*** OBI-WAN KENOBI *** (Disney+ Series)

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LPHA said:

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
I mean the effects were bad, just specifically on the boulders
I really like that they actually showed people using the force instead of just sword fighting., so it doesnt ruin it for me. Just disappointing.
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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
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? Ridiculous


I can't explain it to you if you don't understand the character. Obi is not going to kill Vader after he's defeated. Remember when Anakin beheaded Dooku, and Obi yelled "no, Anakin!". Jedi code, man. Yeah the universe is better with Vader dead, but there's more nuance to it than that. Obi rides the high ride to the end.
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Although Obi-Wan is actually unconscious when Anakin decapitates Dooku, the point does ring true. Obi-Wan's mission is to get Leia safely back to Alderaan, and he does that by distracting Vader to follow him while the refugee ship gets away.

Obi-Wan has lived with the grief and guilt of killing Anakin for 10 years by the time of the that duel, blaming himself for Anakin's fall, for the events of Order 66, for Padme's death, for all of it. Now he sees / hears that Anakin made those choices on all his own, and is absolved of his guilt. Thus, he is able to commune with Qui-Gon and ultimately learn the power of life beyond death. If he doesn't do that, Luke keeps the targeting computer on and doesn't blow up the Death Star, nor have the faintest idea that there's a little green frog out in the swamps of Dagobah somwhere waiting to train him.
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Touche and excellent follow up post.
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Flaith said:

OldShadeOfBlue said:

Flaith 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
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? Ridiculous


I can't explain it to you if you don't understand the character. Obi is not going to kill Vader after he's defeated. Remember when Anakin beheaded Dooku, and Obi yelled "no, Anakin!". Jedi code, man. Yeah the universe is better with Vader dead, but there's more nuance to it than that. Obi rides the high ride to the end.
Like when he killed Darth Maul? Or the dozens of stormtroopers in this show? He's a Jedi not a Buddhist monk.

I do remember him telling Anakin he was "supposed to destroy the sith, not join them". Not "turn the other cheek to the sith and let them oppress the galaxy.
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Quote:

Remember when Anakin beheaded Dooku, and Obi yelled "no, Anakin!".
The first part happened, the second part did not. Dooku had dropped a platform on OW and he was unconscious. Perhaps you are remembering Episode II, when we clearly hear Qui Gonn yell "No!" as Anakin is slaughtering the sand people.
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Simple. Padme told Kenobi there is still good in him.
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There is a big difference in killing an opponent who is in the midst of trying to kill you and killing an opponent that is so injured they cannot fight back anymore.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yea, I'm focused in on the acting and how even I found myself distracted watching the moment, because I thought Ewan did great work. But, then, yea... so many problems after it marinated for about 30 seconds.
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The Collective said:

Yea, I'm focused in on the acting and how even I found myself distracted watching the moment, because I thought Ewan did great work. But, then, yea... so many problems after it marinated for about 30 seconds.


Agreed. That is why after that great acting having the full might of the Empire coming towards Obi Wan would have been powerful.
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So Palps gives Vader the order to hunt down the remaining Jedi,
Vader carries out that order, even forming the Inquisitors to assist in hunting.
After many years, they find one of the most important living Jedi, and he defeats Vader.
Vader vowing to use the full might of the Empire to get Kenobi.
Palps is like, you seem agitated and basically gives Vader the, "let the past die" speech.

What the hell?!
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Obi-Wan has already kicked his ass twice. Palps is just looking out for his investment. 3rd time could end up with Vader dead.
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Palps should be throwing Vader away after this failure.
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doesn't obi wan kill darth maul in a couple of years? are the Jedi rules more like guidelines?
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The Collective said:

Palps should be throwing Vader away after this failure.
I mean he was pretty much looking for an upgrade once Luke blew up the Death Star.

Obi-Wan killed Maul because Maul was on Tatooine with active knowledge of Luke's existence.
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Ya'll seen this?

THE HUNT... would explain a whole lot about this show

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Decay said:

Ya'll seen this?

THE HUNT... would explain a whole lot about this show


Hard to call it parody when it's exactly what happens
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I don't think Maul's death can be compared to what happened here. Both men were tortured souls but Maul was at the end of his rope when he finally found Kenobi and wanted to die. He wanted a release. The ending made that pretty clear.

Kenobi killing him was an act of mercy and he knew that.
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TexasAggie_02 said:

doesn't obi wan kill darth maul in a couple of years? are the Jedi rules more like guidelines?
Posting again:

There is a big difference in killing an opponent who is in the midst of trying to kill you and killing an opponent that is so injured they cannot fight back anymore.
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OldShadeOfBlue said:

Decay said:

Ya'll seen this?

THE HUNT... would explain a whole lot about this show


Hard to call it parody when it's exactly what happens

They didn't even do the "second ship gets away" scene... It's just so silly.

"Now the hunt has truly, actually, really begun"
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Kevin Smith and marc bernardin covered the finale today, and another good point was brought up.
Leia doesn't react at all when Obi-Wan sacrifices himself, meanwhile Luka is beside himself with grief.

This is roughly 8 years after this tv show takes place, so its just another example of ...why tell the story this way?
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PatAg said:

Kevin Smith and marc bernardin covered the finale today, and another good point was brought up.
Leia doesn't react at all when Obi-Wan sacrifices himself, meanwhile Luka is beside himself with grief.

This is roughly 8 years after this tv show takes place, so its just another example of ...why tell the story this way?
She's also only upset for about 20 seconds when her whole damn planet blows up!
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helloimustbegoing said:

PatAg said:

Kevin Smith and marc bernardin covered the finale today, and another good point was brought up.
Leia doesn't react at all when Obi-Wan sacrifices himself, meanwhile Luka is beside himself with grief.

This is roughly 8 years after this tv show takes place, so its just another example of ...why tell the story this way?
She's also only upset for about 20 seconds when her whole damn planet blows up!
True...they did reinforce her stoicness in the show, lol.
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Leia, as part of the rebellion, has seen loss, including her planet being destroyed, and knows the fight has to continue. Luke just lost his family and his new teacher that was going to show him how to be a jedi. He was probably mostly bummed about that.

She's just better at compartmentalizing
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PatAg said:

Kevin Smith and marc bernardin covered the finale today, and another good point was brought up.
Leia doesn't react at all when Obi-Wan sacrifices himself, meanwhile Luka is beside himself with grief.

This is roughly 8 years after this tv show takes place, so its just another example of ...why tell the story this way?
B^tches be cray.
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PatAg said:

Kevin Smith and marc bernardin covered the finale today, and another good point was brought up.
Leia doesn't react at all when Obi-Wan sacrifices himself, meanwhile Luka is beside himself with grief.

This is roughly 8 years after this tv show takes place, so its just another example of ...why tell the story this way?


Because Star Wars can't help but put as many "strong" women into the universe and make up for the damn 70s/80s obsession with white dude heroes?

Unless, of course, they get a woman who does a great job of being a strong character (and loved by fans) but happens to put a conservative viewpoint on Twitter. Cancelled! It's much easier for Disney to just put out garbage scripts and deflect all criticism as more white dude being sexist/racists, which is why we need more women!!!!
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I'd just like to use this point in time to mention, if you love Ewan Magregor to watch Long Way Round/Down/Up. Ewan and one of his Brit actor buddies decide to make a round the world motorcycle trip

Round is from London->NYC via Europe, Russia, Mongolia, Canada, US

Down is Scotland ->Cape Town. This includes Obi Wan going to the Lars homestead in Tunisia shortly after filming RotS

up is Chile->LA. "Done" on electric bikes. Weakest of the three.

All on appleTv

It's basically part Travel show, part buddy comedy.
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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.
i agree with most of this. as you note, there are multiple way to explain why Obi Wan would walk away. maybe the Empire interferes...maybe Obi Wan has to rush off to save Luke or Leia...maybe Obi Wan just cannot bring himself to pull the trigger. We not only didn't get any of that, but we got statements from Obi Wan like "this ends today!" and "i'll do what i must" that directly contradict a decision to walk away. we've known all along that Obi Wan and Vader would clash at least once and we know that both survive, so it is just really troubling that they so badly mangled it.
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Also reading Ewan McGregror's Wikipedia, I didn't realize he and Denis Lawson (Wedge) are from the same hometown.
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ChipFTAC01 said:

Also reading Ewan McGregror's Wikipedia, I didn't realize he and Denis Lawson (Wedge) are from the same hometown.
You know they're related, right?
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ChipFTAC01 said:

Also reading Ewan McGregror's Wikipedia, I didn't realize he and Denis Lawson (Wedge) are from the same hometown.
They're even related.
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You didn't actually expect me to read down to the 5th paragraph of his Wikipedia, did you?

Now I sort of recall that fact.
 
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