At the end of Part V, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), Leia Organa (Vivien Lyra Blair) and the rest of a group who help Jedi find safe haven and new lives are on the run from Darth Vader's (Hayden Christensen and James Earl Jones) Imperial Star Destroyer, which set up the one possible direction the show... Continue Reading →
It's time to start wrapping things up. This episode opens with an unexpected flashback sequence with Episode II-era Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) that really brings to life who the man under the helmet of the villainous Darth Vader was. We then cut to the present day, as Kenobi and company... Continue Reading →
Finished "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Season 1? See my updated theory here. Three episodes into "Obi-Wan Kenobi," we still have a lot of questions surrounding antagonist Reva Sevander/Third Sister and the status of the Grand Inquisitor, whom she's trying to replace. How does she know Darth Vader is Anakin Skywalker? How can it be that she has... Continue Reading →
One of the main things promised in Disney's "Obi-Wan Kenobi" show was a faceoff between the titular character (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen and James Earl Jones). Only three episodes in, this series delivered, and it's one of the best faceoffs in the franchise. The episode starts with Kenobi and Leia Organa... Continue Reading →
It's finally here. Disney's long-awaited "Obi-Wan Kenobi" series recently premiered, airing its first two episodes, and it's pretty great. Ewan McGregor returns as the titular Obi-Wan Kenobi, who is a hermit on Tatooine ten years after the events of "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith." He is haunted by his failure to... Continue Reading →
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