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I actually enjoyed Obi-Wan Kenobi a lot more than I expected to. After reading all the mixed reviews I was expecting a slow moving, boring show but this was anything but. I was very entertained from the very first episode to the last. I was actually wanting more episodes when it was over. I'm glad that it's already been renewed for another season. Some of these negative reviews are just ridiculous, people are hating for the sake of hating. As most here have already pointed out, Ewan McGregor is the best part of this series. He's great as Obi-Wan. You can tell they put a lot of love into this because the attention to detail is very obvious. While it's not as good as the Mandalorian it's still a good show in its own right and definitely worth the time of watching it.

Obi-Wan Kenobi may not the best thing from Star Wars that I've seen but it's still worth watching. Ewan McGregor is a great actor and one of the best parts of the prequel trilogy. I was really looking forward to this when I first read about it and the even more so after I saw the trailers. It did not disappoint! I don't consider myself a huge Star Wars fan but I normal fan who does enjoy most of them. I really liked The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett was worth watching. I don't understand most of these negative reviews, it's like most of the people writing them didn't want to enjoy them. If you saw him in the prequels and saw the trailers what were you expecting that you didn't get? Anyway, if you're a fan of Star Wars I definitely recommend you give this a try.

What a colossal letdown. I'd rather have an Obi Wan film trilogy in the same vein as Rogue One or Solo than this cheesy poorly written fluff of a tv show.

*Review for The Patterson Cut*

1. Overall Plot - 9/10 It is insane how the plot of this fits so good as a movie when it was a show. Obi-Wan having to help Leia after so long basically in exile is an awesome idea. Him learning more about the Empire and Vader is so cool.

2. Entertainment / Engagement - 10/10 I love this movie. It takes all the good from the series and dumps the bad. It makes it so entertaining. Because it is so much pushed into two and a half hours, it is never boring. The action and plot just keep moving forward.

You get very engaged in this. Watching Obi-Wan learn about Vader is peak Star Wars.

3. Emotion / Investment in Story - 10/10 This hits so hard emotionally. Obi-Wan confronting Vader after he is full dark side is just insane. This is one of the most emotional Star Wars projects I've seen.

You get pretty invested in Obi-Wan's journey of trying to reconnect to the Force. It has been ten years since ROTS, and you want him to get better.

4. Theme and Depth of Story - 9/10 There could be lots of themes in this. One theme could be hope. Hope for the future, and that the Empire hasn't won. Another is coming to terms with the past. Obi-Wan has to deal with, and face his past. He has to learn new truths in order to move on.

5. Characters - 8/10 Reva is still in this. But not at all like the series. In the series she was so dumb, and almost felt like the show was about her. But that is completely fixed in this. You can't completely remove her without messing up the plot badly, but you can remove her to be just like every other inquisitor. She just feels like another random villain, and that is so much better.

Obi-Wan is so good in this. I love how he has to learn to reconnect to the Force. He learns what his purpose is now that the Jedi Order is gone. Leia is also done very well in this. She really feels just like the Princess we see in A New Hope. It truly feels like her character but younger.

All the other side characters are pretty good, and help the plot. I love the idea of the underground railroad type thing called the path. It is very cool to see lots of other people in the galaxy help force sensitives. It is some great world building.

6. Acting / Writing - 9/10 The acting in this is phenomenal. The only bad actor is Moses Ingram as Reva. She is terrible. Luckily most if her bad stuff is cut out. So the little she is in this, it isn't too bad. She just doesn't show much emotion.

Ewan McGregor is phenomenal in this. He feels just like how Ben Kenobi should feel after ten years. His relationship with Anakin being explored more is so incredible to watch. It is peak Star Wars.

Hayden Christensen is also phenomenal. Him as Anakin, and as Vader. It is like he never left. Hayden Christensen's sheer love for this franchise is what makes him so great.

Vivien Lyra Blair did amazing as a young Leia. She fits the character very well. Her acting was actually really good. And it's super impressive for how young she is.

Rupert Friend as the Grand Inquisitor was also good. He fits the character well. His characters design just wasn't very good. Especially because we've seen his species in live action before, and it looked completely different and way better.

7a. Cinematography / Sets - 10/10 This movie is beautiful. The final fight is so amazing. The lighting is mind blowing. I cannot express enough how cool it is. The one scene alone at the climax is one of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen. Just because of the lighting and cinematography.

I enjoy the sets of this. Seeing Vader's castle, and the Fortress Inquisitorius again is very cool. I like the diversity of locations they go to throughout the show. Seeing Alderaan again is very cool too. It is a beautiful planet.

7b. Choreography - 9/10 The fighting is no where near prequel level. But it is some of the best we've seen out of Disney Star Wars. I enjoy it very much. It fits the characters well, because they are a bit older now.

8. Score / Sound - 10/10 This edit includes lots of new and changed music. And it is well needed, and amazing. Including a mix between Dual of the Fates, and Battle of the Heroes for the final fight makes it a million times better. It is amazing.

9. Editing / Pace - 10/10 This is edited so incredibly well. It is crazy that this isn't a real movie made by Lucasfilm. It doesn't feel like an edit at all. The pacing is great, and feels just like a normal Star Wars movie.

10. VFX/Practical Effects - 9/10 This edit made a lot of the effects even better. They weren't bad in the first place, but now they are even better. The lightsabers actually cut people instead of just hitting them like it did in the series. I just wish we could see more things like limbs get completely cut off. Instead of just slashes.

Average Score: 9.4/10

My Overall Rating and Final Thoughts: 9.5/10 This movie is amazing. I would highly recommend just watching this instead of the series. This is honestly one of my favorite Star Wars films. I love how we get to see Obi-Wan vs Vader one more time. It is truly epic.

Unlike many, I really liked the show. It had some slow parts and some weak story at times. It also was a thoughtful continuation of the Obi Wan/Anakin ark. Showing strength with mercy and the kind heart characteristic of Obi Wan it sets up the final fight between these two and the eventual return to light and sacrifice of Anakin. The tired and depressed Obi re-awakening to his previous power and wisdom was exciting. The small views into Leia and Luke and reconnection with Organa were great. It's a more subtle and thoughtful addition, that builds on the characters without creating continuity errors.

All in all this is a great addition to the character and the story.

Oh how the mighty have fallen. And I'm not talking about Obi-Wan, I'm talking about Disney. For a studio who usually has top-notch stories and writing in their movies, the Star Wars franchise has been a huge step down for them, and Obi-Wan, unfortunately, is no exception. The show had some truly great moments, but they were few and far between, buried under ridiculous, contrived, nonsensical story and plot elements. And the 3rd Sister inquisiter has WAY too much screen time, aside from being over the top, cheesy, and just outright annoying. This is worth a watch, but just don't expect too much.

I love the feel of all of the new Star Wars content. This is a good story.

The only complaint I have about this one is the stiff acting of Moses Ingram. Haven't we figured out yet that a villain has to be more than stern and flat? To say her acting was uninspired would be an understatement.

Not sure why they made Leia so spunky, but I guess it grows on you in a way.

This is my second time watching the series through. The first time I was immersed in the story and the power the character portrayed. The second time around the flat performance really stands out to me.

I still love the show and give it a good rating, but I'm here to say I hope Disney casts better actors in these iconic shows going forward.

I waited until all of the episodes were released before passing a final judgement on this. I can say I'm glad I did, as the first couple episodes were 3/10 stars for a tv show with the latter being more toward a 7/10.

With that said, I'm trying rate this show as a whole. Would I recommend it to anyone? Would I watch it again?

It's hard to slap a number on this. I did like it more than the recent film trilogy despite it being very campy at times (tbh I'm not entirely sure if that was at all intended, which make some moments even more hilarious) with a weak and noticeable production value that did take a lot of the enjoyment out of it for me.

Reva's arc was a classic Star Wars story that actually justifies its existence in the end, even if it does it poorly. Why it was such a centerpiece in a show titled Kenobi... I dunno. Honestly I think this show would have received much less backlash if it was simply titled something else.

Taking everything into consideration, would I recommend it to anyone? I would recommend it to anyone that loved the prequels. I do think it falls out of purview for mostly anyone else though.

Would I watch it again?

Yes, I will rewatch a few of the episodes just for some of Vader's sequences, as much as I don't want to admit it. The last few episodes focus more on the relationship between 'Ben' Kenobi and Anakin, which in turn give us a better transition of Anakin to Vader than the films did alone.

This show is dumb, light hearted and sometimes heavy. It's a very true to form Star Wars story with the exception of having poorer production and slightly lesser quality in writing, and if you can laugh at the scenes where the child outruns bounty hunters by walking, you'll get some enjoyment out of this.

If you wanted a purely serious tv series based on Kenobi like I did, you won't get that. But maybe you'll find something passable in the meantime.

6/10.

After hearing all the bad reviews and really not liking Mandelorian post-season 1.. I put off Star Wars in general. I decided to watch this with an open mind one lazy Sunday. What a great series.. edge of my seat the whole time! Amazing acting from everyone involved, tight script, great set & effects, along with an interesting plot. Not overly bleak, nor overly humerus, it does everything right to make it a true edition to the Star Wars stories. Again we're talking about wizards with light swords.. it is suppose to appeal to young imaginations. People are way too critical and expect too much bleakness. The only negative I saw was the pacing is quick! They jump between planets fast and this could have easily been 2 seasons. The characters and acting were so well done, I would have been fine with a slower pace. But the story and ending were fantastic. All loose ends tie together well.. Things really kick into gear in the second half of the season, but the first half is equally important.

New Star Wars with Disney seems to have the same problem, again and again: bad writing. With the exception of Jon and Dave's work, new Star Wars is getting worse with their writing. It doesn't matter how well the actors do their roles when they're poorly written, there's no saving it. Either get a team that knows how to write or just stop.

Really not sure why this gets so much hate. Sure, it has its flaws but so does every piece of Star Wars media and anyone who holds up any of the films (original, prequel, or sequel) as some sort of high artistic merit is just kidding themselves and needs to check their ego at the door.

In terms of Star Wars itself, this is a damn good series worthy to be placed right up there with the best of what this universe has to offer. The character drama is great, the window it provides into the timeframe between Episodes III and IV is interesting, and Evan McGregor and Hayden Christensen act and perform like they've never left with their confrontations and big moments being the biggest highlight especially for prequel lovers like this reviewer. And seriously....screw the haters who go off on Vivien Blair as Leia. She does a damn good job and has enough fire to carry things on her own and it's great to see Obi-Wan get such a strong connection to her in ways that add to canon and fill in some holes that needed to be filled in.

Yes there are problems. The way every one shakes off a lightsaber wound is very inconsistent with what we've seen, things take a while to get going, and the villains outside of Vader get a bit too much screentime / get a bit too tiresome. I enjoy Moses Ingram as Reva in general but she has a bit too many temper tantrums to really work though her ending is strong enough to where it redeems most of her flaws by the end.

Good god people, it's just a show and a sci-fi show meant for all families at that, not some high art film or whatever matches the ridiculous standard you all seem to have in your head. Nothing is perfect nor is it meant to be nor will it ever be. This is absolutely a great show that's worthy of attention and love.

I understand why people don't like this. After watching the main series in 2024, I wanted to explore the side stories, so I started with "Obi-Wan Kenobi."

I was excited to watch this because I really liked Ewan McGregor as the younger Obi-Wan in the prequel films-he's a talented actor. His performance in this mini-series was outstanding, even surpassing his work in the prequels.

However, my main issue is with the story. Bringing Skywalker and Leia into the plot felt like beating a dead horse. If the story had focused more on Obi-Wan's personal struggles and less on rehashing old characters, I would have enjoyed it more.

The setting is more mature than the films, which I didn't mind-I appreciate a more mature Star Wars story. The cast was good, but the story was a letdown and didn't match the quality of the main film series.

I am a big Star Wars fan but this is a little bit lightweight for me.

I was initially thrilled that EM was reprising this iconic role but the storyline really is a bit fluffy and offers nothing to the whole Obi-Wan/Vader dynamic. In fact we are probably better off having left things at the end of Revenge Of The Sith. This series has just stunk up the room as far as the overall story is concerned.

While The Mandolorian adds to the Star Wars story this is like a really terrible spin off that should never have made it to the small screen.

I really wanted to like it but I just didn't. The plot is weak and leaves us with more questions than answers, the biggest one being "Why bother?"!

Feels like it's been re-written a dozen different times by a dozen different dispassionate writers who are painfully trying to squeeze creative blood from an algorithmic marketing decision. Makes the rookie prequel mistake of heaping acres of tension onto the unchangeable fates of established characters rather than giving us new characters to care about. Some nice effects work and young Leia is gloriously cast, but the action is shoddily constructed, it treads oceans of water and it is likely the weakest and ropiest bit of live action Wars TV yet made. Severely hope we don't get more.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022 was a rough year for everyone, but a light in the darkness came in the form of an unexpected sequel to both the end of The Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith. Obi-Wan Kenobi brings the audience up to speed of what has taken place ten years later, which also includes some cameos including one of the remaining clones begging on the streets of one of the planets.

In the 1977 movie A New Hope, we find "Ben" hiding on Tatooine keeping watch over Luke, implying that he's been there for years as a hermit. It took many forms of Star Wars media, plus common sense, to realize that he didn't just sit there doing nothing. I had always wondered why Anakin and his former master didn't meet until the events on the Death Star. Well, wonder no more, as this series fills in a much needed gap.

I write frequently of the portrayal of mental illness, depression and anxiety when I see them in fictional works, and boy does this show feature that. We have learned over the years that not every Jedi perished during Order 66, and this includes several of the younglings who had not yet made it to Padawan status.

In addition, Darth Vader has been searching the galaxy to get revenge on his former master due to the physical state that he left him in causing not only severe damage, but wrecking his mind. Anakin was not made aware that his children survived and that also took a heavy toll because he wasn't present for Padme's death. I can't even imagine that sort of pain, but Anakin channels his pain into an obsession. One of the other things we learn is that he remained on Mustafar, keeping a solitude surrounded by the elements that destroyed him. I still find myself wondering how the Emperor allowed him to just sit there, but that parallels with Kenobi just sitting there.

Speaking of Kenobi, he has allowed himself to fall into despair and shame, dreaming of Anakin's apparent death, and not even caring for himself. I am certain that he would have wasted away if it weren't for his promise to look after Luke.

I know I am not concentrating on the main plot, but the emphasis on Anakin and Obi-Wan's similar journey of self reflection brought forth such an emotional response in me. Both men get lost in blame, Anakin on Obi-Wan and Obi-Wan on himself, that neither may progress or grow as characters.

Neither one of them knew the other lived until we meet one of the Inquisitors, dark Jedi introduced in the Star Wars: Rebels as the elite forces that hunt down the remaining hidden Jedi. Third Sister, Reva, kidnaps Leia Organa in an attempt to flush out Kenobi to win favor with Vader, and chaos ensues. Of course, there is a twist, and I leave it up to the audience to enjoy.

The dramatic conclusion accurately reflects what must be done in order to let go and move forward. A parallel to my own life that I still have strong feelings about.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi series turned out to be quite different from what I had expected. Instead of exploring Kenobi's other adventures during his time in hiding, the show focuses on how he tries to save Luke and Leia from the clutches of the Empire and Darth Vader.

However, the series fails to build up the suspense of "Will something happen to both of them" since we already know that they will grow up and fight the Empire. This makes me wonder why the producers didn't opt for a different storyline.

Despite this, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed watching the show. I binge-watched it in a single sitting and found the VFX and cinematography to be quite impressive. The actors have done an excellent job as well.

Overall, I would highly recommend this series to anyone looking for a perfect time-killer.

My problems with Disney Star Wars stem primarily from one person - Kathleen Kennedy.

I'm guessing some of you have heard that the original script for this show was scrapped because it was too 'bleak.' And that baffles me. This is supposed to be the most depressing time in Star Wars history and she didn't want it to be too downbeat. Give me a break. The original writer also shared that his script was related to Job in the bible. He loses everything, but he remains faithful. To me, that sounds like an intriguing premise, and it fits perfectly with Kenobi's character at this point in his life. We get flashes of Obi Wan being in a broken state, but they're brief.

We instead got 4 episodes of a little girl getting rescued. Don't even get me started on the chase scene. Oh yeah and frequent nonsensical breaking of the canon. And then we have Reva. She was pointless. The Second Sister in Fallen Order was miles better. And guess what? She was also a woman of color. The difference is she had good writing!!

Another thing that really ticks me off - Kathleen Kennedy said that there shouldn't be authentic John Williams Star Wars music in the 3rd episode because it would feel too cinematic. What the actual f? Too cinematic?? We finally got authentic music, but only in the last episode. I just can't fathom the ideas this woman has. I am not in any way cut out to be the president of Lucasfilm, but you're telling me there is no one better than this woman?

I mostly enjoyed everything with Kenobi and Vader, and that's really the only reason to watch this show.

I know there are some who really enjoyed this show and that's perfectly fine! I enjoyed enough of it too. But what i want is a Star Wars story written by someone who cares. Not by someone who wants to check boxes.

That's my rant for the day.

The first couple of episodes had that simplistic old charm of the original movies, that made me quite nostalgic. But the writing is simply bad and lazy. There's way too much plot armor and "Super easy, barely an inconvenience" moments in every single episode. Even the characters are written poorly - more one dimensional than a straight line, to the point you get annoyed just by looking at them (looking at you Third Sister, Leia too if she wasn't a cute little kid)

As a long term fan of Star Wars I was extremely disappointed watching this. The plot was so poorly written and had so many plot holes that I couldn't get all the way through it. It had a childish plot that honestly seems like it was targeted towards 10 year olds, which if true seems strange considering most Star Wars fans are 30+.

Why make this tv series at all if you are not going to treat it with the respect it deserves. I feel bad for the actors. It reflects poorly on their career when it's really just poor writing. If this is the quality Disney is producing I will never subscribe to their service.

Please do better Disney.

In star wars sequels they made Luke weak now Obi. Didn't they see the first six movies? Bad directing, bad acting mostly from the parkour sister and Leia is really bad, was that hard to find a talented kid?