That's pretty much how I feel about it. It's a weird mix of good and bad but I'll stick with it
So true. My friends take any callback or nostalgic moment as "awesome" and "badass" so they end up lapping up anything that has shiny pennies of the past in it. They then make what almost seem like excuses for enjoying this stuff "but it's got the Emperor in it....", "Look, Ecto-1!!!", "Sweet, Chewie finally got his medal!!!" even though it seems to make very little sense - at least to me. I just wish the quality and logic of this stuff was more of a consideration. I'm happy that others are enjoying it. I genuinely wish I could as well.
Kathleen Kennedy said it would be the rematch of the century so Obi-Wan and Vader will have another confrontation otherwise she'd look very stupid saying that.
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It makes perfect sense if you followed the non-movies cannon. Vader's original identity is figured out by Jedi in hiding (though most of them die of course), one of Padme's handmaiden's who has an active storyline going with Vader in a comic series, and Thrawn to name just a few. Vader absolutely kills most of the people who figure out his past. But not all, at least not immediately. And Thrawn is expected to return in the post Jedi movies.
Yeah I walked away from Star Wars after Book of Boba Fett. It's clear to me that's the audience for Disney Star Wars. I'll still check out these threads to see if they make anything I can enjoy. I tried watching a few scenes of Kenobi on YouTube and couldn't even finish watching them. My friend started watching Kenobi and she really likes it, I'm happy for her since I introduced her to Star Wars. At this point, I just hope the franchise stays popular enough to keep going and eventually there'll be something I can dive back into.
But that's exactly the point, it 'is' kept a secret and Inquisitor in obi-wan was never indicated to 'figure it out' - it was just announced to the audience in case they forgot or missed the constant flashback scenes telling the same thing - and also told in a way that implied it's common knowledge. Kind of like she 'just knew' Obi Wan would be the one to come for Leia because 'reasons'. But then Audience sounding board lines are thrown about way too often in this show - like having entire character (Leia) dedicated to the role of just that.
Notice how one character shares a personal connection to Vader, and the other one has his entire character based on figuring people out / being amongst smartest people in the empire.
Thrawn, handmaiden, and other Jedi all had some sort of connection to Anakin pre-Vader. And I would think most of the original Inquisitors did too since they were fallen Jedi. Based on the opening scene of Obi-Wan, there is a good chance that 3rd sister fits here, with the added bonus of having seen Anakin called Vader during the assault on the temple. Even if she did not, 3rd sister knowing who Vader was is NOT a plot hole IMO. And seeing Obi-Wan learn of it was vital IMO. My only gripe is that should have occurred in a flashback to soon after Episode 3 ended. It would have added more punch to his fear / reasoning for shutting off his access to the force.
Not calling it a plot hole - I said it was pointless (no plot or character reasons for it) and didn't serve any purpose other than inform the audience. I'd take it as 3rd sister character development if she actually used the information for an effect, but it wasn't even that.
Completely disagree. For one - he literally goes through exact same sequence of force-flashes as Ashoka and she figured it out pretty quickly (though even there - we got the audience nod to OG CW Anakin voice + face reveal at the very end - but at least that was in context of the battle). Hell force-users recognizing each other this way has been well established in SW since ESB, so this really wasn't any sort of new development.
This I agree with - if they 'had' to explain it, they should have gone with something as simple as Yoda voice-overing along the lines of 'hide yourself from your old padawan, you must', and mix it in with some Vader imagery for effect.
Denser and more forgetful side, Obi-Wan watched security footage where Palps called Anakin Lord Vader together with Yoda in Ep3...
Wait, no, I wasn't saying Obi didnt know who Vader was. I was talking about learning Vader was alive was vital.
I mentioned I was watching Revenge of the Sith last night and Yoda even tells Obi-Wan directly that Anakin has become Vader.
Well then we agree, I was talking about espousing Anakin's name in that scene being pointless and weakening the scene in service of audience pandering.
I'm assuming he knew.
See the problem with Obi-Wan Kenobi being cut off from the universe doesn't fully fly with me because he's not a full-blown hermit.
This....once he is Darth Vader how can he consider himself the learner? He felt pretty cocky already on Mustafar. Can't imagine him thinking he's still a learner 10 years later....continuity broken.Still a little character breaking that Vader would consider himself the learner still in those fights and a decade after he joined Palpatine...
Unless Vader has a line he's still learning in those fights.
As I was saying the only interesting thing or novelty for me is "WHat would happen if Obi Wan met Darth Vader" after Revenge of the Sith and
The Luke/Vader fights in ESB and ROTJ were also spliced with other scenes and it worked very well.
Yes.
I imagined this line posted everywhere else on the internet and I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in outrage, and were not silenced until you were cancelled.
Good point. This show completely lacks humor, unless you want to call the Benny Hill Leia chase sequences and Leia being so smug humor. It takes itself so seriously. The characters were so often goofing around in the OT and PT - hell, "This is where the fun begins" is literally how ROTS begins.This show wishes it had the vision, characters and world building of the prequels. We don't even get decent memes out of it.
To have women protagonists in Star Wars.
I am kinda waiting for Obi-wan to brush past Han and Chewie, well, Chewie at least and the back of some guy with a Harrison Ford voice over, in some star port.
Wouldn't mind seeing more Obi-Wan Jawa interaction like we saw in ep 1.
True but they were usually spliced with scenes of equal value.
Pretty much a cash grab.
Because if we use the Imperial March, we have to pay John Williams. Can't have that.
From my understanding he's actually doing the music for the show. It was actually one of the big deals about this series. So they're already paying him.
I thought they owned the music to Star Wars?
Shows what I know about all of this!
