Obi Wan Disney Plus Show Ewan returning

[AquaParade]

I ditched out of Disney Plus a few weeks ago. Moon Knight was sort of the last straw for me. Not a bad show, and the acting was great, but definitely not the quality or tone I was looking for, and I love the character in the comics.

I thought they had me up their ass when they announced there would be live-action MCU shows, but they aren't satisfying to me at all. I'm still enjoying the MCU movies - albeit, a little less - these days, but the shows don't feel up to that standard, as was promised. And even at that great standard, a lot of it is starting to feel the same.

Then Book of Boba Fett also made me question what I was paying for.

I'm hoping they can pull me back in within a year or so, by stepping up the quality and diversifying in tone. I miss my Simpson's app.

[CyberCubed]

Well they didn't ruin Obi-wan or Vader. The black Reva is a mixed bag but there's nothing here that detracts them so far. The only oddity is Leia knows who Obi-wan is personally now whereas in A New Hope it seemed like she only heard of him from her father.

[Autbot_Benz]

This is still the 2nd best Star Wars D+ Show since Mando.

Love all the flashback stuff to Order 66 and AOTC anakin and Obi Wan having their training.

[Andrew NDB]

I still find moments to enjoy in this but I'm definitely not excited about seeing each new episode.

[sdp]

These shows are like the comics or books back in the day. Cool fan service stories with both cool moments and bad moments. That's how I view these projects or pretty much anything stat wars going forward whether a movie or not. Just more EU stories that you can take and choose what you find cool. The legacy of star wars is the Lucas saga Ep1-6 anything else is expanded universe to me, whether the old books, comics or new cartoons and shows/movies.

[mrmaczaps]

Duuuude, the actor playing Anakin looks OLD af in these new bits... camera guys need not get so close up... or install one of those snapchat filters to make him look younger. Lol.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by sdp

That's about right with how he looks in RoTJ If anything it's Obi Wan that needs to be aging quicker to look like Alec Guinness

Though apparently that scene is even before AotC, since he has both hands and his old lightsaber.

[Andrew NDB]

"It's super OK."

[superstaff]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

"It's super OK."

I think Picard really did break Mike and Rich, thus why they're...so forgiving about Obi-Wan.

My opinions tend to overall mirror Jay's typically. It's especially true here when he's talking about his feelings about McGregor as Obi-Wan in the prequels, and about the horrible camerawork.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by superstaff

I think Picard really did break Mike and Rich, thus why they're...so forgiving about Obi-Wan.

My opinions tend to overall mirror Jay's typically. It's especially true here when he's talking about his feelings about McGregor as Obi-Wan in the prequels, and about the horrible camerawork.

I tend to mirror Mike, unless he's talking about the prequels or ST 2009. And then not so much. Though I really love the digging they did there and all the comedy stuff they did about the prequels... all of them, valid points. It's just... now we see the sequel trilogy and how much worse they could do, even with now practical sets and all.

So I saw the Obi-Wan finale. Very sound. I dug it. They even finally brought in some Williams music moments. After that ending... yeah. All this talk about "nono, this is a one and done season," these people are lying.

Though... not a super satisfying continuation/conclusion of the Third Sister's arc? It's not bad, but I feel like I'm missing something between episodes.

Also...

Spoiler:

no mind wiping Leia? At least, yet? Yikes.

[Allio]

Was there anything that Leia needed to be mindwiped about? Been a few years since I watched the original trilogy. The whole thing does feel like why Leia would hold Obi as her “last hope”

[ZariusTwo]

Loved that finale, made up for a pretty middling run of instalments, I love how it brought better context to the "betrayed and murdered your father" line from ANH with Anakin's confession. I also loved the callback to a popular prequel meme.

[IMJ]

I still haven't made it past episode 3....

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Allio

Was there anything that Leia needed to be mindwiped about? Been a few years since I watched the original trilogy. The whole thing does feel like why Leia would hold Obi as her “last hope”

Why would Leia need to remind Obi-Wan that he helped her father in the Clone Wars when they had their own whole adventure much sooner ago than that?

[Jester]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Loved that finale, made up for a pretty middling run of instalments, I love how it brought better context to the "betrayed and murdered your father" line from ANH with Anakin's confession. I also loved the callback to a popular prequel meme.

I dunna, I found the "You didn't destroy Anakin...I DID!" from Vader to be to tidy. I could almost see Obi-wan saying, "Oh that's good...can I use that when I'm explaining this to your son in say 20 years?"

"So what I told you was true...from Darth Vader's point of view."

[CyberCubed]

Obi-wan calling him "Darth" in this after Anakin admits Vader killed him was a nice touch and fixes the plothole from the original movie when he called him Darth as if it was his first name.

Leia knowing and remembering Obi-wan does now make it seem like she specifically asks for him to rescue her again 10 years later like he does here. Also when Luke sees her for the first time after the "Are you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" line remember he says, "I'm here to rescue you I'm with Ben Kenobi!" And Leia responds "Ben Kenobi?!" and immediately jumps up. I think it fits rather well.

The rematch fight was good and about what you would want from this. So again Vader is the learner and not the master yet. Obi-wan also meets Luke briefly which fits with Luke saying he knew of a Ben Kenobi. Seeing Hayden speak through the mask was great too.

The biggest surprise about the show is how much I liked the little girl playing Leia. I thought she was going to be a misfire at first but I really liked her. I hope we get to see her again.

[Andrew NDB]

I'm happy with it. I don't feel duped with Hayden or anything, we got more than our fair share of Vader. If anything, this finally makes up for the prequel trilogy's "we're going to save Darth Vader in the suit for the very end, and only in 1 scene."

Also, was the damage to his helmet supposed to be the origin of that scar on his upper-right of his head?

[Autbot_Benz]

I enjoyed the Finale too. Loved seeing force ghost Qui Gon at the end. I still think this series was really good. Makes up for the lackluster Boba show

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

I enjoyed the Finale too. Loved seeing force ghost Qui Gon at the end.

A nit, maybe, but I'd say it was in the wrong place. It would've served a better purpose if he showed up to Obi-Wan while he was buried under those rocks. As is, it just seems like it's teasing an Obi-Wan season 2.

[Sumac]

I always thought that Luke met Ben before events of ANH.