Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer
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I liked this third episode a lot. The return of a certain someone definitely turned the series up a notch. I feel this episode helped move the series overall from about a 7/10 to an 8/10. Hoping the ceiling’s even higher over the back half.
Not going to comment on the particulars of this episode yet as not to spoil. But, I will say I thought the main acting detractors from episode 1-2, Leia and Reva weren’t as cringy thankfully.. They’re still not great by any means, but they weren’t as bad either. Less and better dialogue helped IMO.
Not going to comment on the particulars of this episode yet as not to spoil. But, I will say I thought the main acting detractors from episode 1-2, Leia and Reva weren’t as cringy thankfully.. They’re still not great by any means, but they weren’t as bad either. Less and better dialogue helped IMO.
Isn’t Lando pretty much the coolest Star Wars character of all?
And Mace Windu.
They always do this with female characters. Yell sexism or racism and hide behind identity politics as a way to disregard all criticism.
People don’t like crap characters and they can smell a forced woke agenda a mile away when it comes to casting and writing . It’s as simple as that. Disney Star Wars has not been subtle at all about their agenda- Force Awakens, Rogue One, Last Jedi, all good examples of this.
I'm just glad it took a turn for the better. Couldn't be much worse with those two, but maybe it's a sign of things to come
I don't care for the show. I see what it's trying to do, but honestly Obi-Wan's character never was likable. He just sat around and complained a lot and was ineffective when it counted, and he doesn't seem much different. He bitches constantly and he's a big negative nancy. Plus, he doesn't seem to have much force power left so he is essentially a weakling. I find myself bored with the show to be honest. When Indira Varma showed up in episode 3 I suddenly got interested (She was in a mainstream movie back in the mid 90s called Kama Sutra, among other things). But she wasn't involved in very much action. Kumail Nanjiani sticking around would have been great too.
Eh. His character was, like every other character, crappy in the prequels because those movies are absolute swill.
This series is pretty awesome, imo.
The Clone Wars animated series did a lot for Kenobi’s background IMHO.
What's the best way to watch that? I've never considered watching any of the animated stuff but people rave about that series.
Not sure exactly what you are asking, but both Clone Wars and Rebels are on Disney+.
Ah, I got you now.
This article has the correct order in it. But honestly, I just watched the seasons in order and it was generally fine.
This article has the correct order in it. But honestly, I just watched the seasons in order and it was generally fine.
-the market has been saturated with star wars programing of late. It's great for the hard-core fans, I reckon...watched 2/3rds of the mandalorian and stopped, it was middling at best(for the general population at least). Same with Marvel...when it's ubiquitous it loses its "specialness". With limited TV time in the budget I'm gonna look for more original stuff.
Natalie Portman comes off the worst because of the dialogue.
Phantom Menace was horrific and it and The Last Jedi are the two worst Star Wars movies. However, Episode III Revenge of the Sith is awesome. I loved it.
Yeah, I didn't watch Mandalorian until last fall so I held off for two years. It's oversaturated. I didn't check out Boba Fett because of that----just too much and didn't seem necessary. I like McGregor and Hayden's roles in the prequels so the Obi-Wan Kenobi series intrigued me. I like it but Reva is sooo awful and the worst part of the show. Any time she's on screen is a weak part.
Hmm. One of the head writers didn't know the story to the point that when informed that Kenobi knew Annakin they wondered if they could explore how they had met in the past...
Yeah, that’s who you want working on your show- hardcore left wing activists and people who don’t know anything about your product.
What in the hell was that last episode? It seemed like a completely different show from the first three episodes, did not appear to advance the plot in a miniseries and was just generally bizarre.
These last two episodes have a lot of ground to cover to make this series consistent with the events of the movies.
These last two episodes have a lot of ground to cover to make this series consistent with the events of the movies.
Apparently, the sole purpose of this week's episode was to prove that Obi Wan is getting his groove back.
Having a filler episode in six episode series is quite the strategy.
If you like 10 year old Leia and Reva then you're in for a treat with this episode. Hope none of you cared about bi-Wan Kenobi in a series called Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Those who were guessing this was Disney's typical bait and switch, I think you've been proven correct.
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Eh. I thoroughly enjoyed the first three episodes and the last one made me question if someone had laced my drink.
That was just bizarre to see. It was worse than Phantom Menace. It's also just a throwaway episode so there is hope it ends in style.
My greatest interest in Star Wars is collecting the vintage Kenner toys and reissues of the vintage Kenner toys (which are unfortunately extremely few and far-between). For a few years now, Hasbro's had a set of six Kenner Return of the Jedi toy reissues sitting somewhere in its production que, but so far it's produced Kenner-style versions of several characters from The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and now Obi-Wan Kenobi in its stead. I assume that the main reason for that's because Hasbro decided to delay the RotJ reissues until the 40th anniversary of the movie in 2023, but it still makes me like these Disney shows a little less. I really want vintage reissues of Jedi Knight Luke and the Biker Scout, darn it, I couldn't care less about Kenner-style versions of guys like the Mandalorian or Fifth Brother. :b
Absolutely. One of my unpopular opinions (at least, unpopular among people who watched the OT before the PT came out) is that RotJ is way weaker than the other two originals and RotS is better than it. Jedi feels like 3 disconnected parts slapped together and the middle part kind of sucks - though the first and last thirds are great.I’m about the same age as @WildcatFan1982 and I was working at a video store (the coolest job I ever had) when that movie came out in theaters and on DVD. I guess we all base our stuff on anecdotal evidence. People liked it that I encountered but like funky said, basically anything Star Wars was entertaining after a long hiatus of nothing. Watching it now, I see more cringe but I thought the actors were good and Jango Fett was the ****.
I don’t care what anyone says. Revenge of the Sith is a top three Star Wars movie.
I never hated Phantom Menace as much as some people. It's flawed, sure, but very enjoyable and unlike the sequels it actually did some great worldbuilding to set up the trilogy. And gave us Darth Maul. Attack of the Clones I don't like that much. It's kind of like Jedi where the middle sucks - I don't really even like the Obi-Wan/Kamino/Jango part. Once everyone's on Geonosis it picks up again, but even then it's just one action set piece after another.
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Is part of being force sensitive that you can fix electronic things? Anakin made a C3PO, Qui-Gon fixed a droid in episode one. Luke fixes moisture evaporators, Reva and Obi-Wan both fixed and “fixed” the little ladybug droid thing. Seems like a common thread.
Like Obi Wan Kenobi, the middle of TLJ builds a case than the force/rebellion is still alive and will be needed down the road because there's always doubt about its survival.
This thankfully short episode is terrible. The godawful acting of Leia and reva is just cringey.
Plus the plot holes. They can find force sensitive people across the galaxy and hunt them down; but somehow can't figure out Leia is force sensitive even while she's resisting having her mind read?
Woof.
Ewan McGregor is still really good
Over the past few days I failed an attempt to re-watch the prequels.
But I do think that between the three movies (six hours, 58 minutes), with some really great editing, a pretty good three- to four-hour Star Wars movie might be salvageable.
But I do think that between the three movies (six hours, 58 minutes), with some really great editing, a pretty good three- to four-hour Star Wars movie might be salvageable.
Thoughts/ideas:
Reva knows Leia is Force sensitive, but she can’t be involved in taking out any more kids. Now that she knows about Leia and Luke being the children, she’s either got an amazing bargaining chip (in her mind), knows how powerful they could be someday, or has a deep-down soft spot.
Anakin has wrinkles.
Kumail Nanjiani’s character is kind of pointless. Why would Obi-Wan trust him with anything?
I didn’t catch how the entire group of people got away from Vader. He stopped one ship. Why not the other? Maybe I missed something.
Storm Troopers are turrible.
Shot clean through the stomach: dead. Pierced with a light saber through the stomach: still alive. Twice.
Reva knows Leia is Force sensitive, but she can’t be involved in taking out any more kids. Now that she knows about Leia and Luke being the children, she’s either got an amazing bargaining chip (in her mind), knows how powerful they could be someday, or has a deep-down soft spot.
Anakin has wrinkles.
Kumail Nanjiani’s character is kind of pointless. Why would Obi-Wan trust him with anything?
I didn’t catch how the entire group of people got away from Vader. He stopped one ship. Why not the other? Maybe I missed something.
Storm Troopers are turrible.
Shot clean through the stomach: dead. Pierced with a light saber through the stomach: still alive. Twice.
I mean good Lord.
I'm down for the willing suspension of disbelief but it is getting ridiculous. Reva and Obi Wan openly discuss treason in front of tons of stormtroopers and none of the stormtroopers do anything? Vader and the real Grand Inquisitor expect Reva to turn on Vader, so I guess you could say the stormtroopers have been ordered to ignore Reva's conduct. But the stormtroopers are clearly dimwitted humans, so that would require that none of the troopers accidentally let Reva know and Reva is their leader.
Overall, I'm enjoying the show immensely. I think it would have been much better if the writing was tighter and it was either a movie or a 2 or 3 part miniseries with longer episodes that cut out a bunch of the fluff.
Bail Organa's message to Obi Wan is so unbelievably stupid that it almost has to be the set up for a trap for the Empire but even if that's true, it still risks Vader learning that his children are alive and one of them is a boy on Tatooine. WTF?
In retrospect, I respect Anakin and Palpatine for just beheading Dooku. Can someone just actually kill their vanquished enemy for once?
I'm excited for the final episode. Expecting these tv series to all be A New Hope or Empire is just fanboy nonsense.
Yeah, I guess based on the cartoons or whatever it makes sense he was still alive somehow. I still find it unrealistic....and we are supposed to believe Vader doesn't know how to do a kill stab? I digress, it is what it is. I am sure REVA will die in the finale anyways in some cheesy fashion.
When I saw the flashback to before Clones scene that makes Better Call Saul's suspension of disbelief way more realistic to me on the actor's/characters ages lol
Reva was less cringe this episode.
The plot is still mostly laughable. They left their lives in the hands of a 10 year old to somehow rewire something noone else could fix? The same one that couldn't fix her own droid that Reva fixed in 2 seconds?
Vader is still incredible. Imo second best Vader scene behind only the end of rogue one
The plot is still mostly laughable. They left their lives in the hands of a 10 year old to somehow rewire something noone else could fix? The same one that couldn't fix her own droid that Reva fixed in 2 seconds?
Vader is still incredible. Imo second best Vader scene behind only the end of rogue one
Organa's message is the equivalent of the FBI leaving a voice message on an undercover cop's answering machine, "Hey Dennis, just checking in to see how your undercover work is going on the cartel? They don't know you're undercover, right? Well, let's do Chili's when you get back."
I still like episodes that fill in the blanks. Yesterday was good in that way.