Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Series Shouldn't Copy Book Of Boba Fett Or The Mandalorian
Star Wars makes a lot of mistakes as a franchise, but the one it makes over and over is constant repetition. Cycling back on itself makes a galaxy that should feel endless small and limited, so innovation is the fuel that could keep the universe going forever. Obi-Wan Kenobi is on its way, depicting the beloved mentor to two generations of Skywalkers in the period between the two trilogies. This is the first live-action Disney+ series to take place at that particular time in the narrative, but it needs to differentiate itself in more ways than one.
On reflection,The Mandalorian may have been the most pleasant surprise the Star Wars franchise has put to screen in a long time. Starting its life as a Boba Fett film and turning it into a completely new frontier that was uncontroversially beloved, it went on an impressive journey. The Book of Boba Fett, on the other hand, was exactly the dull waste of time it was always meant to be. Evidently unsatisfied with abandoning the project, Disney felt the need to show the audience first-hand why it was such a bad idea. While The Mandalorian is an excellent series with a solid format and The Book of Boba Fettwas a meandering advertisement, neither of their formulas would work for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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It's clear where Boba Fett went wrong. It's wall-to-wall with fanservice, the plot could be summarized inside a fortune cookie, half of its screen time is devoted to franchise management, and so on. Some of this is an unfortunate consequence of the premise, which Obi-Wan will be suffering from right alongside it. It's the story of an already marketable character, it returns to franchise favorite planet Tatooine, and it's all about a
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