I feel weird about it. It isn't until you finish a movie, show, or book that you start to feel like you've waited a long time. It's over, the mysteries are solved, and yet you can't believe it happened. I absolutely enjoyed Obi-Wan Kenobi, but I have a lot of questions about it and will think about it for a long time. I was worried that the show would cheapen the interactions between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. The mere existence of this show made it seem like there was some choice dialogue between them. After the first episode, I began to worry about Princess Leia. Her message to Obi-Wan in that film didn't mesh with the fact that she had a relationship with him. With both of those questions still on the table, I was a bit worried.
The finale addressed some of the remaining concerns. Vader refers to his last meeting with Obi-Wan as him being a "Learner" after Obi-Wan dominated the Sith Lord in this episode. Obi-Wan called himDarth to link that up. The last time she talked to Obi-Wan he told her to pretend to not know each other. It explains why she addresses him as having served my father during the Clone Wars. Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers saved me and a Jedi Hunter tried to kill Darth Vader.
The fact that the finale episode summed up a lot of what I wanted to say about Obi-Wan was my biggest revelation. This show is what caused those questions to arise. 45 years of believing whatever you wanted to about A New Hope wouldn't have been a problem without the show. I am not sure whether or not the show was successful in justifying its existence in a way that helped us understand the character.
At the beginning of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan is scared to reveal that he is a Jedi and wants to teach his son how to use the Force. He walks around with his lightsaber again, and agrees that he should be a normal child. There's a lot of growth there. He is able to finally see the Force Ghost of his master, Qui-Gon Jinn, thanks to a peace that he attained. We think that Obi-Wan will eventually have a mentor-mentee relationship with his new friend, and that the old master and apprentices will share the same type of mentor-mentee relationship. Does any of that make sense of this six-episode story? Is it relevant that Obi-Wan was so conflicted? Isn't that implied by the end of Revenge of the Sith? Is it necessary for us to see this particular story to comprehend that?
This is going to be a long one because all of that is getting ready for the recap. After the end of the previous episode, Reva and Owen were looking for each other on Tatooines. We will never know how she got there, but dark siders are good at surviving mortal wounds. Owen was warned that a young girl was shopping in a store like Watto, so he rushed to see her.
The story on Tatooine was related to the escape of the ship. In previous Star Wars films, the Imperial Star Destroyer is seen as a big deal. It's not here, though. The Star Destroyer is having trouble disabling or destroying the slow, damaged ship because everyone on board is calm. Obi-Wan decided the only way to save everyone else was to give up. He told everyone on the plane that they were the future. It doesn't come to fruition in the main canon Star Wars stories but it's fine. Thanks to the help of Haja, she calms down and understands, even though she doesn't want him to leave. He promised to see her again.
Vader abandons the ship filled with Force sensitive kids and Jedi sympathizers because Obi-Wan's plan worked. Owen wanted to run from the Inquisitor that was coming after them but Beru told him they needed to stay and fight. Seeing Aunt Beru with a blaster fighting for her farm was one of the highlights of the season. You should drink a blue milk after this traumatic experience. It was cool to get an action scene in the homestead, a place we have been several times but never really visited. The two farmers are no match for Reva and they are forced to run for their lives while she follows with evil intent.
This setting was much cooler than the one I was complaining about in episode three. The fight was really good. Vader and Kenobi used their full strength, but they aren't as strong as they were before, so things were a little slower. Vader thought he had killed Obi-Wan and buried him under the rocks. We have never seen Obi-Wan put ass-whooping on Vader like he did in this movie. It's absolutely true. Vader looks good even when he loses. Is this the place? It is not possible to say yes. Fans have been waiting for the money shot since the show was revealed and Obi-Wan crushed him by going after the box on his chest first. There is a broken mask and a person dressed as a fictional character.
Ahsoka Tano is going to do the exact same thing to the other side of Vader's mask a few years after this. It was a special moment to see Hayden Christensen battered and burned in the film. The best part of this episode was the exchange between the two people. In the later films, we see a real devolution of Vader, as well as a belief in the existence of his old friend. Vader said, "You didn't kill the Jedi." I did, that's right. The master knows that his friend is dead and beyond saving.
Thanks to lightspeed, Obi-Wan makes it back to Tatooine in the nick of time. He, Owen, and Beru saw Reva return the boy when he got there. Reva failed her friends because she didn't killLuke to get back at Vader. She was told by Obi-Wan that her future is whatever she wants it to be. Fans will talk about that future for a long time.
The Return of the King impression by Obi-Wan was the best of the bunch. Ian McDiarmid is expected to make an appearance in Vader's report back to Palpatine. Vader pledges his loyalty to the Dark Lord of the Sith, clearing the way for him to not see Obi-Wan for a long time. In order to fulfill his promise, Obi-Wan came back to Alderaan to see Leia and tell her about the good qualities she got from her parents. It was a touching moment due to the John Williams theme. On Tatooine, Obi-Wan leaves his cave for a hut in A New Hope. The first thing he does is stop by the place where the two of them met. The Jedi spoke in a funny way. There is a revelation that you have a long way to go. About a decade or so.
The finale of Obi-Wan was an entertaining piece of television that had a few truly killer moments. I want to know if we need any of that. Did we need a long period of time to show that Obi-Wan cared about them more than anything? Did the show explore why? If you hadn't watched Star Wars before, I'm not sure if that was clear or relevant.
Reva, a Jedi youngling who went undercover with the Inquisitors to try and get revenge on Darth Vader, may have been the story of Obi-Wan. That is a wonderful story. Now that the series is over, you can't say that it was the point because it wasn't the most important part.
It was a hat on a hat for Obi-Wan. You already have a hat, but it is a nice hat. Is that other hat what you needed? You didn't. I feel mixed on the series because the main purpose of the show was to answer questions I didn't need answers to, instead of posing new ones. The team behind it did a great job. It's time for a change.
The big question right now. Is there a second season of Obi-Wan Kenobi? It is possible. The Obi-Wan page is referred to as a "special event" finale by Disney+. The door for more was not opened or closed. There are adventures that don't have anything to do with Darth Vader, more Reva, more Inquisitors, more Force GhostQui-Gon, etc.
You know what. Don't let's not. The longer the story goes, the more likely it is that there will be consequences to Star Wars. Let's do a Reva show Those Force-sensitive kids should be followed by us. Quinlin Vos was mentioned. Let us know what he is up to. Is it possible to leave Obi-Wan in peace? He's deserving of it.
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