Monday, January 16, 2023

"Obi-Wan Kenobi"

Okay, so there is nothing new here.  Lots of heart-pounding action but the storyline is a virtual rip-off of Episode Four, with entire lines of dialog repeated throughout.  Obi-Wan is depressed, there is a cute kid and a couple cool droids, and apparently rescuing Leia from the Empire's grasp is what we do.  I don't mean to throw a lot of shade.  The acting is fine and the series definitely moves but I don't see how these six episodes add to the story.  Yes, we find out about what happens to Jar-Jar, and yes, there is a little insight into Leia's life path, but beyond that, the only thing this series does for me is open a hole in the original narrative.  In Episode Four, Uncle Owen doesn't know who Obi-Wan Kenobi is, claiming only that Ben Kenobi is a crazy old man up in the hills.  But at the end of Episode Three, Obi-Wan gives baby luke to Owen and his wife.  So, willing suspension of disbelief, maybe Kenobi didn't share his name with Owen.  It's a short scene.  Maybe Obi-Wan just showed up and said, "please take this child, no questions asked."  But in this series it becomes clear that Owen knows exactly who Kenobi is ... so ... ???  In any case, Moses Ingram, who was wonderful in "The Queen's Gambit", is intriguing here.  I see a spin-off ...

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