re: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) - Episode 6 Discussion Thread

Hit or miss. Basic feelings were it had lots of stupid with some really good moments.

Only a few seconds of Liam at the end too

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Vader is one of my favorite characters and the reason Star Wars is so good, but I wasn’t excited at all during his scenes like I was at the end of Rogue One. They ruined the brand

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That was one of the major flaws of this show.
We all want to see Vader more at this time in his life, but it's probably better for tv show/movie purposes you limit his screen time and when you do put him on screen, you leave the audience in awe, like in Rogue One.
The only time that happened was when he kicked Reva's arse without a light saber. That was bad arse. The rest of his screen time just didn't live up to who he is or should be.

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1. She finds Luke by randomly landing on a PLANET and asking for a farmer named Owen

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Reva already met Owen once before so she knew the area he lived in.

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That was one of the major flaws of this show.
We all want to see Vader more at this time in his life, but it's probably better for tv show/movie purposes you limit his screen time and when you do put him on screen, you leave the audience in awe, like in Rogue One.
The only time that happened was when he kicked Reva's arse without a light saber. That was bad arse. The rest of his screen time just didn't live up to who he is or should be.

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But thats the point. Kenobi fricks up his mind so much he nerfs Vader. these Siths/Jedi's all have matchups that are bad for them.

Vader was incredibly powerful when it wasnt Kenobi on his mind

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That was one of the major flaws of this show.
We all want to see Vader more at this time in his life, but it's probably better for tv show/movie purposes you limit his screen time and when you do put him on screen, you leave the audience in awe, like in Rogue One.
The only time that happened was when he kicked Reva's arse without a light saber. That was bad arse. The rest of his screen time just didn't live up to who he is or should be.

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But thats the point. Kenobi fricks up his mind so much he nerfs Vader. these Siths/Jedi's all have matchups that are bad for them.

Vader was incredibly powerful when it wasnt Kenobi on his mind. Even in Episode 4, He was nervous during and after that fight. Obi had messed him up by tricking him so many times and being more calm cool collected that Vader didnt know what the deal was

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Disney has shown over and over again they have a fundamental lack of understanding of the characters. It is evident when the writers are talking about never even seeing the prequel trilogy. It is a joke.

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The Rogue One Director isn't that way. When he was chosen to head that movie he felt like he wasn't worthy of doing it justice. It made him work even harder to make a great movie b/c he was Star Wars fan first and foremost.
Same goes for Filoni and Favreau.

Its when they hire these idiots that have plans outside of Star Wars first and foremost where they suffer.
I have no complaints about having the third sister be in this show and have a story arc, or showing Leia be a strong leader and be fearless. I expect that from a young Leia, just like you expected to see extraordinary things from young Anakin. And i expect Luke to live a boring normal life. But how they executed all of that was just pathetic.
I would have rather seen the "sister" be the one from the clone wars show, even though that wouldn't fit cannon. That would have been a great way to have a spinoff show for that Sister if she was from the same planet as Darth Maul and then you can go and explore that mystic world in a series, and then you have an opportunity to show more of Darth Maul as well.

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But thats the point. Kenobi fricks up his mind so much he nerfs Vader. these Siths/Jedi's all have matchups that are bad for them.

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i don't have a problem with that. I expect Darth Vader to struggle with Obi-Wan, and i expect it b/c his rage to need to defeat him clouds his judgement and power as a fighter against him, and Obi-Wan knows that and uses it to always defeat him.


I just expected a better light saber fight between the two of them. It wasn't bad, i still enjoyed it, i just thought it should have been better, and as i said, why they didn't play into the "high ground" aspect of the fight is beyond me. I mean they set it up for it, then just ignored it. I guess they subverted my expectations. Well done Chow.

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The Rogue One Director isn't that way. When he was chosen to head that movie he felt like he wasn't worthy of doing it justice. It made him work even harder to make a great movie b/c he was Star Wars fan first and foremost.
Same goes for Filoni and Favreau.

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Filoni and Favreau are obvious exceptions, mainly because Filoni actually knows what he is doing and has been in Star Wars for so long, working hand in hand with Lucas. He knows the characters backwards and forwards.

Rogue One did a great job with Vader, but that was about it, but yes he did a great job there.

The rest of Disney has no idea what they are doing.

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Rogue One did a great job with Vader, but that was about it, but yes he did a great job there.

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The battle at the end of that movie is probably the best long battle scene in all of star wars. The space fighting was great, the ground fighting was great, the cinematography was great, and what really made it even better was how great the score was during it. Music can elevate scenes, and that's what Star Wars is known for and that's what you get when you watch Rogue One, and Mandalorian, and Boba Fett. And i'll give it to the sequel trilogy that the music was great for those as well even though the movies sucked. It's a big part why most people loved the Force Awakens when it first came out. It felt like Star Wars and the music definitely played a big part.
The music in this series was severely lacking.