Finally a decent duel. Obi Wan going all Night King and summoning rocks was kinda funny but also pretty fun. The dialogue at the end of their fight was solid, as was the choice to use both voices for Anakin/Vader.
That's probably the only good part of the episode though... >.>
"Have you come to destroy me, Obi-wan?" says the man who spent the entire series chasing Obiwan
That made me laugh too. As did the "Did you really expect to defeat me?" said the man who was defeated before (not to mention how cliché that line is, but eh, Vader is the OG movie archvillain so I'll let it slide).
This was absolutely the funniest (in a good way) part of the episode for me. Like, fuck, why don't we have a series about retired gangster Aunt Beru. I had no idea she was this cool.
It'd be very funny for this series to reveal that Aunt Beru has some kind of dark past, but found Owen who is legit just a farmer and an all around good boy and fell in love with his simple but honest ways, putting away her guns because she wanted to live a domestic life, only to need to spring back into action when trouble came.
Disney reading this post right now: 🤔 ✍️
@1:55 - Obi-Wan narrowly dodges Vader's strike but in the next shot his roll has teleported him 2 meters away and you can still see Vader's strike coming down.
Maybe the choreographer ran on From Software netcode 😏
Was surprised that they actually found time in this last episode to cram in one more giant contrivance - having Obi-Wan actually somehow defeat Vader handily, have a moment where they actually say that Anakin is dead and it's just Vader now, and then having Obi-Wan not just finish the job and rid of the universe of this incredibly dangerous individual.
Oh and Reva was incapable of killing 2 farmers. Jesus Christ this show.
Ehhhh Reva was critically injured. It's a miracle she's even standing. I didn't think that her struggling to fight the farmers was a problem per se, I had a WAY bigger problem with how she even knew about Luke to begin with. Or how she survived the lightsaber stab, or how she wasn't finished off, or how she's off the hook for all her past crimes because of that one face turn, or.... yeah. But not the farm scene per se.
Agreed with the criticism about leaving Vader alive though.
Also remember that Obi Wan wanted Luke to kill Vader.
"I can't kill my own father."
"Then the Emperor has already won"
Obi Wan: You must face Darth Vader, again.
Luke: I can't kill my own father.
Obi Wan: ah yes your father that you have known for 1 year, chopped your hand and tried to convert you to the dark side.
Oooooof lol
Yeahhhh I don't buy that it's in-character for Obi-Wan to not kill Vader, since, you know:
Yes. He also cut off his "brother's" legs and left him to burn in a molten pit of lava, and then was *extremely* surprised to find out he was still alive ten years later.
I don't know, he doesn't seem *that* conflicted.
Exactly. And now he lets a dangerous mass murderer go,
again. This time on purpose, despite acknowledging that the old Anakin is indeed dead. C'mon.
Obi-Wan praising the hell out of Leia's biological parents right in front of her adoptive parents was a bit awkward lol
I found that funny too. I was like "dude they're right there..."
And he does it in the framework of absolving Obiwan. The basic exchange here is Vader trying to comfort Obiwan by telling him that it is not his fault that Anakin ended up the way he did.
Nah I completely disagree here. He didn't say it to absolve Obi-Wan at all. He said it to regain agency over himself. Even had an evil smile when he said it, too. NGL I enjoyed that moment, probably the best part of the episode for me.
Besides, "I am what you made me" does not reconcile with "It's not your fault", but it still fits the "I am choosing to embrace this new identity and leave the old one behind".
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