Obi-Wan Kenobi

• Title: Obi-Wan Kenobi – Part VI
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Taken in a vacuum, there’s some interesting aspects to the closing episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Taken as part of the whole, “Part VI” continues the trend of uneven writing and bad decision making leaving the finale, like many of the episodes before it, being pretty damn infuriating. After a strong opening episode, the show fell into traps thanks to some bad writing, ignoring Star Wars canon while constantly stealing from it and building its story from its now shaky foundations, and some questionable choices by nearly every single character who appears on-screen. While it delivers a handful of moments fans were salivating for, how it gets to them (and even how it uses them) are often mediocre at best. Is Obi-Wan Kenobi fun? At times. Was it a good show? No, not really.

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• Title: Obi-Wan Kenobi – Part V
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The writing for Obi-Wan Kenobi reminds me of that of WWE who consistently write themselves into a corner and have to write even worse outcomes to break the downward spiral they’ve trapped themselves in only to later complain they had no choice (other than, you know, not making the initial bad decisions that led them into such untenable situations). For Obi-Wan Kenobi the big takeaway appears to be that lightsabers are far less lethal than we’ve been led to believe. In a move that reeks of desperation after the discovery of a huge timeline mistake, Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend) returns. Turns out he’s fine. Lightsaber through the chest? Nah, that’s not enough to keep a good Sith down.

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• Title: Obi-Wan Kenobi – Part III & Part IV
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Obi-Wan‘s (Ewan McGregor) somewhat half-assed rescue attempt continues in both “Part III” and “Part IV” which includes the series providing some stunning visuals and small emotional moments while also throwing in even more of the problematic head-scratching plot issues that can’t be resolved. “Part III” is notable for the reunion between Kenobi and Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) who easily bests his former master in combat. In a theme which which will continue into the next episode, we see Kenobi has pulled back from the Force in the decade since we last saw him, leading to much of his former abilities becoming atrophied. This of course raises the question of how exactly he planned to teach young Luke about the Force?

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