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Like Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, the past can and often does bind us in chains, keeping people from moving forward. Part VI of the limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi is laser focused on letting go of the past to potentially create a better future for oneself and what happens when one refuses to let … Continue reading Letting Go of the Past – Review of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Part VI
The limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi is nearly complete. “Part V” of the series reveals more about Reva, the Third Sister, while also putting Obi-Wan Kenobi on a direct confrontation with Darth Vader for the final chapter of the story. More than anything, this episode is about sacrifice and the consequences of the sacrifices people choose … Continue reading Sacrifice and Consequences – Review of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Part Five
One of the arts of storytelling is juxtaposing your protagonists and antagonists, mainly through the use of foils, with the hero and the villain being diametrically opposite from the other but sharing some similarities. In “Part IV” of the Disney Plus limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi, the titular character must infiltrate the base of the Imperial … Continue reading Into the Belly of the Beast – Recap/Review of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Part IV
I have to say I was surprised that the showrunners for Obi-Wan Kenobi didn’t tease out the first confrontation between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan. Instead, we get the first (of what I hope are at least two encounters) between the former Master and Apprentice. Part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi wastes no time establishing a tone … Continue reading Ghosts of the Past Return – Recap of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Part III
With two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi dropping on the same day, I felt it was easier to break up the reviews by episode rather than do a single review for both. Part Two of Obi-Wan Kenobi finds our erstwhile Jedi hero traveling to the planet Daiyu to rescue the kidnapped Princess Leia Organa. While there, … Continue reading A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy – Review of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Part Two
Poster Art for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Source It’s been seventeen years since Ewan McGregor last played the character of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Prequel Trilogy and forty-five years since Sir Alec Guiness originated the role in the original Star Wars. The new limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi brings us back to the galaxy far, far away and … Continue reading A Reluctant Hero – Review of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Part One