re: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) - Episode 3 Discussion thread

Jeez, some people are just determined to be miserable with this. If you hate the damn show that much, just quit watching. Easy move. You lose nothing of the original by skipping it.

I think the overall story is good. We knew Kenobi went to Tatooine to watch over Luke, the general assumption is he just stayed there until they boarded the Falcon. I couldn't come up with something important enough for him to set that aside... but this makes sense. Luke is safe as long as Jedi aren't drawing the Inquisitors there, and Leia (the other sibling) being in danger would be a big deal. Organa couldn't rescue her, he turns to the only Jedi he knows (and knows is alive, and that knows exactly who his adopted daughter really is) for help.
This puts Kenobi at greater risk, but the potential of those kids makes it worth it.

Vader having a boner to hunt down Kenobi makes plenty of sense, he's probably #1 on his list. His underlings would be quite aware of that.

Now, targeting Organa's kid to draw him out... that's a little iffy, but nothing too far gone for Star Wars. We know Organa showed up at the Temple that night, I THINK there's some known connection between Organa and the Jedi. Trying to remember exactly what, I think it was more his friendship to Padme more than anything. I'd have to dig through some material to find something more. But anyway, we know he's powerful and influencial, one of the few able to speak against Palpatine publically at all. If nothing else, Vader would suspect there is some connection, and this would test that theory.
It's going to be interesting to see how Organa survives this, going forward. Probably will have a halfway believable excuse why it was Kenobi who rescued his daughter, maybe he floated a ransom bounty and that's who answered.

Third Sister is annoying, but simply a supporting character at this point, one who's almost certain to cross Vader now. I look forward to her downfall.

Leia's a kid. The chase scenes are goofy, her snarky attitude is annoying, but that seems to be a Disney staple. I just choose to ignore that.

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Vader went through a near death experience, has to have a suit to live, and constant medical treatments to keep him even functioning. Yet he force drags people when they meet again

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imagine if he didnt have to have any of that. He would be twice as strong.

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OBW, possibly the most pwerful Jedi to that point,

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not at all

But who he was as a man makes up for many shortcomings.

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Something has to happen that forces Ben to stop being fearful. He wasnt fearful in 4, but is now. He has to get his force connect back

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It seems pretty obvious by the end of this, he's going to talk to Qui-Gon Jinn's force ghost and turn around and beat Vader for a finale time

He needs to do something.

Imagine letting yourself go and burying your lightsaber..oblivious to the fact that Maul and Darth Vader are activly searching the galaxy for your arse..lol and he's just walking around in public showing his face, id have had a Tusken Raider uniform on standby just for emergencies.

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Also, he has to ask himself..what do you have to do to off somebody??

imagine finding out and realizing that you cut a guy in half and sent him down a trash compactor..then you cut off a guy's arms, legs and let the lava take him..and they hate you so much that they not only refused to die but got stronger in many ways..

Maybe there is a common denominator here.

This show fricking sucks. No way to spin it.

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It was a gimmicky ending that made no sense

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Especially considering that Maul had the high ground.

Yeesh. I was hoping after the first two episodes the story would get better. Nope. Whoever is writing these episodes needs to never write anything Star Wars again.

This episode was definitely better than either of the first 2, but it was still pretty blah. The 30 seconds of Vader in Rogue One topped him in this easily. Leia and #Sister were much improved for sure, but the writing is just plain lazy and everything comes across low budget still.
The fight between Vader and Kenobi was mostly a couple of dudes walking slowly around a gravel pit.

Ben can't use his lightsaber for shite, but somehow he is now a deadeye with a blaster pistol.

Any time the plot moves forward, it is because of a chance encounter. Fake Jedi hustler who knows exactly where Leia is and then happens to have a good heart when called for in the plot to the Octopus nosed freight hauler to the turncoat officer who happens to be a rebel (guess she doesn't have t explain what happened to the dudes she went out on patrol with); Ben never does anything but go where the current scene character directs him

I guess the writers are going to try to say that # Sister is the only one aware of the Organa connection because otherwise nothing makes any sense up to Episode IV. If Vader becomes aware that Leia is the reason Ben came out of hiding, and then just lets her be then this is just totally fricking stupid

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Also, he has to ask himself..what do you have to do to off somebody??

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Well he could have put Anakin out of his misery instead of leaving him there to die of massive burn wounds.