Kenobi Is Making Rise Of Skywalker's Leia & Rey Story Better
Warning! This post contains spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 4.
Obi-Wan Kenobi surprisingly places a focus on a young Leia Organa with that focus making her connection with Rey in the sequel trilogy, specifically Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, even better. The highly-anticipated series took an unexpected turn when Leia was revealed to be the reason the titular character comes out of hiding. Rather than stay on Tatooine to watch over Luke Skywalker, Kenobi travels across the galaxy to save the former's twin sister from the clutches of the Empire.
In doing so, the show places a heavier focus on Leia before the events of Star Wars, something that hasn't happened in the franchise up to this point. Not only does one of Star Wars' legacy characters receive even more backstory and complexity, but Obi-Wan Kenobiepisode 4 specifically draws parallels with the main character from the sequel trilogy. This only goes to improve one of the core relationships of the final film in the Skywalker saga, The Rise of Skywalker.
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One of the main aspects of Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 4 was Leia being interrogated by the Empire for the location of the Path's headquarters, an underground anti-Imperial network. At one point, Leia is interrogated by Reva through the use of a Force mind probe, something that has been done by both Maul and Kylo Ren at different points in the franchise. It is the latter in which a parallel between Leia and Rey from The Rise of Skywalker is evident. In The Force Awakens, Kylo also attempts to mind probe Rey. Both Leia and Rey resist these mind probes, meaning Reva and Kylo Ren are unable to receive the information they need. This is because both are strong in the
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