![]() ![]() Among other issues, Obi-Wan is all but fine after suffering serious physical and psychological wounds at the hands of Vader at the end of the third episode. It was this episode that had some viewers wondering if the show was in trouble. Not only is episode 4 a lil’ Leia rescue mission just two episodes after the first one, but it is yet another “homage” to a previous Star Wars story, the rescue of Leia from the Death Star in A New Hope, already “reimagined” as the rescue of Rey (Daisy Ridley) from Starkiller Base in The Force Awakens. The show then delivered its first weak episode. The savagery of Vader’s fight with Obi-Wan, the intensity of his hate, and Obi-Wan’s complete lack of preparation for the encounter are moving and disturbing. The episode features a chilling appearance by Darth Vader that rivals even his classic Rogue One appearance. The third episode gave viewers a real belief that Disney had got this series right. More importantly, after spending way too much time on that insufferable sandball, Tatooine, in The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian, Star Wars finally departs for a different hive of scum and villainy: the cool Blade-Runner-ish planet, Daiyu. The second episode, in which Obi-Wan searches for the kidnapped Leia, feels a tad rushed, but the action and VFX are engaging, and the Inquisitor Reva (Moses Ingram) makes for a sufficiently diabolical villain. There are other good bits in the first episode, including an exciting opening sequence in which Younglings escape the Emperor’s Jedi purge from Revenge of the Sith. Do we really need to see Obi-Wan at his blue-collar job three separate times to get a sense of his life in hiding 10 years after the events of the prequels? But viewers had patience with the setup because of the massively reassuring presence of Ewan McGregor (who is even better as the character in the series), as well as the introduction of that precocious future Hutt strangler, 10-year-old Leia Organa (Vivien Lyra Blair). Does this new version indeed “fix” the show’s issues? Is it better? Is it yet another example of how the application of a little more common-sense storytelling and filmmaking could radically improve a flawed original? Obi-Wan Kenobi the series certainly had its problems, but if Disney had opted to go the movie route like Patterson’s edit did, does that make it a better Star Wars experience? Issues with the series Image used with permission by copyright holder ![]()
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