
This goes into my personal not canon list.
Overall, really liked the last episode.
Not sure if it was discussed, but I think Qui-gon's appearance should have been earlier in the episode, like when he was preparing to separate from the rebels while being pursued by the star destroyer, or when he was stuck underneath the rocks that Vader had entombed him in.
It seemed carelessly tacked on at the end.
Not sure if it was discussed, but I think Qui-gon's appearance should have been earlier in the episode, like when he was preparing to separate from the rebels while being pursued by the star destroyer, or when he was stuck underneath the rocks that Vader had entombed him in.
It seemed carelessly tacked on at the end.
Kenobi should have stolen the Happy Gilmore line to his caddy. After being asked what took him so long, Kenobi should have said… " About Anakin, where were you on that one dip****" and walked away.
YouBet said:
This goes into my personal not canon list.
Bingo!
Uh, the prequels ARE classics.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Uh, the prequels ARE classics.
You kids who grew up with the prequels as the primary Star Wars trilogy never fail to amuse me.
I highly recommend FX's The Old Man with Jeff Bridges, which is incredible so far, if only because THAT'S how you do this story right. There are quite a few similarities, and it's six episodes as well. So damn good.
I was like okay… but why?BenTheGoodAg said:
Overall, really liked the last episode.
Not sure if it was discussed, but I think Qui-gon's appearance should have been earlier in the episode, like when he was preparing to separate from the rebels while being pursued by the star destroyer, or when he was stuck underneath the rocks that Vader had entombed him in.
It seemed carelessly tacked on at the end.
OSOB
It's been done.TCTTS said:
I highly recommend FX's The Old Man with Jeff Bridges, which is incredible so far, if only because THAT'S how you do this story right. There are quite a few similarities, and it's six episodes as well. So damn good.
Life is better with a beagle
I grew up on the original trilogy but also consider the prequels to be classics. Still amused?FL_Ag1998 said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
Uh, the prequels ARE classics.
You kids who grew up with the prequels as the primary Star Wars trilogy never fail to amuse me.
OldShadeOfBlue said:I was like okay… but why?BenTheGoodAg said:
Overall, really liked the last episode.
Not sure if it was discussed, but I think Qui-gon's appearance should have been earlier in the episode, like when he was preparing to separate from the rebels while being pursued by the star destroyer, or when he was stuck underneath the rocks that Vader had entombed him in.
It seemed carelessly tacked on at the end.
Because that's when Obi Wan had finally gotten back on track. Qui-gon's purpose want to guide him, but to train him. Obi Wan had to figure it out for himself.
Well, for one thing, just about every single scene with the lightsabers out was at night time. So that already makes things darker for the viewer. Also, that article goes deep into the technology and I think only a small percentage of people are going to consciously register what's happening.ABATTBQ11 said:
I didn't even notice
https://screenrant.com/obi-wan-kenobi-lightsabers-glow-dark-lighting-problem/amp/
Watching the series now. Everything is great but 3rd sister. She is just a shell of a character. It would be phenomenal if she just was something more than a caricature
You do not have a soul. You are a soul that has a body.
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
I wonder if the 3rd sister scenes came across so poorly b/c the character is trying her best to be evil but deep down she's not. So the extra angry is a compensation, but it just doesn't come across that well to the viewer?
This is called "overthinking".redline248 said:
I wonder if the 3rd sister scenes came across so poorly b/c the character is trying her best to be evil but deep down she's not. So the extra angry is a compensation, but it just doesn't come across that well to the viewer?
Well, yeah, but that's bc I know the actress isn't completely terrible, but her scenes acting extra angry and evil were terrible
redline248 said:
Well, yeah, but that's bc I know the actress isn't completely terrible, but her scenes acting extra angry and evil were terrible
I will admit that I haven't watched the last three episodes. Or two. Whatever it was. Don't even care.
The angry 3rd Sister "you will tell me the location of the rebel base" vs "no I won't!!" from young Leia over and over and over was just so bad.
It was like asking a grade school class to write the script.
Finished it up today. I want more. I don't know where they go from there or if they can do anything from there but I really liked it and want more.
You do not have a soul. You are a soul that has a body.
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
You should watch the finale. One of the most incredible fights I can think of, in terms of what I would expect from proficient force users at least
LPHA said:
You should watch the finale. One of the most incredible fights I can think of, in terms of what I would expect from proficient force users at least
Alright. I'll do it on your recommendation.
except for the boulders that Obi Wan uses, that part looked pretty bad
You won't regret watching that part at least. If you do I don't have anything else for you
If that's not what you'd expect from someone with that much power I don't have a response. I've been waiting for this forever. They're the most powerful beings in the known universe. They should fight with less tumbling