Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Is this the vindication prequel fans have been looking for?
The Jedi falls, but the younglings survive, at least for the moment.
(When 900 years old you reach, delegate the babysitting you might.)
Other stray Jedi are not so discreet.
But at the moment, this detail feels more written than embodied in the performance.
Its a great hook, not least because it relents from the last two TV seriesLuke fixation.
Pacing-wise, its bang on.
The show cant resist the urge to have characters say things like, What happened to you?
You were once a great Jedi.
The explicitly stated conflicts and pleas arent necessary.
Even for those of us who love the world of the prequels, McGregor is why were here.
Hopefully the series will keep finding new worlds, literal and psychological, for him to explore.
In other words, Obi-Wan tries to treat Luke by … giving him someStar Warstoys.
Well played, Master Kenobi.
Sadly the first episode ofObi-Wan Kenobilacks even a glimpse.
But well be watching for him anyway!
If Obi-Wan doesnt consort with Dexter Jettster, we riot.
Then again, lets hope that future episodes lend themselves to thematic analysis outside the realm ofStar Warsself-referentiality.
