Now that the sand has settled, do you think Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi was worth it?

[thediamondage]

Some good, some bad. I wish it was better. Its one of the very, very, very few instances I think where a 2 hour movie would have worked a lot better, cut out the characters that added nothing to the story and keep it lean.

As it stands I think someone could do a cut of Revenge of the Sith + Obi-Wan + end of Rogue One (I like R1 to be clear and still would watch it standalone) and make a more interesting story than ROTS/Obi-Wan by themselves.

You can clearly see in the bones of the story how it started off as a 2 hour movie about Obi-Wan, Tatooine, and young Luke (no Inquisitors, Leia, Path, etc) and morphed into a bunch of poorly written stuff plus a cool Obi-Wan/Vader final fight. Honestly given the behind the scenes of "they started filming, stopped, rewrote the scripts, then kept going" its amazing its coherent at all.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

The highlight for sure. Hope we get more Leia doing rebel scum shit in Andor

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Mmh that's going to be more difficult unless they deepfake Carrie Fisher again

At least the technology is better than it was at the time of Rogue One lol

 

[Melkezadek]

Despite some of my issues with it, I enjoyed it a lot. Episode 5+6 was some of the best Star Wars I've seen in awhile on screen. Probably would have been better as a movie than a series.

 

[Melkezadek]

Despite some of my issues with it, I enjoyed it a lot. Episode 5+6 was some of the best Star Wars I've seen in awhile on screen. Probably would have been better as a movie than a series.

 

[gilko79]

I wish there was a 4th option. I didn't love it, but it was definitely better than just 'okay'. The last couple of episodes saved it from that fate. I find it difficult giving shows a lower rating when they finish strong like that.

 

[Zebesian-X]

Mmh that's going to be more difficult unless they deepfake Carrie Fisher again

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Yeah I would just recast (would have done the same for D+ Luke) but I know not everyone is on board for that

 

[Shatty McKracken]

Episodes 1,5, and 6 were worth it. 2-4 were straight trash.

There was enough here to rework and make an amazing 2.5hr movie with a proper budget and some real set pieces.

They really stuck the landing though with Episode 6 so that puts me in the worth it category.

 

[teruterubozu]

The last episode saved it from trashdom. It's insane how much better the last episode is from the rest of the show. Like a completely different production.

 

[Dabanton]

Two?

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O'Shea Jackson and Moses Ingram

 

[Malverde]

Meh is a good word for it. Vader vs Reva was cool because it showed that Vader had such a mastery of the force that the lightsaber wasn't actually needed. It was what Yoda vs Dooku should have been in episode 2.

Vader vs Obi-Wan reminded me of Goku vs Majin Vegeta. Just straight up action figures smacking one another. It is literally what Luke makes fun of Rey for wanting in The Last Jedi. Felt like the kind of fan service that JJ would have cooked up.

 

[Rodderick]

No. It added nothing of interest while removing a ton of weight from the Original Trilogy. Which is true for literally every single Star Wars product since Return of The Jedi, aside from The Last Jedi. None of the people currently associated with Star Wars understand what made it originally work, but I guess it's what the Wookiepedia loving fandom wants: just gotta fill every gap, no matter what garbage we use in those spaces.

 

[mere_immortal]

From a direction and writing view it was pretty bad. But I'm also incredibly bored of revisiting the same characters and setting over and over again so that probably didn't help.

 

[Helix]

for the Vader x Kenobi reunion, definitely!

The show was definitely a 7 was me partially due to how weak the rest of the cast was especially Reva. Tala was the only character I actually felt for on an emotional level only for her to well...do what she did. I'd definitely like to see Reva explored more intricately hopefully in a series but I'll take a novelization if plans for a Season 2 doesn't come to fruition.

 

[John Caboose]

It was fine, I would've made some different choices with the direction though. The other obi-vader fight(s?) than the last one felt superflous for one thing.

 

[Rackam]

This scene is probably among the top ten best scenes in the entire franchise IMO

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so, hot garbage just like the rest of the franchise

 

[CardsFall]

Not a good show. Can't imagine how the biggest entertainment company in the world made something that amateurish. Felt like they convinced Ewan McGregor to do a high school play based on fan fiction.

 

[HStallion]

I was enjoying it but went to loving it when I finally heard ,"It's Kenobin time!"

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Vader vs Obi-Wan reminded me of Goku vs Majin Vegeta. Just straight up action figures smacking one another. It is literally what Luke makes fun of Rey for wanting in The Last Jedi. Felt like the kind of fan service that JJ would have cooked up.

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Lol that's exactly what I thought when Obi-Wan lifted those rocks. I still loved the fight though and it made sense how that's something Obi-Wan does but Luke wouldn't.

 

[take_marsh]

I want to like it a lot.

First and last episodes were solid. Everything in between felt like pure fluff following the Star Wars story-telling playbook, step-by-step. Some great parts wedged inbetween a lot of uninteresting activity; nothing smart, nothing clever, occasionally something pretty cool. In the end, it was mostly forgettable for someone like me who enjoys Star Wars, but has fallen out of love with it.

 

[Schwarzbier]

Worth watching? For me, yes. I enjoyed it well enough, poor production and all.

Worth making? Disney could take a shit, put it on film, and call it the Phantom Turd and it would make money.

 

[Neoxon]

Honestly, I wish it was a movie.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Worth making? Disney could take a shit, put it on film, and call it the Phantom Turd and it would make money.

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I mean they would love that if that was really possible, but in reality the "shit" that they might make costs millions of dollars to make

 

[Sayuz]

It's got good individual moments and ideas, but those are surrounded by so much stuff that feels mediocre, if not flat out contradictory and bad. It doesn't help that the show has legitimate technical issues too, from the way it looks coming across as very cheap at times, to the overuse of shaky cam.

It wasn't a complete waste like Book of Boba Fett ended up being, but I wouldn't call it good, either.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

It's got good individual moments and ideas, but those are surrounded by so much stuff that feels mediocre, if not flat out contradictory and bad. It doesn't help that the show has legitimate technical issues too, from the way it looks coming across as very cheap at times, to the overuse of shaky cam.

It wasn't a complete waste like Book of Boba Fett ended up being, but I wouldn't call it good, either.

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I think the shaky cam was a deliberate choice, not quite a technical issue

 

[Morrigan]

It was so middling that it could have been a Netflix show.

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[Carbon]

I think the stuff with Anakin and Obi-wan was good. I think the IDEA of a kid Leia and a vengeful padiwan were also good. I just don't think they were particularly executed well here. So more positive than negative, but closer to meh than Mandalorian.

 

[Sayuz]

I think the shaky cam was a deliberate choice, not quite a technical issue

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I meant it more like it was an issue I had with the show that was on the technical side of things, and not as a result of the writing or directing. I'm sure it was deliberate (though, perhaps some scenes couldn't be done without it, or at least, not within their budget), but I found it to be a bit much, especially by the end.

 

[Hattoto]

I was really happy to see more performances from prequel-era actors, especially in the last episode. So it was worth it for me.

 

[Jmdajr]

In hindsight I think a full budge movie would have been a better execution.

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This is my feels.

 

[BossAttack]

I believe the correct phrase is Bantha fodder.

It was that.

 

[Jarmel]

The Obi-Wan/ Vader stuff was really good. Everything else was really bad.

This could have been an amazing movie.

 

[Ambient]

It should have just been a 2 hour special.

 

[Traxus]

Needed more time in the writing room and a much bigger budget. Going from this to Stranger Things season 4 was like night and day, from the story to dialogue to production, cinematography, etc. Obi-Wan just feels cheap in comparison. This epic reunion deserved to be better.

 

[Siggy-P]

I wouldn't say the dust has settled yet.

But it was crap. Best part of it was ripped wholesale from Rebels.

 

[Trouble]

Better than 'meh', but not amazing.

 

[Geode]

We already had this thread....kinda

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[The Silver]

It connected Anakin and Vader in a way no other piece of media has. To the point I can see some OT Vader scenes in a new light.

It's just goddamn.....why couldn't they give this the premium movie treatment, goddamn....

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I was really happy to see more performances from prequel-era actors, especially in the last episode. So it was worth it for me.

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The series was really great for the unsung parents of the saga: Bail and Breha Organa, and Owen and Beru Lars

 

[Landy828]

My daughter (14) said her favorite part was the Obi vs Vader fight going "full anime" in the last episode.

That comment gave me a laugh. I see it. I enjoyed watching it with her.

Here's the entire SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER battle from the last episode with the cuts taken out. Only thing I don't like is they left the moment where they speak at the end out and the part where Obi gains the strength to escape the rubble.

 

[MasterYoshi]

Young Leia was the standout. Hope to see that actress return to that role in a few years.

 

[blamite]

It was fine. Too many good scenes that end up getting diminished by a dumb thing happening immediately after. Like the Reva vs Vader fight was great, but then he stupidly leaves her alive because ????? Same with the final Obi-Wan vs Vader fight. The scene where Vader's mask was broken and his voice was wavering between Anakin and Vader was really impactful, but Obi-Wan just leaving him there alive didn't feel earned.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Here's the entire SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER battle from the last episode with the cuts taken out. Only thing I don't like is they left the moment where they speak at the end out and the part where Obi gains the strength to escape the rubble.

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I love how intensely Vader screams at the 0:16 and 3:54 marks. You can tell that's not the Darth Vader of the OT here. It's really just Anakin trapped in a broken body and prison outfit.

 

[Astro Cat]

Yes. I loved it.

 

[Deleted member 4494]

It connected Anakin and Vader in a way no other piece of media has. To the point I can see some OT Vader scenes in a new light.

It's just goddamn.....why couldn't they give this the premium movie treatment, goddamn....

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I feel like this is a case of Disney simply not having a well-oriented plan for Star Wars. It came in hot, and they immediately moved to capitalize on it -- the result(s) made them realize that they were moving too quickly and they ended up scaling back this movie to (what would become) a series. Anyone who has seen the series, now, can tell that it should have been a movie to begin with, much more than the Solo film which, ironically, probably should have been a series.

Sucks. I hope Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen get to play more in the universe despite the mistakes here; it wasn't perfect performances, but they elevated the material together.

 

[CamberGreber]

It was mostly crap from top to bottom with some cool vader fan service scenes thrown in.
Stretching a 2 hr film to 5-6 hrs is always a horrible idea.

 

[NekoNeko]

just as crap as mando.

 

[Darkwing-Buck]

Initially thought the finale was okay but since then, more I think about it more I dislike the show.

Think this show will age like milk for a lot of people. The directing was sub par and the writing was bordering on fan fiction dreck. Seeing shows like The Boys or even Stranger Things not only utilize their budgets much better on-screen but they also showcase a level of passion from top to bottom that puts Obi-Wan to shame.

I would've rather they didn't bother if this was the end product.

 

[Deleted member 13798]

There wasn't enough story to make a six episode series. A two hour movie would've been a much better experience. For me personally the show had maybe 25 minutes of worthwhile content, and that's being generous. I have no interest in a follow up to it. Had a couple of good moments but I feel like even those were taken from other pre-existing Star Wars properties.

I'm glad that a lot of people seem to enjoy it though, clearly hit some of the right buttons for people.

 

[Hokey]

The story redeemed itself in the last two episodes but it kinda felt pointless overall, and the sfx were embarrassing through most of it. I love Ewan though and it was awesome to see my fave character in the franchise again.

 

[Ashhong]

Worth it? Sure why not. It's not my money being invested into the show. And I would rather have it than not I guess.