Obi-Wan Kenobi Review: Star Wars Series Highlights Good & Bad Of Franchise
Note: This review contains a mild spoiler.
Ewan McGregor is back in Obi-Wan Kenobi, a thrilling but all too familiar entry in the Star Wars franchise that relies on nostalgia to drive its story. Since the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney, Star Wars has had a tumultuous run on both the big and small screens. Its divisive conclusion to the Skywalker Saga fueled online debate that highlighted the ways in which fandom has changed in the decades since the prequel trilogy. Thanks to The Mandalorian and Jon Favreau's guiding hand, Star Wars course-corrected on streaming. For the most part, Obi-Wan Kenobi stays the course established by Favreau and Kathleen Kennedy, but its reliance on a story that many already know the ending to undermines some of the excitement of what is otherwise a well-crafted show.
Obi-Wan Kenobi picks up with the Jedi ten years after Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith as the once mannered lightsaber wielder finds himself exiled to the desert planet of Tatooine to watch over Luke Skywalker. His gruff interactions with the locals highlight the ways in which exile has changed the man that once served as a beacon of wisdom on the Jedi council. While Darth Vader's own Inquisitors hunt down the remaining Jedi, Obi-Wan finds himself pulled into the action as Moses Ingram's Third Sister Reva yearns to bring him out of hiding, using a surprising method to do so.
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As is customary for any Disney+ event series, Obi-Wan Kenobi pulls out all the stops in its first two episodes. Littered with faces both familiar and fresh, including Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa, Benny Safdie as Nari (another Jedi living on Tatooine), and Kumail
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