The Show
Jun 17, 2022 5:43:22 GMT -6
Post by vitugglan on Jun 17, 2022 5:43:22 GMT -6
Five episodes in and I'm not really feeling it. Kenobi is a side character in his own series. The main player is Riva, or Third Sister, an inquisitor. This is really her story. The show begins with her as a padawan during Order 66. Usually, the book or movie or series or whatever media, unless there's narration, will begin with the protagonist and this show, aside from flashbacks from the movies, begins with her. She gets the dramatic turns. She drives the plot.
One major problem with continuity is Kenobi going off to save Leia from kidnappers sent by Riva. The two spend a lot of time together, so why, in the original movie, does she not reference this instead of behaving like she never met him? Big problem.
Why can people get run through with light sabers and not die? Or, was it the fall that killed Han Solo, not Kylo's light saber? Why can't three grown men catch an undersized ten year old? Why can a ten year old princess fix a malfunctioning electronic door? Why can a light saber pass through a metal barrier when hardcore mini missiles can't? Why not use the light saber when the mini missiles aren't up to the job? Why doesn't Bale Organa send his army against the kidnappers instead of some cringing hermit he knew ten years ago? So many questions!
One episode left. The main character has to be redundant and unnecessary to keep to continuity, though that's been tossed in the trash by the Obi-Leia side-plot, since she wasn't the high inquisitor in the cartoon legends. There's no reason at all for this show other than to have Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christiansen on screen together with light sabers. Which is cool, but they could have done it some other way.
Oh, and the new 'flashbacks' with McGregor and Christiansen - the CGI de-aging is terrible. They look like game characters from ten years ago.