Oh boo hoo, it was a fun scene.
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Nah, it was slapstick.
Slapstick is fun.
Was it my favorite scene in that episode? No. But it also didn't offend me in any way and made me smile a little.
The thing about the bounty hunter/fringe goon interview process, when it gets to the inevitable "what would you describe as your greatest weakness" question, the applicant usually tends to say something like "it's that I just care so damn much, sometimes I just don't know when to stop giving 110% all the time" instead of the somewhat more accurate "I actually run slower than an eight year old"
Yeah and Star Wars never partakes in slapstick, does it?
Seriously though; people really need to get over themselves with this kind of thing. Lucas didn't even take it this seriously. Star Wars has layers (and possibly onions) and one of those layers is "yes it's goofy, just go with it!"
I mean Jawas, anyone? Ewoks? Basically everything with Artoo & Threepio in a scene? Yoda acting like a wilful child beating a trashcan with a stick? That burping frog thing? A musical number that ended with a murder? Ugnaughts (ironically) playing piggy-in-the-middle with Chewie and Threepio's head is the ball? That's that just the OT!
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Meesa can't believe dis.
*Chewbacca Tarzan yell*
A child was supposed to be in danger of being kidnapped by a gang of adult criminals--the crucial scene setting up the entire Kenobi series. Yeah, nothing says comedy like a child running from adult kidnappers.. just the right place for slapstick....if everything in SW must be defended as the right choice...
But wait...i'm sure a scene just as sensitive and tense as a child in danger used for laughs has parallels in other SW films, such as that time in ANH when Luke returned to the homestead to discover his aunt and uncle's charred remains, then that Jawa ran up and drove off in the landspeeder, leaving Luke to chase after it on foot while windmilling his arms....no, that did not happen.
Hmm..what about that scene in ROTJ when Luke reveals his heritage to Leia, and just as Leia responds with a mix of horror and digusst with "...your father??", Wicket runs up and jumps in her lap to play with her...ehh...no, that did not happen in that scene, either.
Oh, perhaps that scene when the defeated Luke fell out of the waste chute in TESB, and when he caught the weather vane, some flying creature soared over his head to relieve itself....no...that did not happen, either.
The reason is that there's a time and place for humor, and we do see some of the most impactful, serious scenes of the movies having no true comic relief to be found, despite attempts to defend crap like slapstick in the Leia kidnapping scene as being indicative of SW films in general.
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You're not kidding. Both the old EU and current Legends materials are often disappointing and offer me nowhere near enough in the way of something to enjoy.
You really, really need to learn to lighten up. You take this shit way to seriously.
If you were looking for gritty realistic portray of an abduction in an Obi-Wan show, I really don't know what to tell you except: try managing your expectations a little more realistically.
Also . . . it's Leia. We know she'll be fine, so why pretend otherwise? The point of that scene wasn't to show how scary *they* where, it was to show how afraid *she* was, but was fighting back anyway. That's just who Leia is.
Could the action have been staged a little better? Sure. Given infinite time and resources, but what we got was good enough. Also; how about we try *not* denigrating the performance of a child actor? I think the Star Wars fandom has done quite enough of that already, and it was never a good look.
This is a rather difficult stance to take that there should be more fear around a child being abducted.
Like, no, that's not a good look at all. There is enough death, and terror of abduction in real life. Let's not double time to make it more real in the space fantasy kids series.
Nah, it was played for laughs. Bad look.
You mean the same "space fantasy kids series" where the hero is Force-dragged through a ground set on fire, subjecting him to burns ? Where Kenobi finds a tomb of dead Jedi, including younglings? Not typical light, kid's material.
There is a difference between those things, and a child in danger. Even the Marvels lightens up the danger with Kamala vs. Monica and Carol.
I find the tomb with dead Jedi more disturbing then a scared Leia
Hey, you referred to it as a "space fantasy kids series", but so many key or major scenes were flat-out dark and disturbing--hardly children's material.
Hardly.
Watch several Disney movies, like Moana and talk of infanticide in a character's backstory, to cite a more recent example.
It's a balancing act that storytellers strive for. While adults might know Leia will be fine kidnapping still unsettles a bit so the approach is a valid one.
Effectiveness will vary.
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