Obi-Wan Kenobi, the next series based on George Lucas' sci-fantasy epic, has started on the Disney+ streaming service. With a double episode, the makers herald the beginning of the six-episode spin-off about the legendary Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Is it worth the fun? It looks quite like this.
Fans have long been looking forward to the new mini-series Obi-Wan Kenobi - this was also the case for the other two new Star Wars series on Disney +. In the end, the feedback was quite mixed: from a big hooray to a shake of the head, the individual episodes of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett had just about everything. And Obi Wan Kenobi? There is actually a clear leap in quality.
Luckily no surprises
About a year and a half ago, Disney announced that they wanted to press a new story about Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi into a series format – fans waited a long time. Fans eagerly awaited. Fans had a new hope. The popular character from George Lucas' sci-fantasy universe was a frequent on-screen presence, sometimes remaining unusually pale, but had his epic finale in Revenge of the Sith in a battle between good and evil that would ultimately result in something even more evil. Set ten years after the events of the prequel trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi is the sober title of the new Star Wars series on Disney+. As simple as the title is, it is apt: good old Ben is the focus and the showrunners leave no doubt about that. Roughly nine years before Star Wars: A New Hope, Obi-Wan is alone on Tatooine. Lonely, but not without a mission, he lives as a hermit on the barren desert planet: he has to protect Luke Skywalker.
What you know: There will be several reunions. With Darth Vader, with Commander Cody, with the Tusken, with Owen and Beru Lars. And: With the inquisitors, which fans should already know from the animated series Star Wars Rebels.
The frame is right. But what good is the Obi-Wand Kenobi series? Some and more. After the first two episodes it can be said: Much more than expected. The series closes gaps in the story that fans have only been able to fill in through their fantasies - or through books from the Expanded Universe, which, however, are no longer part of the official canon. Disney had a chance to rewrite Star Wars history with Obi-Wan Kenobi -- and it seems they've made good use of it. Technically everything is top notch as expected. Cinematically, Obi-Wan Kenobi is a stunner. The atmosphere grips the viewer and doesn't let go. Dramaturgically, you work towards an expected moment until the end of the second episode.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is ambivalent. You use the most modern film technology and at the same time use perhaps the oldest element from the Star War franchise: memory. The makers are taking advantage of the fact that fans want to reminisce about the good old days. They want to hear before they see, to guess before they know - evil is approaching. What the memory is about Star Wars for Obi-Wan Kenobi: you know the end of some relevant events that are the framework story. An epic clash between the Dark Lord of the Sith and the wise Jedi Master? It will come. And then? Will Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi both survive. The course of the Star Wars story dictates this - the showrunners have to stick to it and yet you are looking forward to the inevitable after just two episodes. Only later will old Ben lose a direct duel, want to lose it, perhaps have to, so that the galaxy can regain balance. Until then, Disney's new ones fill up Star Wars-Sequence up the small gaps, don't invent them, but connect them. This is the great strength of the great drama this time.
In order for this to succeed, the showrunners rely on familiar faces: Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan, Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader, Bonnie Piesse and Joel Edgerten as Beru and Owen Lars and Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa. They are all known from the prequel trilogy and they all appear in the miniseries. As fans, you get into the format well. Han Solo would put it like this: Chewie, we're home.
And despite the series title about the big name, fans know one thing above all. Basically, it's not Obi-Wan Kenobi that's the focus - it's the kids. Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, they're all about them. Therefore, Obi-Wan Kenobi revolves around them. Old Ben is therefore the main character of the series, but not its center
It almost seems as if this is new Star Warsseries is the most important because it not only tells stories, but also links two trilogies together. This is quite strange, because the series is not surprising because it cannot do this - at least in terms of the overarching plot. It looks wonderful on the screen, significantly better than Star Wars Episode III. The series is made for fans, and director Deborah Chow and Co leave no doubt about that: you swing the nostalgia club with force, luckily. Because somehow – despite all the criticism – that’s what makes a good Star Wars experience. Will Obi-Wan Kenobi be good as a series as a whole? Of course, that can't be said after just two episodes - the foundation has been laid.
A new episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi is out Fridays on Disney+.
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