Kenobi Makes 1 Leia Line In A New Hope Weirder
Warning! SPOILERS for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 4 ahead.
References to the prequel and original trilogies abound in Obi-Wan Kenobi, but one scene in episode 4 of the show makes a Princess Leia line in the first Star Wars movie weirder. Unlike A New Hope, which focuses more on the mentorship between Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, the latter's series centers on the friendship between Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and young Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) and how it started with him coming to her rescue at the request of Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits). Still, A New Hope already established Obi-Wan and Leia’s friendship, as proven by her message "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope," and Obi-Wan Kenobi manages to show how this came to be, filling the gaps as far as what led Leia to rely so much on him.
Although Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3 shows Leia almost escaping from Third Sister Reva (Moses Ingram), the inquisitor manages to find the end of the tunnel and slaughter the pilot who was supposed to bring Leia to safety. Then she recaptures Leia. This prompts Obi-Wan and Tala’s (Indira Varma) rescue mission to Nur in the Mustafar system, where Leia is brought to be interrogated by Reva. The Third Sister seeks to know more about the Path, through which those with a connection to the Force escaped, but she finds resistance when she tries to probe Leia. In addition to that, an odd call back to one of Leia’s A New Hope lines is made by Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 4.
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Right before Reva’s interrogation, Leia can be seen objecting to her imprisonment by stating they can’t keep her there as she is Bail Organa’s daughter and the “Princess of Alderaan” in Obi-Wan Kenobi
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