helloimustbegoing said:
The Collective said:
To me, Kenobi ended up being very similar to the prequels. It is mostly poorly conceived, but Ewan McGregor is still great no matter what you feed him. The apology to Anakin was well delivered. It is disappointing to get his ability wasted.
I'd like to think in that moment, Obi-Wan thinks of all his misery and agony of the past 10 years, then envisions what those 10 years have been like for Anakin - utterly trapped in the suit, subservient to the Emperor, literally no one to talk to about anything. Wife dead by his own hand. The addition of Hayden in the suit 10 years later and seeing his face in there is a great visual to bridge the PT and OT.
He legitimately murdered Children and confessed that he was unredeemable. Additionally, Obi Wan is watching Luke and Leia to protect them from Vader and the Emperor and he passed on ending the threat, because of feelings? He is waiting for Luke to grow up to defeat Vader, I guess he didn't want to cheat Luke out of his journey.
It really is hard to imagine that Obi-Wan would just walk away. Honestly, it would have been far better writing to simply have Obi Wan pause like Luke did with Kylo Ren and then have a squadron of TIE Fighter strafe him and the Grand Inquisitor and a couple of Brothers and Sisters fall out of a shuttle with spinning sabers. This would show the might of the Empire, give Obi Wan a reason to bug out, and show Vader getting rescued. You would still get the turmoil inside Obi Wan and give him a plausible reason to leave Vader alive.
Instead he walks away to go and give Leia a big hug on Alderaan while he knows he willing left the biggest threat to her and her family alive.
Honestly, this show did more to tarnish Obi Wan than anything else.