Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Will Delve Into The Horrors Of The Empire's Reign
It's no secret that the Star Wars universe was in a pretty dark place following the events of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Not that there's much chance of a sweet and peppy ending with a name like that, but it seems as though everything that could go wrong for the good people of the galaxy did so. The arguably benevolent Republic swapped kabuki masks into the oppressive Galactic Empire, the Jedi were hunted down and slaughtered en masse, and all that was left was a sliver of hope tucked away on Tatooine.
That's where the upcoming Disney Plus series Obi-Wan Kenobi picks up, leaving audiences to speculate that this might be one of the darkest new stories in the entire Star Wars franchise. While it's true that Obi-Wan Kenobi's original script was deemed too bleak, prompting rewrites and a substantial delay, it's still an unavoidable fact that the galaxy as a whole is in a pretty rough way during the time the show will take place. According to one writer, that's potentially one of the show's greatest narrative strengths.
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Joby Harold, writer on Obi-Wan Kenobi, recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about what to expect from the series, and he painted a pretty grim picture of the situation. «It takes place 10 years after Revenge of the Sith, in a time of darkness in the galaxy,» he explained. «The Empire is in the ascendancy. And all the horrors that come with the Empire are being made manifest throughout the galaxy. And the Jedi Order as we know them are being all but wiped out. So everything that was in the prequels has crumbled.» He certainly doesn't mince words, making this already feel like a pretty intense setting, between the Jedi-hunting
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