Obi-Wan Kenobi Knows Just How Good The Last Jedi Is
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Obi-Wan Kenobi episodes 1 and 2.
The story of Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 1 serves as an unexpected mirror to Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Luke Skywalker's controversial arc, showing just how good it really is. Obi-Wan Kenobi's place in Star Wars' timeline is a fascinating one; set 10 years after Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith and nine years before Star Wars: A New Hope, it's positioned as a perfect midpoint between the prequel and original trilogies. That means it can inform and change perceptions of both, deepening relationships and rivalries that were explored in the former while also explaining more aspects of the latter.
In Obi-Wan Kenobi episodes 1 and 2, the run the full gamut of major Star Wars characters, from the returning presence of Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) to how Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) looks out for both Luke Skywalker (Grant Feely) and Leia Organa (Vivien Lyra Blair). These were all, to varying degrees, expected from the show, and in some ways a part of its purpose. Less anticipated was for Obi-Wan Kenobi to have an impact upon the sequel trilogy, given it's so far off in the timeline, and yet the opening episodes do just that.
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Some of these ways are smaller — for instance, one of Obi-Wan episode 1's best Easter eggs is the reveal that Kenobi has two lightsabers buried on Tatooine, something Rey will do many years later — but there are bigger, more thematic parallels at play too. This particularly goes for Obi-Wan's arc and how it connects to the later life of the person he has sworn to protect: Luke. Luke's story in The Last Jedi was divisive and unexpected, but Obi-Wan
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