re: Black girl getting mansplained in the first scene of Obi Wan.

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I don't hold an ounce of racism in my entire soul

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You keep calling her Da Brat and have completely lost your shite seemingly only b/c the character is a black woman.

Him trying to kill his nephew is not character development, so agree to disagree

Well according to Luke it was a fleeting moment that wouldn't have gone further and according to Kylo he woke up and had to stop himself from getting chopped. I took that as a call back to when Obi Wan said "Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

Again, I wasn't a big fan of it considering the decades of post movie media that had him still going around being the perfect hero and training new Jedi but it is character development to show that even a "chosen one" isn't perfect at all times.

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Him trying to kill his nephew is not character development, so agree to disagree

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I get what both of you are saying.

Luke trying to kill his nephew is technically not breaking canon, because we just don't know what happens after Return of the Jedi. It's out of character, but who knows, maybe he had a brain injury and isn't quite right.

That's like James Bond becoming an assassin for hire later in life, we sure don't THINK he would ever do that.

On the other hand, putting something in the timeline BEFORE the movies we know, that can be breaking canon if you're not careful.

Third Sister cuts Owen's hand off- that's breaking canon. He had both hands later in his life, so you can't do that.
You can't bring Leia back to live with Luke, they've never met before the prison cell scene on the Death Star.
Things like that.

Tarkin assumes Kenobi is long dead, and Vader says the last time they met he was still the student and Kenobi the master.
To insert a Vader-Kenobi meeting prior to that, you would have to be very careful not to contradict both of those... first off one can't kill the other. Kenobi would have to "be winning" the duel, and still somehow appear dead at the end.

I SUPPOSE you could have a duel where Kenobi is winning, and then have the Imperial fleet do an airstrike on Kenobi's location because Vader can't beat him. Hell, it could be Tarkin in command of the ship that fires.
Vader can't sense Kenobi afterwards, Tarkin assumes he's killed Kenobi. Kenobi slips away, goes back to Tatooine incognito. We're now set up for the next meeting (which is less than a decade later, so Obi-wan doesn't age well).

Reva will turn back to the light, save Obi-Wan and be the hero of the story in the end. Book it.

Watching the first episode now.

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HOWEVER, on the other hand, it is already abundantly clear that this character was horribly miscast. Not because of her race or gender, but because of her abundantly obvious lack of intimidation.

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Holy christos! This. This actress is terrible. I don’t get a sense of dread when I should with her threats.

Star Wars fans can hate the casting of a character without it being racist.

Fans accepted Windu and he was even wearing Obi-Wans’s robe.



There are other examples as well.

Disney knew they needed a main character who was an obvious black woman and they chose to do it in the most absurd way possible rather than creating something original or something the fans are less likely to scoff at. That’s on them. And it was intentional. That’s woke and it’s not being racist to call it that. Need more evidence?

A young, aggressive character being reined in by their older superior is definitely a new trope for Star Wars.

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Da Brat has all the answers… She'll walk on water the whole way through.

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What the frick are you talking about? She literally already fricked up in a major way… did you even watch the episodes you are bitching about? Her inability to control her rage is the very thing that let Kenobi escape. How can you even pretend to argue that they will present her as having all the answers?


Yes, her unwieldy nature has been presented as justifiable, as disobeying orders is the thing that brought kenobi into the empire’s grasp…. But that exact same nature has also been presented as a major liability, as disobeying orders is also the thing that let kenobi slip away.

She’s already been presented as flawed and a potential major liability. Nothing about her arc in the first two episodes indicates that Disney will give her all the answers. You’re just making shite up,

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This generation of Hollywood directors/writers may be the least talented in the entire history of entertainment. So disappointing

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Disney is not interested in good stories anymore. They openly admit that.

They now put politics first and story second. It is all part of their "Reimagine tomorrow" plan. Their website below tells you everything you need to know about their future plans:

ReimagineTomorrow

I realize many posters on this board want this ideology implemented and don't care about good storytelling anymore. That is their right.

But for those of us that do care, it is hard pill to swallow. Don't worry, we will eventually stop caring and abandon Disney. But it takes time to let go of the memories of childhood.

Some people like the OP need to go through the process. Accept it is over and move on.