Maybe the writers have “fixing” this in mind since they’ve avoided having him call himself “Ben Kenobi” thus far… he’s only used Ben.
I liked the first two episodes and will be back for the remaining ones. I'm not a Star Wars expert so I can watch it with an open mind.
Oh - I must have missed that. I thought he was digging up his own old stuff since he went to hiding 10 years prior.
Right - Pretty sure Obi Wan said something flippant about burying his lightsaber in the desert because that part of his life was over.
I took it the other way. Obi Wan did bury his lightsaber ten years ago. Why would that other jedi have Obi Wan and Anakin's sabers?
I liked it. Great to see Ewan McGregor back. I was unsure about Spoiler the young Leia storyline at first, but it's working out fine. I would say the only thing I wasn't crazy about was the soundtrack, it felt a bit less spectacular than what we're used to.
I turned to my SW expert son, wondering if there’s more than one Pinhead-esque Inquisitor. I was assuming this is the same as the Rebels guy, so that demise, if it happened, didn’t seem to track.
I was lucky enough to visit the set of Episode III as part of a group of people working on Star Wars Insider magazine. During the time we were on set, Ewan and Hayden were filming part of the lightsaber duel. At one point, both of them turned down a hallway toward us, saw us, turned around, and took another route. This week, Ewan appeared at Star Wars Celebration, where he signed autographs and took photos shoulder-to-shoulder with random Star Wars fans. I genuinely never thought that would ever, ever happen.
What a mess. Once again, the "writers" have introduced a new element into the prequels that undercuts and contradicts canon. Leia's message to Obi-Wan in Episode IV will need to be rewritten now: LUKE I saw part of the message he was... Luke is cut short as the recorded image of the beautiful young Rebel princess is projected from Artoo's face. BEN I seem to have found it. Luke stops his work as the lovely girl's image flickers before his eyes. Ben looks intensely at the image, signaling he was beholding the sight of an old friend. LEIA General Kenobi, years ago you saved me from kidnappers on the planet Daiyu. Now I beg you to help me in my struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my request to you in person, as would be fitting considering our history together, but my ship has fallen under attack and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. You should know how to retrieve it since it once belonged to your padawan, Anakin Skywalker. You must see this droid safely delivered to the rebel base on Yavin 4. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope. Can't wait to catch up XXOO!
I was unsure about that too, not wanting another Cindel character. But she seems to be pretty decent so far. Flea has gotten to rub elbows with Marty McFly and Princess Leia. That's pretty good work for a rock star! By the way, was that a blink-and-you-missed it shot of Woody Harrelson in the first episode (when Owen is being threatened in the street by the Inquistors)? I might have to go check that again. Would the timeline even fit for his Solo character? I do like how Uncle Owen's disposition toward Ben is consistent with the way it was in Star Wars.
Timeline might work but I'm going to say no... Unless they're throwing in random Star Wars actor cameos, as a suggested Mark Hamill (not Luke Skywalker, for obvious reasons) cameo would mean... so that's a no
I always thought Flea's first movies were the two Back To The Future sequels. But I just looked up his filmography and he had bit parts and uncredited roles going back to 1983 in The Outsiders.
Alderaan’s not far away! I loved the first two parts. It helps that Ewan is now almost the correct age corresponding to Sir Alec in the timeline.
No need to rewrite just yet. In the hologram, Leia says, “General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars.” This language certainly sounds like a “cold call” to someone she hasn’t met. Later, when Luke breaks her out of her detention cell and tells her that he’s here with Ben Kenobi, her line is “Ben Kenobi?!? Where is he?” This line is delivered as if she knows very well who Ben Kenobi is, though it provides no information about whether they’ve met or not. The simple answer here, which is supported by new evidence rather than contradicted by it (so far, anyway), is that at that point, she hadn’t yet learned that Obi-Wan Kenobi was the same person as Ben Kenobi.
Probably the worst "action" scenes I've ever seen in anything ever. Spoiler The Jedi running out of the bar knocking down one awning and 3 inquisitor's are like "Geez, he sure got away!" Flea and 2 other people being able to kill a guard but not scoop Leia up? Lady gets her arm chopped off and doesn't make a peep afterwards? Reva or Deva or whatever her name is doing parkour? Leia jumping off a cliff after a bunch of "DON'T DO ITs from Obi Wan?" Letting Obi-Wan get to the cargo ship was also stupid , they didn't chase him?? Is it that there's no room to run inside of that big LED screen environment? And why doesn't Obi-Wan keep the hood on while "chasing" Leia? Not very good at stealth. This would have made a better book.
OK, the awning thing was lame. Even my girlfriend, who knows next to NOTHING about Star Wars other than the basics, was like, "That wouldn't stop a 5 year old from going after him!" As far as the second, they were able to kill the guard because they shot him with a blaster at about 20 feet. They wanted to capture the little girl, not kill her, which precludes shooting her.
Something which was kind of lame was that guy pretending to be a Jedi (with the magnets, etc), suddenly turning "good" right after that little boy was like, "Hey, check this out" (the hologram of Kenobi being a wanted man). It makes it looks like he's going to help the Inquisitors track him down, not help him get away.
