Obi-Wan leaves in a dropship and Vader commands the destroyer to follow him against the advice of the Grand Inquisitor ( Rupert Friend). Leia is upset, given how close the two have grown in their short time together, but ultimately understands that he has to do it. Obi-Wan decides to lure Vader away from the families on board, and tasks Haja Estree ( Kumail Nanjiani) with returning Leia safely to Alderaan. The transport is trying to evade fire from the Empire’s destroyer, but can’t flee into hyperspace until their drive is repaired. The finale picks up right after this moment. Reva and Vader duel briefly before he impales her with his lightsaber and leaves her for dead. Obi-Wan convinces her to make her move while Vader is distracted by the prospect of his own revenge so that the transport has time to escape. She became an inquisitor to get close to Vader and get revenge for the friends and life she lost thanks to him and the Empire. In trying to negotiate with Reva, Obi-Wan learns that she was a youngling in the Jedi temple during Order 66. A standoff ensues as Obi-Wan and the resistance try to hold off Reva and the Stormtroopers long enough to give the transport time to escape. Unfortunately, Inquisitor Reva ( Moses Ingram) has followed them to Jabiim thanks to a tracker hidden inside of Leia’s droid L0-LA. Obi-Wan has rescued Leia from the Inquisitors’ fortress, and they are preparing to leave for Alderaan on a transport with other refugees. ![]() Leading up to the finale, Obi-Wan and Leia find themselves on Jabiim, a planet used by smugglers to help Jedi, force-sensitive children, and enemies of the Empire escape and start a new life. Leia and Obi-Wan’s journey together has not been an easy one, with Darth Vader ( Hayden Christensen, James Earl Jones) and the Empire growing closer in each episode. ![]() I’m more excited for this than anything that’ll be on television this year. I have a good feeling about this.Editor's note: The below article contains spoilers for Episode 6 of Obi-Wan Kenobi.Set ten years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, the limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi follows the titular Jedi ( Ewan McGregor) as he leaves his secluded life on Tatooine to rescue Princess Leia ( Vivian Lyra Blair) from the Empire’s Inquisitors and bring her safely back home to Alderaan. To be told at 8 years old, you’re The Chosen One, destined to bring balance to the living force that underpins the entire galaxy? You’d be a bit weird and awkward too, right? I hope Christensen gets the opportunity to rewrite the external narrative on his Star Wars career too.Īll in all, I cannot wait to see how it all plays out from May 25 on Disney Plus. A child slave, freed only to be removed from his mother and placed within a dogmatic religion, subject to training regime that taught him to let go of all attachment. An immature wunderkind whose personality is shaped by the nature of his experiences. In my view, he’d played Anakin exactly how you’d expect Anakin to be. It pretty much ruined that lad’s his career. Hayden got the worst of the prequel hate and it was wholly unwarranted. The series also gives Hayden Christensen a deserved chance for redemption in the Darth Vader suit. ![]() In my (unpopular) opinion it’s the third-best Star Wars film of all (behind A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back) and my most enduring love comes through Ewan McGregor’s dead-on portrayal of Kenobi. After watching the teaser many times over I decided to end my week with a Revenge of the Sith re-watch. I practically got laughed out of an interview with Empire Magazine in 2006 for saying I agreed with their five-star review for Attack of the Clones! Spoiler Alert: It was a test and I didn’t get the job.įor me, since it was first rumoured, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series has always been THE one I wanted to see Disney make, so I was delighted to finally see the trailer drop this week. Me? I’ve always loved them, warts and all, Right down to Jar-Jar, and Anakin and Padme’s incredibly awkward professions of love (they weren’t helped by the dialogue, ok?). Maybe it’s the passionate r/PrequelMemes community on Reddit, which won’t hear a bad word about them, and finds joy in, and celebrates even the trilogy’s most derided moments? Perhaps its the arrival of Disney Plus and a new generation of people being able to enjoy Episodes I-III without 40-somethings bemoaning the fact it’s not ‘their’ Star Wars? Professions of love Maybe it’s how safe Disney played it with the underwhelming sequel trilogy that has us looking at the prequel trilogy more fondly? Maybe it wasn’t so bad when Lucas was running the show after all? Maybe it’s utter abomination that was Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi?
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