Obi wan

[airtime143]

Anyone watching?
I love McGregor as obi wan now that he has aged... I wasn't keen on him in the prequels, but I can totally see him becoming the obi wan I fist saw.

They pretty much have infinite story lines they can use- we don't know shit about his time post anakin and pre- luke.
He can tussle repeatedly with vader and face any number of threats to Luke or Leia- all we know is he successfully shielded them for a couple decades. That could encompass a thousand story lines.

Good so far... except one Supreme gripe.
Princess Leia getting chased through the forest.
The girl who plays her is sooo uncoordinated, and the acting of the guys chasing her and being thwarted was worse than the pratfalls in home alone.

Beyond that, her acting is better than most children in tv shows.

I was all about star wars as a kid, then the prequels were so disappointing to me I never followed up on the last 3.
Then the mandalorian, book of fett, and obi wan have roped me back in.

 

[KittiesKorner]

Spoiler

somehow the empire cares about leia without knowing she's Darth Vader's daughter?

Also, it was pretty funny when they escaped to a planet only to get ghosted and Obi Wan was like "darn,I shouldn't have trusted that guy I met for 30 seconds pretending to be a Jedi".

 

[Penny Traitor]

I love McGregor as obi wan now that he has aged... I wasn't keen on him in the prequels, but I can totally see him becoming the obi wan I fist saw.

Really???

McGregor's Obi Wan may have been the only thing I liked about the prequels. Well, I thought Darth Maul was pretty dope, but he is only a thing for like what?

Twelve minutes of screen time???

Anyway, it's pretty good for Star Wars. I enoyed finally getting more Darth Vader. They should give him the same "limited series" treatment to focus on some of the more horrific stuff he did in the 20 years between 'Revenge of the Sith' & 'A New Hope' before you lose James Earl Jones from this plane of existence.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

I think it’s been terrible even by Disney Star Wars standards

But I’m no super fan like @Mighty Joe Young who has every replica light saber

 

[airtime143]

Really???

McGregor's Obi Wan may have been the only thing I liked about the prequels. Well, I thought Darth Maul was pretty dope, but he is only a thing for like what?

Twelve minutes of screen time???

Anyway, it's pretty good for Star Wars. I enoyed finally getting more Darth Vader. They should give him the same "limited series" treatment to focus on some of the more horrific stuff he did in the 20 years between 'Revenge of the Sith' & 'A New Hope' before you lose James Earl Jones from this plane of existence.

I must admit that Jar Jar immediately destroyed any hope of liking the prequels, and that really skewed my viewpoint.
I never really gave it much of a chance.

.... And Darth Maul getting bifurcated fed in to my annoyance. He could have been awesome over 3 movies rather than a half of a movie.


I have not watched the clone wars animated series- I didnt know Maul survived until I watched Solo. I hear Maul has a part in the clone wars series.
I am very much hoping Maul comes after Kenobi. (again, I dont know if anything in the clone wars series makes that impossible).

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

I must admit that Jar Jar immediately destroyed any hope of liking the prequels, and that really skewed my viewpoint.
I never really gave it much of a chance.

.... And Darth Maul getting bifurcated fed in to my annoyance. He could have been awesome over 3 movies rather than a half of a movie.


I have not watched the clone wars animated series- I didnt know Maul survived until I watched Solo. I hear Maul has a part in the clone wars series.
I am very much hoping Maul comes after Kenobi. (again, I dont know if anything in the clone wars series makes that impossible).

He’s in clone wars and rebels and they are both great animated series. Lots of cool characters in both

 

[Anytime23]

Its a snooze fest. There's nothing new or interesting going on and the little girl who plays Leia is trash.

 

[airtime143]

I don't know if it is intentional or not, but they seem to be following the movie plot skeletons in order.

Episode 1- he is on tatooine and wanting to train a young Jedi.

Episode 2- winds up in an urban environment playing detective.

Episode 3- him and vader have it out, ending with one of them getting char- broiled

Episode 4- he winds up enlisting the help of outsiders to save princess Leia from an empire base.

If it continues to track like that we may see an ice world this week, perhaps Yoda or Qui-gon, a heavily forested world, and it may end with all looking lost and someone captured.


Would be cool if they were loosely tracking the movies.

 

[FozzyBear]

I think it’s been terrible even by Disney Star Wars standards

But I’m no super fan like @Mighty Joe Young who has every replica light saber

Yeah some of the writing is pretty bad.

 

[DrGonzo]

I wanted to like it but it's written for the Disney target audience which is like 7-10 year old girls. It's like they set out determined not to have it drag but it totally drags.

On an unrelated note: Season 4 of Stranger Things is pretty good imo, after it kept getting worse in seasons 2 and 3. Also it uses Albuquerque for the "California" locations and was partly shot on my co-worker's street.

 

[KBIB]

Hmmm The problem with the series is doesn’t look like a Star Wars movie and looks more like a YouTube cosplay fan film. I mean, if you are pulling in McGregor put some of that unlimited Disney money into the sets. You got a character in Darth Vader who everyone wants to see but having him walk around in that city then in some landfill looked like a fan work. Rewatching the mustifar throne room scene the guy in the costume couldn’t even sit straight up.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

Just watched episode 5. They should be embarrassed with themselves that this was the best they could come up with.

 

[bamainatlanta]

The battle "strategery" is quite perplexing. Everyone stand out in the open and shoot from very close ranges without using any sort of cover!

 

[Les Grossman]

The battle "strategery" is quite perplexing. Everyone stand out in the open and shoot from very close ranges without using any sort of cover!

"We captured Kenobi, now take him inside with only a couple storm troopers to look after the Jedi Master... wait what?? He got free??"

Also, the strength of Vader is cool and all but, dude is out there pulling down a space ship, kind makes his fight scenes seem weak.

 

[airtime143]

"We captured Kenobi, now take him inside with only a couple storm troopers to look after the Jedi Master... wait what?? He got free??"

Also, the strength of Vader is cool and all but, dude is out there pulling down a space ship, kind makes his fight scenes seem weak.

All of the movie fight scenes are dwarfed in comparison after what we saw last night.

The cat and mouse toying with reva was absolutely awesome.

It sucks that the vader/ reva fight was hands down my favorite jedi fight scene of all time.

I suppose you could chalk the old fights up to a couple really strong Jedi warriors not being able to pull those blocks off with each other, but after seeing that version of a light Saber duel I would kill to see those same tricks between Luke and vader.

 

[Anytime23]

I love Star Wars and i usually just go with the flow with these new movies and nows but holy shit this show is more boring than Boba Fetts was. Waiting for them to bring baby Yoda back in to get me invested in it. That or Salacious Crumb.

 

[KBIB]

Just watched episode 5. They should be embarrassed with themselves that this was the best they could come up with.

A mini series titled “Obi Wan” should be about Obi wan and not some secondary character nobody gives two shits about.

And not de-aging Haden for the flashbacks wasn’t a good look.

You paid big money for two big names in the SW franchise the least you could have done was spend the money so it looks like a damn Star Wars movie.

And I’m sorry if I piss ppl off, but I’m sick of the whole “diversify Star Wars” shit already.

Good VS Evil, Disney, not woman/race/sex/ VS stupid, cowardly white males, plz

 

[airtime143]

A mini series titled “Obi Wan” should be about Obi wan and not some secondary character nobody gives two shits about.

And not de-aging Haden for the flashbacks wasn’t a good look.

You paid big money for two big names in the SW franchise the least you could have done was spend the money so it looks like a damn Star Wars movie.

And I’m sorry if I piss ppl off, but I’m sick of the whole “diversify Star Wars” shit already.

Good VS Evil, Disney, not woman/race/sex/ VS stupid, cowardly white males, plz

I despise feminism for feminism sake in shows and movies... but in a galaxy where nobody bats an eye at a pig faced dude with a tentacled vagina for a mouth, they could really use more diversification of the humanoids.

I am too busy looking at the ass headed alien to realize they have a human of a darker skin shade.

 

[FozzyBear]

Just watched episode 5. They should be embarrassed with themselves that this was the best they could come up with.

def the best episode with a decent scene, but still straight shit in the scheme of things ..

vader ripping that ship out of the sky then to shreds was cool.. so lets forget about the fire stopping him seconds after he put it out with the force.. so woman power can save the day in a earlier ep..

yeah lets shoot a door for hours or whatever... oh you know what. i gots a saber and will open it.. but they gotta give leia the electrician time though right..

gotta push the agenda and have a woman be a self sacrificing hero too... hey guys get back lemme shoot that door close and thermal myself.... **** using the thermal earlier and getting behind that door..

hopefully filoni kills it with ahsoka..

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

def the best episode with a decent scene, but still straight shit in the scheme of things ..

vader ripping that ship out of the sky then to shreds was cool.. so lets forget about the fire stopping him seconds after he put it out with the force.. so woman power can save the day in a earlier ep..

yeah lets shoot a door for hours or whatever... oh you know what. i gots a saber and will open it.. but they gotta give leia the electrician time though right..

gotta push the agenda and have a woman be a self sacrificing hero too... hey guys get back lemme shoot that door close and thermal myself.... **** using the thermal earlier and getting behind that door..

hopefully filoni kills it with ahsoka..

This show has been a big bait and switch. They used the kenobi name just to turn it into the force is female dumpster fire. This show is so lazily written. The acting seems like a high school film project. Star Wars deserves better than this