This is one of the few Disney shows that feels it is about Obi-Wan, vs. Mandalorian which felt very much about Grogu and secondary characters.
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Except when they need his fighting double or to show how tall Vader is (a different very tall double), that is Hayden in the Vader suit.The flashbacks seem to be the only justification for getting Hayden back. Otherwise 15 seconds in a bacta tank would have been it.
Another great episode. The fight between Vader and the Third Sister was actually pretty damn good. Obviously she had no chance. And Vader stopping a transports ship like that...
Boba hardly appeared in his own show towards the end
Oh, I know. But other than nostalgia, why put him in the suit if we had never seen his face? After the bacta tank scene, only the flashbacks have shown Hayden.
Really great episode, impressive they have accomplished something like this on a TV budget.
The siege scenes reminded me a lot of what TLJ could have been but wasn’t.
I like how they set up Vader still feeling like a learner to Kenobi. Also I liked how overpowered he was when Reva attacked him (if only she had been silent! Well, probably it wouldn’t have changed things, but she pretty much gave up the surprise factor immediately), I was only surprised he never used his own saber and that he left her alive (again!).
The flashback set up things nicely but anakin in particular was shoving the actor’s age too much.
Looking forward to the ending.
The siege scenes reminded me a lot of what TLJ could have been but wasn’t.
I like how they set up Vader still feeling like a learner to Kenobi. Also I liked how overpowered he was when Reva attacked him (if only she had been silent! Well, probably it wouldn’t have changed things, but she pretty much gave up the surprise factor immediately), I was only surprised he never used his own saber and that he left her alive (again!).
The flashback set up things nicely but anakin in particular was shoving the actor’s age too much.
Looking forward to the ending.
Why put Pedro Pascal in his armor? Because the desire is for a total performance. They did that with Prowse in the OT. He was the one in the suit in all of ANH, and only wasn't during the lightsaber battles in TESB and ROTJ and during the unmasking. Sebastian Shaw only had two scenes - the unmasking and as a force ghost at the end.
Presence.
5 out of 6 episodes down and I love this series. I am impressed by just about every aspect of it. The story feels very focused to me. They are going from an Obi-wan who is down and feeling lost to one more in tune with what he expects to do in the future (training Luke). Leia is wild and spunky (more taken from Carrie Fisher) and is being molded into a future Senator. I'm kind of sad there isn't more of Luke, Owen, and Beru, but maybe next season. And Vader and the Inquisitors... the anger and hate. Most of the inquisitors are very channels. Reva and Vader burn with hate. Vader's power is what Palpatine promised. He is stronger than any Jedi... yet he does not quite bring that full power against Obi-wan. A hint of their future duel on the Death Star.
The intent was to have new and/or supporting characters conveniently move events that will place Kenobi where he should be in life by the end of the series. The problem with that writing approach is that the showrunners are clearly doing more than building up supporting characters to the point it seems like spin-off material, rather than a story that's clearly about Obi-Wan's journey.
Another great episode although I preferred the previous episode. I'm sad to see Tala die but it was not unexpected and at least she died in a blaze of glory.
I'm not surprised by Reva's turn against Vader as many people predicted it, but I disagree that it isn't surprising Vader walked away from her living. The whole point of the flashback is to show he's still rushing ahead. Yes, he has a thing for Force choking officers who fail him...but that's in the future. Perhaps the very reason he does that years later is because he finally learned his mistake walking away from Reva and letting Obi-Wan flee from the fire (two episodes ago). Time, it's a difficult concept, apparently.
I'm not surprised by Reva's turn against Vader as many people predicted it, but I disagree that it isn't surprising Vader walked away from her living. The whole point of the flashback is to show he's still rushing ahead. Yes, he has a thing for Force choking officers who fail him...but that's in the future. Perhaps the very reason he does that years later is because he finally learned his mistake walking away from Reva and letting Obi-Wan flee from the fire (two episodes ago). Time, it's a difficult concept, apparently.
As Obi-Wan will later tell Maul - "If you define yourself by your power to take life, the desire to dominate, to possess? Then you have nothing."
Strength is not the ability to win a lightsaber duel, or even a contest of Force powers.
Even in that fight between Obi-Wan and Maul, he didn't win because of raw strength, but because of tactics. He adopted Qui-Gon's lightsaber stance knowing Maul would use the same moves he killed Qui-Gon with, then countered them.
Misdirection. As he did here and in the flashback. Anakin "won". But lost the war.
The Reva spin-off is probably a prequel, or doesn't exist at all.
Kenobi Finale Leaks
Kenobi Finale Leaks
Leaks of the finale say she is killed by Vader. The story leaks for the other 5 episodes from the same source were 100% accurate, so it's a good chance this is as well.
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What I have more of an issue with is Reva's survival by "playing dead" in the Order 66 attack. Vader might have only wounded her, but RoTS showed that the clones were BRUTAL in ensuring "no survivors" (pumping shot after shot into some of the fallen Jedi). You'd imagine them going around double-tapping any "dead" Jedi in Vader's wake. Guess they focused on the more experienced Jedi and the younglings were left till later, allowing Reva time to crawl away?
Good. Not every supporting character with an interesting backstory deserves much less needs a spinoff.
Hey, come on now. That's not fair. There's totally a show all about the Mandalorian.
It's called "Book of Boba Fett."
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Call me when a remotely reputable site provides even a whiff of evidence for this "rumor."
Pascal wasn't always in the armor. Bryce Dallas Howard said she literally never worked with him while directing her first season episode of the show.
Btw, I kinda hope we get another flashback from during the clone wars with an Ahsoka Tano cameo during her time as Anakin's Padawan.
Grogu escaped too.
That or he was taken into custody by the 501st Clones and delivered to safety with Vader and Palpatine, likely for some genetic and midichlorian research reason.
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