Why Is Flea In Obi-Wan Kenobi?
Warning: contains SPOILERS for episodes 1 and 2 of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
What is Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea doing in the Star Wars show Obi-Wan Kenobi? Taking place 10 years after Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, the show sees the return of Ewan McGregor as the titular character. Living on Tatooine to watch over young Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi has taken the name Ben and has denounced his old Jedi ways after his failure with Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). Jedis are all but extinct after Order 66, yet Star Wars' Inquisitors still search the galaxy intently for any remaining survivors. Ben Kenobi, then, has all the more reason to stray from the Jedi Order.
Born Michael Peter Balzary, the musician and actor known as Flea is primarily famous for playing the bass in the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, starting with their formation in 1983. But his acting career also spans decades. Flea's notable movie roles include Needles in two installments of the Back to the Future trilogy, a nihilist in the Coen brothers' cult classic The Big Lebowski, and Eddie in Baby Driver. In the Disney+ Star Wars show Obi-Wan Kenobi, Flea plays a mercenary named Vect Nokru.
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The character works for Third Sister Reva (Moses Ingram), an Inquisitor who is fiercely ambitious in her hunt to find Obi-Wan Kenobi and deliver him to Darth Vader. Obi-Wan Kenobi's Inquisitor Reva was a former Jedi corrupted by the dark side, just like Anakin/Vader. However, because of the Rule of Two dictating that only two Sith Lords can exist at the time — during the events of Obi-Wan Kenobi, this pair isDarth Vader and Darth Sidious — corrupted Jedis like Reva join the Inquisitorius to hunt
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