Mini Series Official "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Series Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

https://starwarssessions.co.uk/2022/01/21/exclusive-details-regarding-obi-wan-kenobi-and-andor/

The studio is “raving about Kenobi” (whereas the chatter around The Book of Boba Fett has been muted in comparison). They are going as far as to say that Obi-Wan Kenobi is “being billed as the biggest Star Wars event of the past few years and the next few years also”.

The Kenobi show “is going to shock” everyone, that “this is a very new story/world for Obi Wan” and that “people aren’t prepared for how different this show is going to be. All generations of fans will be catered for…this is truly transitional Star Wars”.

 

I like the part about all generations of fans will be catered to, so OT, PT, ST and Clone Wars/Rebels generations. Also thing being the big thing since TFA and will be until maybe next big trilogy.

 

OK, so, I've been assuming that all of these series that Disney is developing aren't just standalone series, but that they all also set up pieces for some kind of Marvel-esque event where it all comes together--and I'm guessing that this future event is somehow tied to the rise of the "First Order." I've been wondering whether the Kenobi series also does that, and if so, how. The notion that "All generations of fans will be catered for" (which does indeed imply ST fans) does seem to strongly suggest that, if I'm right and there'll be some future coming-together-event, then yes, the Kenobi series will also play its part in setting things up.

 

I think this show, Bad Batch and Andor will set up whats come into the future with First Order and cloning, they be tease whats to come with their own stories. Bad Batch, Kenobi and Andor could show use the cloning and seeds of whats to come.

 

As long as they ambitious and the production doesn’t feel chintzy then I think I’ll be satisfied. I don’t think they could get away with taking the character in a weird direction like they did with Boba, since we’ve all got a pretty good idea of who Obi-wan is.

 

I think they should reset all legacy characters by throwing them into sarlaccs, and use that to justify inconsistencies across trilogies.

So, Obi-Wan falls into the sarlacc, and therefore forgets about these two droids that were constantly following him around for years

 

“Who are you?”

- Obi-wan’s classic greeting to friend and stranger

 

Obi-Wan: That boy is our last hope.
Yoda: No, there is another.
Obi-Wan: Huh? Refresh my memory. Remember that I fell into a sarlacc pit.

 

The ingredients for an epic event are there. If done right this should be even bigger than The Mandalorian ever was.

 

Obi-Wan connects Anakin to Luke, he's a surrogate brother to the former and a surrogate father and father figure to the latter, he's the static entity that events revolve around and makes the whole story work... how can they mess it up when they've got EM and HC?.

 

They should read these fora for the likley-ness of that happening.

 

Especially when it’s revealed Obi Wan is keeping an eye on both Luke and ……. Grogu.

 

REMINDER: Joel Edgerton

 

This show needs sandworms.

 

I don't necessarily like this idea as the first flashback when there are things that happened between Anakin and Obi Wan that could have been used to set the tone surrounding Obi Wan's feelings/memories of Anakin. They could have used a flashback from the duel since that was the most recent event between the two. Obi Wan could still be struggling with that. Then we see him then a few scenes later remembering the two of them fighting in the war together sort of trying to reconcile.

It's not a deal breaker for me as this is still the series I'm anxiously awaiting more than any other.

 

Apart from the Acolyte those three shows are further in the past than The Mandalorian, TBOBF and 'Rangers', all of which were said to lead to some story event finale (probably in 'Rangers'). Any possible forays into the birth of the First Order would be in those or future productions not ones set during the Age of the Empire.

 

Sorry, wob. I was kidding. There’s no such flashback.

 

I wouldn't put any stock in internal studio chatter. Just using recent franchise movies as an example, Batman v. Superman supposedly got a "standing ovation" from studio execs and the first Wonder Woman was supposed to be a disaster. On the MCU side, Eternals was supposed to be a Best Picture contender.

 

Didn't literally all of th execs balk at BvS immediately? It's been a while so fuzzy on that, but pretty sure that's when the gears started turning on doing what they had to to 'save' Justice League, which obviously didn't work out so well anyway.

But regardless, pretty sure Lucasfilm/Disney have already established the prerequesite confidence in Chow, she's proven herself already. The writers, who knows.

 

I have full faith in Chow.