Obi-Wan’s Ending Proves Qui-Gon's Phantom Menace Lesson Right
WARNING: Spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi season 1.
The epic conclusion to Obi-Wan Kenobi proved that one of Qui-Gon Jinn’s key teachings to Obi-Wan was right. From the beginning of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) was the quintessential reluctant hero. As he made clear to his fellow Jedi on the run, Nari (Benny Safdie), “the fight is done, we lost." Hope appeared to have been extinguished from Obi-Wan's heart and the only thing that remained was his duty to watch over the young Luke Skywalker, while he tortured himself over the traumas of his tragic past.
By the time he confronted Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series finale, much of his old strength had been regained. Naturally, there were echoes of Obi-wan and Darth Vader's previous duel encounter on Mustafar in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. However, despite being a much more even fight than in Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3, Vader eventually gained the upper hand and left Obi-Wan trapped and unable to move beneath a pile of rocks and earth.
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The means of his subsequent escape could be seen as Obi-Wan finally learning the first lesson taught to him by Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. In the opening moments of the movie, Obi-Wan uttered the classic Star Wars line, “I have a bad feeling about this.” When he explained to his Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn, that “It’s not about the mission Master. It’s something elsewhere, elusive,” he was advised by the older Jedi to «Keep your concentration here and now, where it belongs.» Obi-Wan’s failure to concentrate on the moment was repeatedly displayed in Obi-Wan Kenobi through his
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