Obi-Wan Kenobi Finally Made The Force Cool
Obi-Wan Kenobi finished last week, and the finale was everything I’d hoped for. A spectacular duel between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan showed off the Jedi master’s fluid fighting style and the Sith Lord’s brutal strength. It was a phenomenal clash between former brothers and I’ll admit I had a little cry, but that may have been because I was hungover, and hangovers always make me more emotional than I already am.
Anyway, beyond some nostalgic tears, the main emotion I felt was excitement. Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi are back. Two of the greatest Force wielders to ever exist going toe-to-toe. The problem is that most of the Star Wars films and TV shows make the Force seem boring. It’s almost impressive when you think about it. There’s this magical, well, force, tethering everything together which allows people to shoot lightning from their fingertips and rip Imperial Star Destroyers out of orbit, but instead, it’s mostly used for cheap mind tricks and flinging small objects about.
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Seeing Rey lose control and accidentally blast a transport to smithereens with lightning and watching as she and Kylo communicated over galactic distances like they were on a FaceTime call was wonderful, and gave me a new hope for the future of Star Wars on screen, but the first two episodes of Obi-Wan just contained more unimpressive tricks. A Jedi suspends a knife to stop it from hitting someone and Obi-Wan catches Leia as she falls. It’s all so plain. It’s probably by design, but that doesn’t stop the first two episodes being a drag.
Just like with the prequel trilogy, episode three is where things finally get interesting. Darth Vader walks through a settlement and shows us
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